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Escudo de Colchane

Colchane

Tarapacá1.558 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 20243.967 km² of area0 inh./km²$4.076M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Education
8%
3rd highest school dropout
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Education
162 km to the nearest campus
6th most isolated from higher education
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Society
21.7%
13th largest foreign population share
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Finance
$3.148.667/inhab.
16th highest budget per inhabitant
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Society
30%
24th highest multidimensional poverty in the country
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Population
−22,4%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
30%
Multidimensional poverty · 24th highest of 346
Finance
$2,6 million
per inhabitant per year · rank 21 of 346
Finance
83,03%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Education
7,95%
School dropout rate · 3rd highest in the country
Safety
11.874
cases per 100k inhab. · 7th in the country
Finance
70th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

5 Schools
5 Squares and green areas
4 Health centers
2 Carabineros
1 Kindergartens

Colchane es una comuna y pueblo del Norte Grande de Chile, ubicado en la Provincia del Tamarugal, correspondiente a la Región de Tarapacá (Chile), en la frontera con Bolivia.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

43.5 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#255 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety65
Health13
Culture and environment48
Education53
Infrastructure36
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Teófilo Mamani G.
INDEPENDIENTE
746
votes (36.02%)
2.744
Electoral roll
76,64%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
TM
Teófilo Mamani G.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
746
votes
JI
Javier Ignacio Garcia Choque
2021-2024 · IND
1.120
votes
TM
Teófilo Mamani García
2008-2012 · RN
798
votes
HM
Honorio Mamani Castro
2004-2008 · PPD
574
votes
HM
Honorio Mamani Castro
2000-2004 · PPD
422
votes
HM
Honorio Mamani Castro
1996-2000 · PPD
424
votes
EC
Eustaquio Challapa Gomez
1992-1996 · PPD
47
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

JG
Joel Gomez M.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · INDEPENDIENTE
265
votes
FG
Felino Garcia C.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
206
votes
MM
Maribel Mamani G.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
166
votes
PC
Pamela Castro C.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · INDEPENDIENTE
163
votes
JM
Javier Mamani C.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · INDEPENDIENTE
146
votes
JC
Jenny Choque G.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
90
votes

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

What the council resolvesSource: Official minutes · AI extraction (ongoing)

Resolutions extracted
598
of 194 minutes read
Money involved
$8.769.835.150
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
5.7 · Puntos varios (varios temas)Other
5.6 · Modificación de los viajes a Santa Cruz de la Sierra, del concejal Juan ChoqueOtherunanimidad
5.5 · Entrega de balance de ejecución presupuestaria tercer trimestreOther
5.4 · Aprobación de la Política de Recursos HumanosRegulationunanimidad
5.3 · Aprobación de la Modificación Presupuestaria del reintegro de educación EIB de $1,250,000 (depto Educación)Budget amendment$1.250.000unanimidad
5.2 · Aprobación del PADEM 2018 para la aprobación por el Concejo Municipal (depto Educación)Subsidyunanimidad

Resolutions voted by the council, automatically extracted from the official minutes (extraction ongoing: coverage grows as the 94.917 indexed minutes are processed). May contain reading errors; the official document is the municipality's PDF.

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
94
Highly complex
5
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20204222416
20174631228
2015624

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • FC
    Farmacias Cruz Verde S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • TS
    Tecnologias Sociales Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2023
  • ES
    Easytax SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021
  • GY
    Guard You SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • Q
    Quinuacoop
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • PR
    Pozo, Ríos, Rodríguez y Torres Ltda. (Zecovery)
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • SE
    Smart Education SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • NF
    Nueva Fuente SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • LC
    Lirmi Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • IS
    Innuvo SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • SE
    Santillana Educacion Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • IT
    Ingenieria Tecnopluss
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • CC
    Comply Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • AM
    Aeronáutica Mediterráneo SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • AS
    Ascerto Soluciones SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • OA
    Otec Agencia Internacional de Formación para la Excelencia Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • AL
    Abbott Laboratories de Chile Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • JD
    Junta de Vecino Cariquima
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • SL
    Sisinf Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
and 10 more organizations that requested meetings

