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Commune of Auquinco

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Auquinco
Former commune
CountryChile
ProvinceCuricó
DepartmentSanta Cruz
CapitalAuquinco
Population
 (1920)[1]
 • Total2,886

Auquinco was one of the communes that was part of the department of Santa Cruz, in the province of Curicó.

The 1920 Chilean census established it had a population of 2.886 inhabitants.

The commune of Auquinco was created by Decree number 3.458 on 19 August 1918.[2]

It was suppressed by the Decree with Force of Law No. 8.583, on 30 December 1927, by dictator Carlos Ibáñez del Campo as part of a greater political and administrative reform, adding its territory to the commune of Chépica. The commune was effectively suppressed on 1 February 1928.

References

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  1. Dirección General de Estadística (1925). Censo de Población de la República de Chile levantado el 15 de diciembre de 1920. Santiago, Chile: Sociedad Imp. y Litogr. Universo.
  2. Zamudio, Orlando (2001). Chile. Historia de la división político-administrativa 1810-2000. Santiago, Chile: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas.