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Quillota

Valparaíso100.972 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024303 km² of area333 inh./km²$28.738M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Environment
54 species in conservation status
23rd most documented threatened species
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Population
+10,1%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
15,5%
Multidimensional poverty · 245th highest of 346
Finance
$285 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 318 of 346
Environment
18,7 µg/m³
Air below the Chilean standard, above the WHO guideline (PM2.5)
Education
611 pts
above the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
238th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

87 Squares and green areas
61 Schools
21 Kindergartens
17 Pharmacies
13 Health centers
8 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
6 Institutes
4 Fire stations
2 Carabineros
2 Hospitals
1 Universities

Liveability index · EIU style

62.0 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#38 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety58
Health73
Culture and environment68
Education42
Infrastructure59
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Luis Mella G.
INDEPENDIENTE
31.921
votes (50.24%)
79.219
Electoral roll
86,85%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
LM
Luis Mella G.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
31.921
votes
OR
Oscar Rodolfo Calderon Sanchez
2021-2024 · IND
16.520
votes
LA
Luis Alberto Mella Gajardo
2008-2012 · PDC
18.076
votes
LM
Luis Mella Gajardo
2004-2008 · PDC
18.562
votes
LM
Luis Mella Gajardo
2000-2004 · PDC
17.490
votes
LM
Luis Mella Gajardo
1996-2000 · DC
14.929
votes
LM
Luis Mella Gajardo
1992-1996 · DC
13.821
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

MA
Mauricio Avila P.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
3.374
votes
RB
Regina Brito J.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
3.152
votes
KM
Karen Madrid O.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO POR LA DEMOCRACIA
2.134
votes
JR
Jose Rebolar R.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
2.103
votes
CP
Carlos Pacheco D.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · PARTIDO RADICAL DE CHILE
2.070
votes
BC
Benjamin Canelo P.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
1.852
votes
DM
Daniela Meriño C.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE CHILE
1.651
votes
CT
Carlos Tapia Z.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
1.435
votes

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

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

Resolutions extracted
149
of 167 minutes read
Money involved
$5.859.841.193
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
4.1 · Subvención extraordinaria mensual a la Sociedad Protectora de Animales San Francisco de AsísSubsidy$200.000unanimidad
4.1 · Modificación Presupuestaria por mayores ingresosBudget amendment$85.639.540unanimidad
4.1 · Patente para 'Baeza, Garin, Harb, Limitada' como Restaurante Diurno en Calle Concepción N° 248, QuillotaLicenseunanimidad
4.1 · Modificar horario de Reuniones de Comisión de Coordinación General y Sesiones Ordinarias de Concejo MunicipalOtherunanimidad
4.1 · Modificación Presupuestaria por ajuste de gastosBudget amendment$347.500unanimidad
4.7 · Aprobación de Modificación Presupuestaria por Mayores Ingresos para el Departamento de EducaciónBudget amendment$600.796.743unanimidad

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
116
Highly complex
24
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
202311263
202211
202121597
202030723
20191284
201811182

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

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

  • CP
    Constructora Pacal S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 8 audiencias · 2019–2021
  • RS
    Redmedica Sudamericana Inmobiliaria SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2018–2025
  • WC
    Walmart Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2022
  • MI
    Mai Inversiones
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2023
  • II
    Inmobiliaria Inmovet
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015–2022
  • AP
    Aguas Pacífico SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2017–2019
  • CD
    Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S a
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2018
  • E
    Endesa
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2021
  • IS
    Interchile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • PA
    Pacto Ambiente
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2018
  • E
    Enersis
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2021
  • CC
    Constructora Cvp Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2018–2022
  • AM
    Aridos Maggi Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • G
    Gasvalpo
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2022
  • CA
    Constructora Anta Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2019–2020
  • FE
    Fundacion Eduacional Rakidwan
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2020
  • VP
    Vermögen Propiedades SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017–2018
  • GL
    Gi3 Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2019
  • CC
    Cámara Chilena de la Construcción A.g.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016–2022
  • EI
    Easton Inmobiliaria Industrial Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2022–2023
and 124 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

