| Ollagüe | |
| Settlement Type: | Commune |
| Image Alt: | Ollagüe |
| Flag Alt: | Flag |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms |
| Motto: | Ilustre Municipalidad de Ollagüe, El Loa - Chile. Soberanía, Progreso Illustrious Municipality of Ollagüe, El Loa - Chile Sovereignty, Progress |
| Map Alt: | Map of Ollagüe in Antofagasta Region |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Map Narrow: | yes |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location in Chile |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Coordinates: | -21.2247°N -68.2528°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | El Loa |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1979 |
| Government Type: | Municipal council |
| Leader Party: | UDI |
| Leader Title: | Alcalde |
| Leader Name: | Carlos Reygadas Bavestrello |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2963.9 |
| Elevation M: | 3703 |
| Population Total: | 199 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 0 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 318 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 210 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 108 |
| Timezone: | CLT[2] |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[3] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | (+56) 5 |
| Website: | Municipalidad de Ollagüe |
Ollagüe is a Chilean frontier village and commune in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. The village is northeast of the city of Calama, and has a station and marshalling yard on the FCAB rail line.
The commune is in the Andean altiplano, bordering with Bolivia. It also includes the localities of Cebollar, Ascotán, Amincha, El Inca, Coska, Puquios, and Chela.
"Ollagüe" (Pronounced: oh-YA-gweh, is the hispanicized spelling of Ullawi (Aymara ullaña to see, to look at, to watch, wi a nominalizing suffix to indicate a place, "viewpoint").
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ollagüe had 318 inhabitants (210 men and 108 women). Of these, (0%) lived in urban areas and 318 (100%) in rural areas. The population fell by 28.2% (125 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[1]
As a commune, Ollagüe is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Ollagüe is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Marcos Espinosa (PRSD) and Felipe Ward (UDI) as part of the third electoral district, (together with Tocopilla, María Elena, Calama and San Pedro de Atacama). The commune is represented in the Senate by Carlos Cantero Ojeda (Ind.) and José Antonio Gómez Urrutia (PRSD) as part of the second senatorial constituency (Antofagasta Region).
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