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

1.636
inhabitants
1.546
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-6%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
1.190
-16% vs. 2035 (1.421)
Over 60 · 2050
40,83%
32,44% in 2035 · +8 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)39,07 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)2,8 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment13 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)461,1 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)508,1 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo790 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)22,3 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)30 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples79,87 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 9 students registered for the PAES — far too few: this comuna’s average is unreliable.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
1.521
886 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
559
63% of RSH households
Female-headed households
44%
388
Elderly (60+)27018%
Children and adolescents (<18)36224%
Foreign nationals23015%
Belonging to indigenous peoples1.37690%
People with moderate/severe dependency121%
Single-person households55362%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

School enrollment
246
5 schools
Students per teacher
6,8
36 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,5%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
51,6%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 100%Private subsidized 0%
Pass rate
99,1%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
7,95%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
0
Clinics
1
Rural health posts
2
FONASA enrollees
1.461
94% of the population
Doctors employed
5
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 2Contract staff: 16Fee contracts: 6
Primary-care medical visits · per year
1.539
16.094
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
72
460
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (1.472 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Consultorio General Rural ColchaneFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal1.26268%
Posta de Salud Rural CariquimaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal15384%
Posta de Salud Rural EnquelgaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal5782%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $1.435.867.000 ($982.797/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $412.254.000Municipal contribution: $10.000.000

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
631
79.9% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
29
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024

INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT AREA The comuna is part of the ADI JIWASA ORAJE (art. 26, Indigenous Law 19.253).

PeoplePeople% of total
Aymara54686.5%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
338
42,8% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Bolivia
244 people · 72% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
244 Bolivia
81 Venezuela
10 Colombia
2 Perú

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Encampments
0
no encampments registered
Housing deficit
72
29,1% of the comuna's households
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
0
paid · 2022–2022
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
2
beneficiaries · 2023–2023

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

2.266homes · by type (2017)
Indigenous dwelling
1.141 · 56.3%
House
826 · 40.8%
House
231 · 95.9%
Shack/hut/shanty
32 · 1.6%
Other private
13 · 0.6%
Room in old house/tenement
10 · 0.5%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
5 · 2.1%
Other private
5 · 2.1%
Apartment
2 · 0.1%
Mobile
1 · 0%
72%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
317 · 69.1%
Free of charge
51 · 11.1%
Rented
43 · 9.4%
Provided for work
37 · 8.1%
Owned, being paid off
11 · 2.4%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Benefits under special regimesSource: Laws/SII/BCN/MTT/Treasury · deep-research verified

Fiscal or economic treatments that apply only to this comuna or its zone, not the rest of Chile. The chip color shows who it reaches: municipality, community, residents, companies or workers.

Tax exemptions
Bonificación a la mano de obra en zonas extremasworkers
DL 889/1975 → Ley 19.853

17% de las remuneraciones imponibles (hasta tope base ~$182.000 reajustable IPC) de trabajadores con domicilio y trabajo permanente en la zona. En Aysén/Magallanes/Chiloé/Palena solo si la remuneración supera en 20% el salario mínimo.

17% de remuneraciones imponibles (con tope)· vigenteSource
Subsidized connectivity
Subsidio MTT a transporte en zonas aisladasresidents
Ley 20.378 mod. por Ley 20.696

Tarifas rebajadas en 5 modos de transporte (+900.000 personas), con complemento extra para zonas extremas/australes. La "Tarifa Cero" da pasaje GRATUITO, pero solo para 65+ y personas con discapacidad (con sola cédula), en 130+ servicios incluyendo barcazas. Para el residente común es descuento, no gratuidad.

