San Fabián

San Fabián is the easternmost of 21 communes in the Punilla Province of central Chile's. Ñuble Region. The capital is the town of San Fabián de Alico. The commune spans an area of 1568.3 sqkm.

Administration
As a commune, San Fabián is administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde. For the years 2008-2012, the alcalde is Cristían Marcelo Fernández Gómez (Ind.), and the council members are:
 * Juan Quiroga Navarrete (UDI)
 * Héctor González Leiva (RN)
 * Rodrigo Avila González (RN)
 * Lorena Jardua Campos (RN)
 * Ursito Quiñones Briones (PDC)
 * Juan Carlos Acuña Acuña (PPD)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Fabián is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as a part of the 42nd electoral district (together with Ñiquén, San Carlos, San Nicolás, Ninhue, Quirihue, Cobquecura, Treguaco, Portezuelo, Coelemu, Ránquil, Quillón, Bulnes, Cabrero, Yumbel). The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 12th senatorial constituency (Biobío Cordillera).

Demographics
According to data from the 2017 Census of Population and Housing, the San Fabián commune had 4,308 inhabitants. The population density of San Fabian is 2,7/km2

Cities
Cities with there respective inhabitants according to the 2002 census.

San Fabian, Capital of the commune, 1452 inhabitants

Paso Ancho, 302 inhabitants

La Vega, 176 inhabitants

Los Puquios, 102 inhabitants

La Montaña, 94 inhabitants

La Punilla, 81 inhabitants

Trabuncura, 80 inhabitants

El Macal, 55 inhabitants

Bullielo, 47 inhabitants

El Palo, 37 inhabitants

Las Guardias, 12 inhabitants

Socioeconomic inequality
According to the data from the Casen 2006 survey has the highest Gina coefficient in Chile, 0.607, followed by the commune of San Pedro de la Paz, in the Bibío Region, with an index of 0,54. This index measures the inequality in the existing income level, with 0 being the minimum and 1being the maximum.