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Quinchao

Quinchao is a Chilean commune located in Chiloé Province, Los Lagos Region. The seat of government lies in the town of Achao on the island.

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Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.official_name: Quinchao
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Quinchao.png
Settlement.shield_alt: Coat of arms
Settlement.image_map: Comuna de Quinchao.svg
Settlement.map_alt: Location of Quinchao in the Los Lagos Region
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Quinchao in the Los Lagos Region
Settlement.pushpin_map_narrow: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Chile
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 150
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Location in Chile
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Chile
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Chile
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Los Lagos
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province

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Quinchao is a Chilean commune located in Chiloé Province, Los Lagos Region. The seat of government lies in the town of Achao on the island.

==Geography== The commune of Quinchao includes most of the Quinchao Island (sharing its territory with the commune of Curaco de Vélez), and it also incorporates nine nearby islands: Alao, Apia, Chaulinec and Cahuache (or Caguach), Lin-Lin, Llingua, Meulín, Quenac and Teuquelín. These islands all lie within the Gulf of Corcovado east of Chile's second largest island, Chiloé, which separates the Chiloé Archipelago from mainland Chile. The commune spans a total land area of .