Alto Bío Bío


Alto Bío Bío is a Chilean commune located in the Bío Bío Province, Bío Bío Region. The commune spans an area of.

History

Mapuche6 worship in Alto Bíobío, with the presence of the President Michelle Bachelet. Museum pehuenche in Ralco, commune of Alto Bíobío.
The commune was created August 25, 2003, separating the southeast portion from the existing Santa Bárbara commune. The capital is in Ralco, Chile.
Alto Bío Bío, differently than how it happens now, during centuries was marked for silence, or better said, a simmering activity that did not arrive to the ears of those in the valley.
The small amount of literature that exists barely mentions the zone and the indigenous population, los pehuenches. The more serious and recent approximations began being written in small chapters around the middle of the 18th century. The installation of a fortified line, associated with the evangelical activities of the catholic missionaries, that were from Rucalhue, were passing through Villucura and Santa Barbara. The origin of the indigenous is one motive of several theories, however there is nothing concrete.
More causes in the Antuco zone where strong commercial activity was realized between the criollos and pehuenches. The travel journals of the polish naturalist Ignacio Domeyko7 and the Bavarian artist Mauricio Rugendas relate who took the first pictures of the indigenous population.
As we were saying, the tranquility of the zone was interrupted by the Chilean army's manhunts at the beginning of the 19th century. The manhunts of the Chilean army montoneros8, a leftist urban guerrilla group, that were still loyal to the Spanish Kingdom or of the rustling bandits that devastated the homes of the criollos in the plains.
One hundred years later they went to the events of Ránquil, the eastern most part of the mountain range, where a national working revolt took place. This took place in this zone, with a tragic number of deaths.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Alto Bío Bío had 7,027 inhabitants; of these, 1,094 lived in urban areas and 5,933 in rural areas. The population grew by 31.2% between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Alto Bío Bío is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Félix Vita Manqueti.
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Alto Bío Bío is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Juan Lobos and José Pérez as part of the 47th electoral district,. The commune is represented in the Senate by Victor Pérez Varela and Mariano Ruiz -Esquide Jara as part of the 13th senatorial constituency.