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Key facts
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Araucanía
- Province
- Cautín
- Founded as
- Santa María de Magdalena de Villa Rica
- Type
- Municipality
- Alcalde
- Pablo Astete Mermoud ( RN )
- Total
- 1,291.1 km (498.5 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 227 m (745 ft)
- Density
- 38.095/km (98.665/sq mi)
- Urban
- 30,859
- Rural
- 14,672
- Demonym
- Villarrican
- Men
- 22,694
- Women
- 22,837
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( CLT )
- Summer dst
- UTC−3 ( CLST )
- Postal code
- 493 0000 , (assigned but not in use as of 2006)
- Area code
- country + city = 56 + 45
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- Villarricenses
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Cautín Province
- Population
- 55478
- Area
- 1291.1
- Elevation
- 227
- Official website
- www.munivillarrica.cl
- Image
- Villarrica town and volcano.jpg
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- inception
- 1552-01-01
- Commons category
- Villarrica, Chile
- postal code
- 4930000
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Encyclopedic overview
Villarrica is a city and commune in southern Chile located on the western shore of Villarrica Lake in the Province of Cautín, Araucanía Region 746 km (464 mi) south of Santiago and close to the Villarrica Volcano ski center to the south east. Residents of Villarrica are known as Villarricences.
Tourism, grain and dairy farming, and forestry are the main economic activities of the community. The climate is mild and humid with the greatest rainfall experienced between May and July (autumn and winter). The dry season is between December and February (Summer).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villarrica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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