Summary
What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap
Juan Fernández es una comuna perteneciente a la provincia y Región de Valparaíso, Chile. Su territorio corresponde al archipiélago de Juan Fernández, que se compone de las islas Robinson Crusoe, Alejandro Selkirk, el islote Santa Clara y otros islotes menores.
Liveability index · EIU style
45.7 /100AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests
Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL
Mayoral history · 7 terms
SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)
Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL
Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL
Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)
Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)
- Actas Concejo Municipal N° 40 · 2025 ↗
- Actas Concejo Municipal N° 44 · 2025 ↗
- Actas Concejo Municipal N° 45 · 2025 ↗
- Actas Concejo Municipal N° 41 · 2025 ↗
- Actas Concejo Municipal N° 43 · 2025 ↗
- Actas Concejo Municipal N° 46 · 2025 ↗
Documents indexed from the Transparency Portal (Law 20.285); they link to the PDF published by the municipality.
What the council resolvesSource: Official minutes · AI extraction (ongoing)
What the council resolvesSource: Official minutes · AI extraction (ongoing)
| Resolution | Type | Amount | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 · Aprobación Modificación Presupuestaria Municipal Nº020 | Budget amendment | $10.934.828 | unanimidad |
| 4.2 · Aprobación propuesta de adjudicación de licitación pública para Adquisición Domo Espacio de la Mujer | Tender | $75.003.130 | unanimidad |
| Rendición de la comisión de servicios del Concejal Andrés Salas Burgos | Other | $588.470 | — |
| Aprobación de la comisión de servicios internacional y nacional del Alcalde Pablo Manríquez Angulo | Other | — | unanimidad |
| 4.4 · Posibilidad de firmar un convenio de pago para personas con deudas elevadas en subsidios aéreos y marítimos | Settlement | — | — |
| 4.3 · Solicitud para incorporar un representante de Juan Fernández en el COSOC del SLEP y organizar una comisión de educación | Regulation | — | — |
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
Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory
| Year | Findings | Altam. | Compl. | Median. | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 43 | 6 | 18 | 19 | — |
| 2015 | 56 | 15 | 21 | 19 | — |
CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations
Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)
Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)
- WWomLobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2023–2025
- JdJunta de Vecinos Valle la PolvoraLobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2024
- FNFondo Naturaleza ChileLobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2023–2026
- rrRld Respaldo Legal de DocumentosLobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
- ASAdalid Servicio de Capacitaciones LimitadaLobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
- FAFebos Ami SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
- B(Bdm (Batalla de Maestros) / Beat Brothers SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
- LLLighting Life Representaciones SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
- MSMemori SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
- cgCivic Group SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
- SPSeta Pht Chile SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
- CMCigo Mining Chile Ltda.Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
- AAAerotransportes Araucania Ltda.Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
- WCWalmart Chile S.A.Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
- BGBe Group SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
- OSONG Sonrie Siempre Fernando Mora FigueroaLobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
- ICIsland ConservationLobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
- JSJanus SpALobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
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
How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).
See the full trajectory to 2050 →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.
| Indicator | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Homes with public water supply (2017 Census) | 87,97 % | CENSO 2017 2017 |
| School disengagement (leaves the system) | 1,9 % | MINEDUC 2023 |
| School enrollment | 5 students | MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024 |
| Municipal enrollment | 100 % | MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024 |
| PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE) | 558,6 pts | DEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026 |
| PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE) | 566,9 pts | DEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026 |
| poblacion_censo | 904 inh. | 2024 Census 2024 |
| Indigenous peoples | 12,17 % | 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 10 students registered for the PAES — far too few: this comuna’s average is unreliable.
Registro Social de Hogares
| Elderly (60+) | 204 | 20% |
| Children and adolescents (<18) | 212 | 21% |
| Foreign nationals | 20 | 2% |
| Belonging to indigenous peoples | 44 | 4% |
| People with moderate/severe dependency | 10 | 1% |
| Single-person households | 311 | 55% |
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
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
Specialties with services recorded at the comuna's public facilities (REM DEIS, 2024). These are services performed, not doctor headcount. Excludes the private network.
