Melinka, Chile

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subdivision_type = Region
subdivision_name = Aisén
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Aisén
subdivision_type2 = Municipalidad
subdivision_name2 = Guaitecas
subdivision_type3 = Comuna
subdivision_name3 = Guaitecas
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government_type = Municipalidad
leader_title = Alcalde
leader_name = Luis Antonio Miranda Chiguay
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population_as_of = 2002 census [http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/demografia/demografia.php]
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timezone = Chilean Standard
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Melinka is a Chilean town (Spanish: "pueblo") in Aisén Province, Aisén Region. It is the administrative center of the commune of Guaitecas since 1979. The settlement is named after the wife of the Lithuanian immigrant F. A. Westhoff who settled in the area when it was still part of Chiloé Province. The word "melinka" comes from the Russian and means lovely.