Angolis acommuneandcapital cityof theMalleco Provincein theAraucanía Regionof southernChile.It is located at the foot of theNahuelbuta Rangeand next to theVergara River,that permitted communications by small boats to theBío-Bío RiverandConcepción.This strategic position explains the successive foundations of this city during theArauco War.It was first founded in 1553 as a "conquistador"fortofConfines,the fort was later destroyed and rebuilt several times and it was not until thePacification of Araucaniain the late 19th century that it was rebuilt with the name of Angol. The city has a current population of approximately 53,000. Within theelectoral divisions of Chile,it belongs to the 48thelectoral districtand the 14thsenatorial circumscription.
Angol
Angol de los Confines | |
|---|---|
 Plaza de Armas de Angol | |
|
 Coat of arms  Location of the commune of Angol in Araucanía Region   Angol Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates:37°48′S72°43′W/ 37.800°S 72.717°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Araucanía |
| Province | Malleco |
| Founded | 6 December 1862 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| •Alcalde | Enrique Neira Neira (Chile Vamos) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,194.4 km2(461.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Population (2017 Census) | |
| • Total | 53,262 |
| • Density | 45/km2(120/sq mi) |
| •Urban | 43,801 |
| •Rural | 5,195 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 23,770 |
| • Women | 25,226 |
| Time zone | UTC−4(CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3(CLST) |
| Postal code | 4650000 |
| Area code | country56city45 |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | www |
History
editModern Angol was first founded in 1553 as theconquistadorfort ofLos ConfinesbyPedro de Valdivia,the fort was later that year abandoned and destroyed by the Mapuche after theBattle of Tucapel.In 1560, the city was established by GovernorGarcía Hurtado de Mendozawith the name ofSan Andrés de Angol,after his father the viceroy of Peru, the location to the north of the site of the old fort. It was commonly calledCiudad de Los Infantesfor the infantrymen that had been assigned to build the city.
It was attacked and destroyed in 1599, by the Mapuches following theDisaster of Curalaba.In 1611 the city was rebuilt byLuis Merlo de la Fuentea little more to the south with the name ofSan Luis de Angolbut it did not prosper. In 1637 GovernorFrancisco Laso de la Vega,refounded it with the name ofSan Francisco de la Vega,but in 1641, it was abandoned by the terms of thePeace of Quillinwith the Mapuche. It was repopulated byTomás Marín de Povedain 1695, with the name ofSanto Tomás de Colhue,but it was attacked and destroyed again in the Mapuche Rising of 1723 and one last time in their rising in 1766, from which it never recovered.
The present city of Angol was founded definitively byCornelio Saavedra Rodríguez,on 6 December 1862 as a fortress and base for his campaign for thePacification of Araucania.Declared a city in 1871, it was connected by railroad with Santiago in 1876. In 1881 it was the base for the final campaign of pacification. Subsequently, it was the economic and administrative center and departure point for the Chilean and foreign colonists that occupied the lands around it.
Angol was affected by the8.8 magnitude 27 February 2010 earthquake.A US military field hospital was deployed to the city to treat casualties from the tremblor and subsequent tsunami.[4]
Líderwill be the first hypermarket to open business in the city whileCencosud'sSanta Isabelsupermarkets is also considering entering the market.[5]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2002censusby theNational Statistics Institute(INE), Angol spans 1,194.4 km2(461 sq mi) and at that time had 48,996 inhabitants; of these, 43,801 (89.4%) lived inurban areasand 5,195 (10.6%) inrural areas.At that time, there were 23,770 men and 25,226 women. The population grew by 6.0% (2,770 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[3]
Administration
editAs a commune, Angol is a third-leveladministrative division of Chileadministered by amunicipal council,headed by analcaldewho is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Enrique Neira Neira (ILE).[1][2]
Within theelectoral divisions of Chile,Angol is represented in theChamber of Deputiesby Nicolas Ardiles (UDI) and Mario Venegas (PDC) as part of the 48th electoral district, together withRenaico,Collipulli,Ercilla,Los Sauces,Purén,LumacoandTraiguén.The commune is represented in theSenateby Alberto Espina Otero (RN) and Jaime Quintana Leal (PPD) as part of the 14th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-North).[citation needed]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Angol | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
10.01 (50.02) |
7.35 (45.23) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 17.7 (0.70) |
14.0 (0.55) |
30.3 (1.19) |
49.0 (1.93) |
166.7 (6.56) |
214.2 (8.43) |
170.6 (6.72) |
126.0 (4.96) |
71.1 (2.80) |
42.2 (1.66) |
29.1 (1.15) |
22.3 (0.88) |
953.2 (37.53) |
| Averagerelative humidity(%) | 52 | 54 | 61 | 71 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 56 | 69 |
| Source: Bioclimatografia de Chile[6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ab"Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades"(in Spanish). Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2011.Retrieved23 February2011.
- ^ab"Municipality of Angol"(in Spanish). Archived fromthe originalon 18 July 2012.Retrieved23 February2011.
- ^abc"National Statistics Institute"(in Spanish).Retrieved8 September2010.
- ^UKPA,"Foreign hospitals help out Chile"[dead link],6 March 2010(accessed 6 March 2010)
- ^Dentro de los próximos días se inician obras de construcción del supermercado Lider de AngolArchived7 November 2010 at theWayback Machine,Canaldenoticias
- ^Hajek, Ernst; Castri, Francesco (1975)."Bioclimatografia de Chile"(PDF)(in Spanish). Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 November 2009.Retrieved27 May2024.
Sources
editExternal links
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- Official website(in Spanish)
- The community on internet