Pargua Explained
| Official Name: | Pargua |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Map Narrow: | yes |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Los Lagos |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Llanquihue |
| Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
| Subdivision Name3: | Calbuco |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 4 |
| Population Total: | 787 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 434 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 353 |
| Timezone: | CLT |
| Utc Offset: | −4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −3 |
| Coordinates: | -41.7922°N -73.4614°W |
| Area Code: | 56 + 65 |
Pargua is a village in the commune of Calbuco, in Los Lagos Region of Chile.[2] It is located on the northeast side of the Chacao Channel. Pargua is on Route 5 (Ruta 5 Sur) and a ferry connects the village with the village of Chacao, Ancud Comuna at the northern end of Chiloé Island.[3] [4] There are plans to build the Chacao Channel bridge across the channel to replace the ferry.[5]
Demographics
In the 1992 census Pargua was recorded with a population of 466, 244 men and 222 women, with more than half the population being under the age of fourteen.[6] By 2002 the population had increased to 787, with 434 men and 353 women.[7]
External links
- Web site: Localidad de Pargua. Municipalidad Calbuco . https://web.archive.org/web/20150815173150/http://transparencia.municipalidadcalbuco.cl/pargua.pdf. 15 August 2015 . live. detailed map of Pargua
Notes and References
- Web site: Municipality of Calbuco . 7 September 2010. es.
- , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Web site: Sola, Marcelo . 2015 . Crossing Chacao Channel to get to Chiloé . InterPatagonia. https://web.archive.org/web/20150907120818/http://www.interpatagonia.com/puertomontt/chacao-channel.html . 7 September 2015. live.
- Web site: Pargua: Localidad de Pargua . Plan de Desarrollo Comunal Plan de Desarrollo Comunal Calbuco, 2009– 2013 . 2009 . Municipalidad Calbuco . 18-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120907193057/http://www.municipalidadcalbuco.cl/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pladeco.pdf . 7 September 2012 . dead . 15 August 2015 .
- Web site: Barahona, Rolando Castillo . 6 March 2015 . Puente Colgante Sobre el Canal de Chacao Será el más Largo de Chile y de América Latina . Universidad de Costa Rica . https://web.archive.org/web/20150320121812/http://www.lanamme.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ultimas-noticias/1159-puente-colgante-sobre-el-canal-de-chacao.html . 20 March 2015. live.
- Web site: Censo 1992: Segunda Parte: Poblacion y Viviendas Segun Entidad Poblada: Ciudades, Pueblos y Aldeas . es . Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 108. https://web.archive.org/web/20070820011536/http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/estadisticas_sociales_culturales/etnias/pdf/censo1992/segunda.pdf . 20 August 2007 . live.
- Web site: Censo 2002: Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos . es . 2005. . 224 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140908223255/http://www.ine.cl/canales/usuarios/cedoc_online/censos/pdf/censo_2002_publicado_junio_2005.pdf . 8 September 2014. live.
