San Fabián

San Fabián
Commune
Coat of arms
Location in the Ñuble Region
San Fabián Location in Chile
Coordinates: 36°33′S 71°33′W
Country	Chile
Region	Ñuble
Province	Punilla
Founded	7 December 1865
Capital	San Fabián de Alico
Government [1]
• Type	Municipality
• Alcalde	Cristofer Valdés (Ind.)
Area [2]
• Total	1,568.3 km^2 (605.5 sq mi)
Elevation	477 m (1,565 ft)
Population  (2017 Census)[2]
• Total	4,308
• Density	2.7/km^2 (7.1/sq mi)
Demonym	Sanfabianino
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT[3])
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST[4])
Area code	56 + 42
Website	Municipality of San Fabián

San Fabián is the easternmost of 21 communes in the Punilla Province of central Chile's. Ñuble Region. The capital is the town of San Fabián de Alico. The commune spans an area of 1,568.3 km² (606 sq mi).^[2]

Administration

As a commune, San Fabián is administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde. For 2024-2028 term, the alcalde is Cristofer Valdés González (Ind.), and the council members are:^[1]

• Evelyn Troncoso Sepúlveda (UDI)
• Maximiliano Quiñones Ceballos (PPD)
• Jaime Meriño Constanzo (DC)
• Samuel Muñoz Muñoz (Ind./PR)
• Carlos Orellana Orellana (PPD)
• César Palavecino Morales (Ind./RN)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Fabián is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Marta Bravo Salinas (UDI), Frank Sauerbaum Muñoz (RN), Cristóbal Martínez Ramírez (UDI), Sara Concha Smith (PSC), and Felipe Camaño Cárdenas (DC) for the 2022–2026 term, as a part of the 19th electoral district (together with Bulnes, Cobquecura, Coelemu, Ñiquén, Portezuelo, Quillón, Quirihue, Ninhue, Ránquil, San Carlos, San Nicolás, Treguaco, Chillán, Chillán Viejo, Coihueco, El Carmen, Pemuco, Pinto, San Ignacio, and Yungay). The commune is represented in the Senate by Loreto Carvajal Ambiado (PPD) and Gustavo Sanhueza Dueñas (UDI) for the 2022–2030 term, as part of the 16th senatorial constituency (Ñuble Region).

Demographics

According to data from the 2017 Census of Population and Housing, the San Fabián commune had 4,308 inhabitants. The population density of San Fabian is 2,7/km2

Cities

Cities with there respective inhabitants according to the 2002 census.

San Fabian, Capital of the commune, 1452 inhabitants

Paso Ancho, 302 inhabitants

La Vega, 176 inhabitants

Los Puquios, 102 inhabitants

La Montaña, 94 inhabitants

La Punilla, 81 inhabitants

Trabuncura, 80 inhabitants

El Macal, 55 inhabitants

Bullielo, 47 inhabitants

El Palo, 37 inhabitants

Las Guardias, 12 inhabitants

Socioeconomic inequality

According to the data from the Casen 2006 survey has the highest Gina coefficient in Chile, 0.607 , followed by the commune of San Pedro de la Paz, in the Bibío Region, with an index of 0,54 . This index measures the inequality in the existing income level, with 0 being the minimum and 1being the maximum.

References

A river seen from roadside within the comune of San Fabián

1. "Ficha comunal". Sistema Nacional de Información Comunal; Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
2. "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2010.^{[dead link‍]}
3. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
4. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2010.

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipality of San Fabián