Pargua

Pargua

Pargua

Village in Los Lagos, Chile

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]

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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.[1]

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    "Censo 2002: Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística. 2005. p. 224. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    Pargua (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. [3]
    Sola, Marcelo (2015). "Crossing Chacao Channel to get to Chiloé". InterPatagonia. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Pargua: Localidad de Pargua" (PDF). Plan de Desarrollo Comunal Plan de Desarrollo Comunal Calbuco, 2009– 2013. Municipalidad Calbuco. 2009. pp. 18–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  5. [5]
    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. Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Censo 1992: Segunda Parte: Poblacion y Viviendas Segun Entidad Poblada: Ciudades, Pueblos y Aldeas" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística. p. 108. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 August 2007.

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