Tarifa rebajada (gratis solo 65+/discapacidad)· vigenteSource
Others
Asignación de zona 80% (DL 249)workers
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 80% del sueldo base (art. 7 DL 249). A los funcionarios municipales llega vía art. 25 del DL 3.551/1980 y el monto se aumenta en 40% (Ley 19.354) — salud primaria municipal (Ley 19.378) la percibe sin ese aumento; asistentes de la educación y personal de corporaciones no la perciben (Código del Trabajo). El %/territorio usa la división de 1974: dentro de una comuna pueden regir % mayores en localidades específicas (retenes, islas, cordillera) no reflejados acá; la CGR resuelve caso a caso. Comunas sin asignación no aparecen.

80% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$4.076.487.000
Own revenue
$507.778.000
12% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$2.484.008.000
61% of the total
State transfers
$556.615.000
14% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$718.600.000
$4.076.487.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

49.9%
49.3%
Property tax$2.615.000
Business licenses$703.000
Vehicle permits$253.558.000
Cleaning fees$367.000
Other own revenue$250.535.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $31.202.000

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
58.7%
22.0%
19.3%
Municipal$4.076.487.000
Education$1.529.468.000
Health$1.338.202.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $2.055.433.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$14.277.000
$507.778.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$561.736.000
$2.484.008.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$817.000
$556.615.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$5.721.725.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$4.638.479.000
Execution rate
81.1%
Unexecuted: $1.083.246.000
Medium execution: it executed 81.1%. Left unspent: $1.083.246.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$714.966.000
$4.638.479.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

91.9%
Internal management$4.262.488.000
Community services$101.339.000
Social programs$132.892.000
Municipal activities$66.994.000
Recreational programs$63.027.000
Cultural programs$11.739.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$1.435.867.00031.0%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.323.172.00028.5%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$573.703.00012.4%
Investment (works and projects)$312.509.0006.7%
Transfers to education$200.000.0004.3%
Councillor stipends$120.593.0002.6%
Electricity (facilities)$49.403.0001.1%
Travel allowances$29.728.0000.6%
Transfers to health$20.000.0000.4%
Commissions and representation$17.806.0000.4%
Water (facilities)$2.598.0000.1%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

28.5%
12.4%
59.1%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.323.172.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$573.703.000
Others$2.741.604.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

45.1%
20.1%
18.1%
8.5%
8.2%
Permanent staff$716.248.000
Contract staff$319.892.000
Fee contracts$287.032.000
Labor Code$135.591.000
Community progs.$129.923.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

58.1%
29.0%
12.9%
Permanent staff18
Contract staff9
Fee contracts4
Total: 31 staffFee contracts: 12.9% of the headcountWomen: 51.8%Professionalization: 51.8%
Cost/staffer permanent: $42.297.056/yearCost/staffer contract: $21.037.222/yearCost/staffer fees: $34.141.250/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $312.509.000 (6.7% of spending)Councillor stipends: $120.593.000Travel allowances: $29.728.000Commissions and representation: $17.806.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Electricity: $49.403.000Water: $2.598.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

4
0
20022023

Building permits issued · per year

3
236
20132023

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$32.416.390.596
Purchase orders
5.685

Purchase-order amount · trend

$0
$1.242.604.032
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Ingenieria y Construcciones Real Norte SpA$3.949.837.35763
Sociedad Constructora e Inmobiliaria Choque SpA$2.133.026.34735
Transporte y Servicios Patricio Garcia EIRL$2.012.380.284195
Abimael$1.478.821.561127
Transportes y Obras Civiles Eben Ezer Ltda.$1.476.697.34845
Constructora Guerra y Cía. Ltda.$1.399.955.3871
Sociedad de Servicios en Obras Civiles y Construcc$1.330.123.3331
Sceich Ltda.$1.314.206.03829

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $542.270.93544%
Agile Purchase $454.619.00037%
Direct award discretionary$235.906.59119%
Framework Agreement $9.807.5071%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
42
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
196