79.050
inhabitants
101.729
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+30%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
112.777
+4% vs. 2035 (108.188)
Over 60 · 2050
34,51%
27,46% in 2035 · +7 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)94,77 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,1 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment1.328 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment21,7 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)611 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)640,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo96.753 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)5,3 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)15,5 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples4,75 %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 1.723 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
91.492
50.692 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
27.672
55% of RSH households
Female-headed households
54%
27.572
Elderly (60+)22.01524%
Children and adolescents (<18)18.58420%
Foreign nationals5.5826%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2.5123%
People with moderate/severe dependency1.4162%
Single-person households26.77153%

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
22.208
62 schools
Students per teacher
13,1
1.695 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
91,1%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
50%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 28%Private subsidized 55%Private paid 17%
Pass rate
97,1%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
2,59%
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
3
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
1
FONASA enrollees
97.197
96% of the population
Doctors employed
58
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 428Contract staff: 381Fee contracts: 25
Primary-care medical visits · per year
74.638
164.478
20102025
Medical specialties served · 29 in the comuna (public system)
Internal MedicineAdult Orthopedics and TraumaAdult General SurgeryPediatricsOphthalmologyAdult GynecologyDermatologyOtorhinolaryngologyAdult UrologyAdult PsychiatryObstetricsPediatric NeurologyAdult CardiologyAdult RheumatologyAdult NeurologyPediatric SurgeryAdult EndocrinologyAdult Physical Medicine & Rehab+11 more
surgery:Otorhinolaryngology

Specialties with services recorded at the comuna's public facilities (REM DEIS, 2024). These are services performed, not doctor headcount. Excludes the private network.

Comprehensive home visits · per year
7.545
4.678
20192024

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 (97.535 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez de QuillotaFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal48.05856%
Consultorio Dr. Miguel ConchaFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal18.90857%
Centro de Salud Familiar San PedroFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal7.18659%
Centro de Salud Familiar la PalmaFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal6.33957%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Ruta NorteCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal4.49854%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Santa TeresitaCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal4.35257%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez "cerro Macaya"Community Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal3.72563%
Centro de Salud Familiar BocoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal3.71661%
Posta de Salud Rural ManzanarRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal75366%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $26.062.377.000 ($268.140/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $20.396.566.000Municipal contribution: $1.292.500.000

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

Indigenous population
4.591
4.7% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche3.13868.4%
Diaguita84618.4%
Aymara2725.9%
Otro962.1%
Atacameño o Lickanantay671.5%
Quechua581.3%

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.

Community organizationSource: RPJSFL Civil Registry (Law 20.500/19.418) · as of Jun 2026

Active neighborhood councils
154
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
1.5
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
1.658
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
507
Sports
150
Social and aid
146
For the elderly
89
Cultural
31
Foundations and corporations
23
Religious
9
Trade associations and cooperatives
5
Fire brigades
4

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

10 Local media · 1 AM · 2 Comunitaria · 5 FM · 1 Mínima cobertura · 1 Digital pressSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
CCARNAVALFM92.7 FM
CCRYSTALFM89.1 FM
GQGEDEON QUILLOTAMínima cobertura107.9 FM
LLIBRAFM104.7 FM
NNEXXOAM1530 AM
oobservador.clDigital press
QQUILLOTAFM101.5 FM
AdAgrupacion de Juntas de Vecinos de San Pedro · holderComunitaria107.3 FM
MVMarlene Vicuña Guerrero E.I.R.L. · holderFM106.5 FM
RCRadio Comunitaria Cumbre Fm 96.5 · holderComunitaria106.9 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

Foreign nationals
7.951
8,2% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
5.652 people · 71% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
5.652 Venezuela
660 Colombia
389 Argentina
296 Haití

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

Families in informal settlements
48
2 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
1.933
5,7% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
106
10.859 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
1.952
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
1.082
beneficiaries · 2012–2025
Subsidies Rental · DS52
501
paid · 2014–2025

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

65.964homes · by type (2017)
House
29.174 · 88.2%
House
28.006 · 85.1%
Apartment
4.701 · 14.3%
Apartment
3.435 · 10.4%
Shack/hut/shanty
249 · 0.8%
Other private
137 · 0.4%
Other private
88 · 0.3%
Room in old house/tenement
73 · 0.2%
Room in old house/tenement
66 · 0.2%
Shack/improvised dwelling
26 · 0.1%
Mobile
4 · 0%
Indigenous dwelling
3 · 0%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
2 · 0%
73%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
9.947 · 50%
Owned, being paid off
4.597 · 23.1%
Rented
3.248 · 16.3%
Provided for work
1.296 · 6.5%
Free of charge
811 · 4.1%

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

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
20
Beds
471
20,4 per 1,000 over-60s

Long-stay facilities for the elderly registered in Chile Cuida. Comunas without ELEAM send their elders to other comunas. With projected ageing (see Demographic projection), this capacity defines whether one can age in one's own comuna.

