Hualaihué is a Chilean commune located in Palena Province, Los Lagos Region. The communal capital is the town of Hornopirén. According t…Hualaihué is a Chilean commune located in Palena Province, Los Lagos Region. The communal capital is the town of Hornopirén. According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Hualaihué spans an area of 2,787.7 km² and has 8,273 inhabitants. Of these, 2,406 lived in urban areas and 5,867 in rural areas. The population grew by 2.1% between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.