Pyramid by sales bracket

54.8%
7.1%
35.7%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)23 companies
Small (≤25k UF)3 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)1 companies
No sales/no info15 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Ingenieria y Construcciones Real Norte SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 15
I Municipalidad de ColchaneADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SSmall 1162

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
1
US$ 0 M declared
Approved last 5 years
0
US$ 0 M declared
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Logística y transporte de Sustancias peligrosas en las Regiones XV, I,DIASociedad de Servicios y TransportesUnder Review6,3

Investment DECLARED by the owner upon entering SEIA (not necessarily materialized; the RCA expires after 5 years without works). Multi-comuna projects: prorated investment, jobs counted in full. Jobs = declared peak labor (source PRISMA/SOFOFA). Source: e-SEIA + PRISMA.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

Roads and motorwaysSource: OpenStreetMap · 2026 snapshot

Kilometres of trunk road
57 km
Motorways and trunk roads crossing the comuna

Road infrastructure of the MOP and concession holders, not the municipality: it measures how much highway crosses the territory, not municipal management. Only comunas with roads of this category are counted.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

State protected wilderness areas (SNASPE) in the comuna
Las VicunasNational Reserve201.825 ha
Volcan IslugaNational Park168.906 ha

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

26
Species
7
Flora
19
Fauna
17
In conservation status
5
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
RuilNothofagus alessandriiENQueuleGomortega keuleENBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUPitaoPitavia punctataENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENVicuñaVicugna vicugnaVUGuanacoLama guanicoeVUÑandúRhea pennataENAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENFlamenco andino, parina grandePhoenicoparrus andinusVUMero de la punaAgriornis albicaudaVUPiuquén, piquén, guayataChloephaga melanopteraENCóndorVultur gryphusNTPumaPuma concolorNTPato cortacorrientesMerganetta armataNTLagarto rubricadoLiolaemus signiferNT

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

1 Wetlands · 38 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HPU-01-02Quebrada Camiña38 /503

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 3 projects totaling US$ 93 million, approved between 2009 and 2012. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Others2 projects · US$ 65 M · 2011–2012
Gge Chile SpAEXPLORACIÓN GEOTERMICA PUCHULDIZA SUR 2 · Exploración Minera Puchuldiza
Transport Infrastructure1 project · US$ 28 M · 2009
Ministerio de Obras PúblicasReposición Ruta 15-CH, Sector: Río Isluga, I Región (e-seia)

Approved is not the same as built or operating: the RCA authorises the project, but some were never carried out and others have since closed.

Source: projects with an RCA approved by SEIA (investment declared by the developer, split among the comunas the project spans). Under each sector are its two largest projects by investment. It is the best public proxy for large industrial sites; SERNAGEOMIN’s registry of active mining operations (by mineral and type of operation) is a layer not yet incorporated.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
CGE
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Alto Hospicio at 162.3 km

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2023)

Green space per capita
18 m²
above the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
7
Historic monuments
6
Heritage zones
1

Monuments declared by decree (official CMN roster). Excludes archaeological and public monuments. Declaration entails legal protection and intervention restrictions.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero Municipal Pozo Almonte (Pozo Almonte) · 1.402 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
3
Area affected
2 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
3 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
4,25°C
2035-2065 projection: +2,33°C
Annual precipitation
220 mm
projection: +1%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +0 days
Frost days
311

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
185
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
11.874
Police cases · trend
76
185
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage332.118
Drug-related crimes191.220
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces181.155
Receiving stolen goods171.091
Minor injuries12770
Weapons-related crimes11706
Burglary of an inhabited place10642
Crimes and offenses under the arms law9578
Threats9578
Larceny9578
Domestic violence8514
Robbery with violence or intimidation8514

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 22.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
10
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 1.558 hab
Patrol fleet
1
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Security booths
1
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 1Drones: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
10
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
9
Deaths
1
64,2 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
10
1 serious

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.