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$28.737.678.000
Own revenue
$10.072.292.000
35% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$13.726.266.000
48% of the total
State transfers
$1.049.782.000
4% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$4.295.620.000
$28.737.678.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

23.8%
19.8%
13.6%
9.6%
33.1%
Property tax$2.396.720.000
Business licenses$1.999.320.000
Vehicle permits$1.371.999.000
Cleaning fees$969.896.000
Other own revenue$3.334.357.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $12.891.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
35.4%
32.5%
32.1%
Municipal$28.737.678.000
Education$26.355.266.000
Health$26.006.588.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $11.366.494.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$1.411.119.000
$10.072.292.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$1.335.726.000
$13.726.266.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$1.174.607.000
$1.049.782.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$31.619.516.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$29.885.096.000
Execution rate
94.5%
Unexecuted: $1.734.420.000
Medium execution: it executed 94.5%. Left unspent: $1.734.420.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$4.640.080.000
$29.885.096.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

50.4%
35.1%
6.1%
Internal management$15.055.122.000
Community services$10.494.632.000
Social programs$1.834.638.000
Municipal activities$222.806.000
Recreational programs$1.643.329.000
Cultural programs$634.569.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$26.062.377.00087.2%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$11.214.643.00037.5%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$7.954.727.00026.6%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$2.080.344.0007.0%
Transfers to health$1.292.500.0004.3%
Electricity (facilities)$1.278.408.0004.3%
Investment (works and projects)$236.938.0000.8%
Councillor stipends$121.911.0000.4%
Water (facilities)$81.320.0000.3%
Travel allowances$19.227.0000.1%
Street lighting$17.794.0000.1%
Commissions and representation$8.892.0000.0%

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

26.6%
37.5%
35.9%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$7.954.727.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$11.214.643.000
Others$10.715.726.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

29.4%
31.3%
37.1%
Permanent staff$3.764.468.000
Contract staff$4.004.344.000
Fee contracts$185.915.000
Labor Code$96.516.000
Community progs.$4.749.577.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

44.3%
55.7%
Permanent staff127
Contract staff160
Total: 287 staffWomen: 55.0%Professionalization: 39.7%
Cost/staffer permanent: $28.554.024/yearCost/staffer contract: $13.065.769/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: $236.938.000 (0.8% of spending)Councillor stipends: $121.911.000Travel allowances: $19.227.000Commissions and representation: $8.892.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $2.080.344.000Street lighting: $17.794.000Electricity: $1.278.408.000Water: $81.320.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

343
287
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

405
240
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$169.619.828.509
Purchase orders
69.867

Purchase-order amount · trend

$3.129.519.062
$6.749.183.497
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Nibaldo$10.202.843.7835
Gonzalez y Fierro Ltra.$7.378.206.07011
Empresa Constructora Desco S.A.$5.852.599.9361
Constructora Gómez Recabarren Ltda.$5.588.109.86823
Ohl Servicios-Ingesan S.a. Agencia en Chile$5.311.000.0001
Surti Ventas S.A.$4.230.511.201133
Anta$2.850.772.09315
Empresa Constructora Pedro Aviles R. y Cia. Ltda.$2.599.899.5411

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $4.370.509.65865%
Agile Purchase $1.865.856.07728%
Framework Agreement $494.831.5647%
Direct award discretionary$17.986.1990%

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

Registered companies
7.746
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
27.988

Pyramid by sales bracket

59.7%
14.7%
23.3%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)4.622 companies
Small (≤25k UF)1.138 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)138 companies
Large (>100k UF)44 companies
No sales/no info1.804 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Euromat SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 360
H R a Ingenieria Civil SpACONSTRUCCIONLarge 2553
Soc Comercial Socoval SpAINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 2340
Martinez y Compania LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 2238
Sociedad Agricola el Molino SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 2224
Villegas Hermanos LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 2145
Servicios Integrales de Mantenimientos Tecnicos Sociedad AnonimaACTIVIDADES PROFESIONALES, CIENTIFICAS Y TECNLarge 2121
Agricola las Cruzadas SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 295
Agricola Lomas de Maitenes LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 286
Osorio Hermanos y Cia Ltda.EXPLOTACION DE MINAS Y CANTERASLarge 282

