Tiltil
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Tiltil or Til-Til is a Chilean municipality and town, in the Chacabuco province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its population (Census 2002) is 14,755 (8,161 urban and 6,594, rural) and its area is 653 km².
The mayor is Salvador Emilio Delgadillo Bascuñán (Communist Party)
The municipal council is formed by the following councilmen:
- Cornelio Báez Arias (Communist Party)
- Eva Aburto Gajardo (UDI)
- Agustín Emblico Riquelme (RN)
- Paula Urzúa Frei (PDC)
- Ariel Medina Poloniolli (PPD)
- Marina Teresa Almanzar Allendes (PRSD independent)
Tiltil is most known for being an execution place for rebels during Chile's independence war against Spain. Manuel Rodríguez was executed in Tiltil.
[edit] Geography and ecology
Til-til is situated at the base of the Cuesta La Dormida,[1] a forested mountain area where vestiges of the Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis, can be found; this palm was prehistorically much more widely distributed in central Chile.[2]
[edit] References
- Tim Burford. 2005. Chile: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt Travel Guides, ISBN 1841620769, 9781841620763 680 pages
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
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Coordinates: 33°04′54″S 70°55′40″W / 33.081631°S 70.927696°W
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