Angol Angol de los Confines | |
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 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 /-37.800; -72.717 | |
| 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 | country 56city 45 |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | www |
Angol is acommune andcapital city of theMalleco Province in theAraucanía Region of southernChile. It is located at the foot of theNahuelbuta Range and next to theVergara River, that permitted communications by small boats to theBío-Bío River andConcepción. This strategic position explains the successive foundations of this city during theArauco War. It was first founded in 1553 as a "conquistador"fort ofConfines, the fort was later destroyed and rebuilt several times and it was not until thePacification of Araucania in 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 district and the 14thsenatorial circumscription.
Modern Angol was first founded in 1553 as theconquistador fort ofLos Confines byPedro 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 Mendoza with 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 Infantes for 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 Fuente a little more to the south with the name ofSan Luis de Angol but 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 Quillin with the Mapuche. It was repopulated byTomás Marín de Poveda in 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]
Líder will be the first hypermarket to open business in the city whileCencosud'sSanta Isabel supermarkets is also considering entering the market.[5]
According to the 2002census by 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 areas and 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]
As a commune, Angol is a third-leveladministrative division of Chile administered by amunicipal council, headed by analcalde who 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 Deputies by Nicolas Ardiles (UDI) and Mario Venegas (PDC) as part of the 48th electoral district, together withRenaico,Collipulli,Ercilla,Los Sauces,Purén,Lumaco andTraiguén. The commune is represented in theSenate by Alberto Espina Otero (RN) and Jaime Quintana Leal (PPD) as part of the 14th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-North).[citation needed]
| 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) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (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] | |||||||||||||
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