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.
| Center | Type | Provider type | Enrollees | % brackets A-B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consultorio General Rural Juan Fernández | Family Health Center (CESFAM) | Municipal | 136 | 55% |
FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.
Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA
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.
1 Local media · FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)
1 Local media · FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)
| Local media | Type | dial |
|---|---|---|
| CdCorporacion de Desarrollo Cultural del Archipielago Juan Fernandez · holder | FM | 101.5 FM |
The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).
Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE
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: 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
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.
Dos servicios subsidiados por el MTT: marítimo Valparaíso–Robinson Crusoe (Transmarko, ~2 viajes/mes, subsidio ~$1.791 M/año; en 2025 se suma la nave "Klio") y aéreo (~2 viajes ida/vuelta semanales). Residentes pagan tarifa rebajada, no gratuita. NO existe subsidio directo al pasaje análogo a Rapa Nui.
Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 70% 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.
Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios
Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)
Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025
Special-law revenues · 2025
Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.
Revenue by sector · 2025
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Evolución por fuente de ingreso
Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend
FCM received · trend
State transfers · trend
Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE
Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE
Accrued spending · trend
Distribution by management area · 2025
What the budget is spent on · 2025
| Spending line | Amount | % of spending | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees | $1.224.314.000 | 34.9% | |
| Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance | $782.619.000 | 22.3% | |
| Investment (works and projects) | $431.111.000 | 12.3% | |
| Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending | $191.022.000 | 5.4% | |
| Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal | $109.746.000 | 3.1% | |
| Councillor stipends | $87.094.000 | 2.5% | |
| Transfers to health | $66.800.000 | 1.9% | |
| Travel allowances | $10.218.000 | 0.3% | |
| Commissions and representation | $6.271.000 | 0.2% |
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
Personnel by contract type · 2025
Municipal headcount · 2023
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
Basic and general services · 2025
Final works approvals (DOM) · per year
Building permits issued · per year
Management indicator · 2025
What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data
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What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data
Purchase-order amount · trend
| Top suppliers | Amount | POs |
|---|---|---|
| Devia Constructora | $3.587.290.449 | 1 |
| Copec S.A. | $2.797.138.794 | 115 |
| Ecoalliance SpA | $1.264.375.000 | 4 |
| Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S.A. | $1.231.760.423 | 77 |
| Loma Verde Ingeniería y Construcción SpA | $826.097.351 | 1 |
| R y L Ingenieria Limitada | $821.853.366 | 1 |
| Servicios Claudia Janette Gonzalez Contreras E.I.R.L. | $586.897.366 | 7 |
| Constructora Centinela SpA | $501.350.568 | 8 |
Purchase mechanism · 2026
| Tender | $995.846.351 | 49% |
| Direct award discretionary | $813.145.653 | 40% |
| Agile Purchase | $211.278.925 | 10% |
| Framework Agreement | $28.457.041 | 1% |
Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)
Pyramid by sales bracket
Largest companies domiciled in the comuna
| Company | Line of business | Sales bracket | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Municipalidad de Juan Fernandez | ADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE S | No sales | 105 |
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.
TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more
Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines
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.
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.
Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC
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 (2025)
Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)
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 heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)
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)
Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)
Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.
| Facility | Type | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Botadero Municipal Juan Fernández | Basural | 340 t/year |
Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).
Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)
Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.
Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)
DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.
Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)
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
| Crime | Cases | Rate/100k |
|---|---|---|
| Threats | 13 | 1.178 |
| Minor injuries | 10 | 906 |
| Domestic violence | 9 | 815 |
| Property damage | 5 | 453 |
| Burglary of an uninhabited place | 3 | 272 |
| Less serious injuries | 3 | 272 |
| Drug-related crimes | 2 | 181 |
| Larceny | 2 | 181 |
| Sexual abuse | 1 | 91 |
| Weapons-related crimes | 1 | 91 |
| Crimes and offenses under the arms law | 1 | 91 |
| Threats or brawls (misdemeanor) | 1 | 91 |
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.