Cardonal de Panilonco

Cardonal de Panilonco
Village
Cardonal de Panilonco
Country  Chile
Region O'Higgins Region O'Higgins
Province Cardenal Caro Province Cardenal Caro
Commune Pichilemu Pichilemu
Area
  Total 256.5 km2 (99.0 sq mi)
Population (2002)
  Total 852
  Density 3.32/km2 (8.6/sq mi)

Cardonal de Panilonco, or just Panilonco (Mapudungun: metal head, pronounced: [karðoˈnal ðe paniˈloŋko]) is a Chilean village located north of Pichilemu, Cardenal Caro Province.[1] As of the 2002 census, the population comprised 852 people, and 235 households.[2]

Etymology

Panilonco comes from Mapudungun pañil (metal) and lonco (head).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1  Cienfuegos, Francisco Astaburuaga, ed. (1899). "Panilonco ". Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Chile (Geographic Dictionary of the Republic of Chile) (in Spanish).
  2. "División Político Administrativa y Censal Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins" (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute of Chile. 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2012.