Cobquecura

Cobquecura is a commune in the Region of Ñuble in the Province of Itata Chile's Region of Ñuble. The town is located on the northwest Pacific coast of the Itata Province about southwest of the national capital of Santiago.

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Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Cobquecura spans an area of and has 5,687 inhabitants. Of these, 1,493 lived in urban areas and 4,194 in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 9.1%.

Administration

As a commune, Cobquecura is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Julio Manuel Fuentes Alarcón.The municipal council has the following members:

Luis Enrique Rodríguez Alarcón
Lautaro Igor Millanao Mora
Guillermo Salgado Contreras
Jacqueline Elizabeth Pacheco Alacón
Temistocle Vera Irribarra
Jose Pedro Cifuentes Crisostomo

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Cobquecura is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Jorge Sabag and Frank Sauerbaum as part of the 42nd electoral district, together with San Fabián, Ñiquén, San Carlos, San Nicolás, Ninhue, Quirihue, Treguaco, Portezuelo, Coelemu, Ránquil, Quillón, Bulnes, Cabrero and Yumbel. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alejandro Navarro Brain and Hosain Sabag Castillo as part of the 12th senatorial constituency.

Notable residents

Cobquecura is the birthplace of many significant Chilean figures, including:

Mariano Latorre Writer of Basque descent. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1944.
Fidel Sepulveda Llanos Poet, Researcher, Spanish and literary aesthetics Professor, PhD in Hispanic Philology for the Complutense University of Madrid and Member of the Chilean Academy of Language