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$ 1 M declared
Approved last 5 years
12
US$ 347 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
28
+ 29 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
906
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Habilitación Extensión Metro Valparaíso Quillota - La CaleraEIAEmpresa de los Ferrocarriles del EsApproved811850
Ajustes operacionales y ambientales en la Central San IsidroDIAEnel Generación Chile S.A.Approved60101
Conjunto Habitacional Valle del Aconcagua I y IIDIALuis Rodrigo Vargas CorreaApproved19,617140
Adecuaciones y Mejoras del Complejo Termoeléctrico NehuencoDIAColbún S.A.Approved17,598
Parque Fotovoltaico San IsidroDIAParque Solar San Isidro SpAApproved1040
Parque Fotovoltaico Palto SunlightDIAPalto Sunlight SpAApproved1070
Energía EsmeraldaDIAEnergia Esmeralda SpAApproved1070
Planta Solar La EsmeraldaDIAPlanta Solar la Esmeralda SpAApproved1060
Porota SolarDIAPorota Solar SpAApproved640
PSF San Francisco VDIASan Francisco V SpAApproved660
Modificación Cantera Hernán MuñozDIAVladimir Hernan Muñoz CavalleraApproved58
SUBESTACIÓN TAP OFF LAS GARZASDIASociedad Austral de Transmisión TroApproved3,280

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
30 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.

Environment and air qualitySource: MMA · SINCA + PPDA + RETC

MP2,5 · annual average
18,7µg/m³· above the WHO guideline, below the Chilean standard
OMS 5
CL standard 20
3,7× the WHO 2021 guideline · 0,9× the Chilean standard · 13 days above daily standard (50 µg/m³)
MP10 · annual average
41,4µg/m³· above the WHO guideline, below the Chilean standard
OMS 15
CL standard 50
2,8× the WHO 2021 guideline · 0,8× the Chilean standard · 0 days above daily standard (150 µg/m³)
4monitoring stations· measures MP2,5; MP10; O3; SO2; NO2; CO· stations: Cuerpo de Bomberos, La Palma, Manzanar, San Pedro
vigenteindustrial-mineroSO2; MP10
PPDA Provincia de Quillota + Catemu, Panquehue y Llaillay
DS 18/2023 · published 2023 · see plan

Zone with decontamination plan Plan Quillota + Catemu-Panquehue-Llaillay · critical pollutant MP / SO2

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
28 t SO₂
0 t MP10
0 t MP2,5
0 t Material particulado

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2024); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

State protected wilderness areas (SNASPE) in the comuna
La CampanaNational Park7.416 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.

364
Species
254
Flora
103
Fauna
7
Funga
83
In conservation status
59
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Belloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENPitaoPitavia punctataENRuilNothofagus alessandriiENQueuleGomortega keuleENPochaCheirodon pisciculusVUGuayacánPorlieria chilensisVUPalma chilena, palmera chilena, palmera de coquitos, palma de miel, palma de vino de chile, can – canJubaea chilensisENHuillipatagua, naranjillo, pataguaCitronella mucronataVUSapo de ruloRhinella aruncoVURoble de santiago, roble blanco, roble, hualle, pellín,hualoNothofagus macrocarpaVUPatagua, patahuaCrinodendron pataguaVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVULagartija de schröederLiolaemus schroederiVUParamela de til-tilAdesmia resinosaENSandillón, asiento de la suegraEriosyce aurataVURana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUUvilloMonttea chilensisENGruñidor de valeriaPristidactylus valeriaeENTollo de agua dulceDiplomystes chilensisENBagre grandeNematogenys inermisENPancoraAegla laevisENLagarto gruñidor de álvaroPristidactylus alvaroiCRAñañucaPhycella scarlatinaVUCascarudo de las docasCallyntra multicostaENVaquita del desierto de paposoGyriosomus angustusENVaquita de la isla choros, vaquita del desiertoGyriosomus granulipennisVULagartija de gravenhorstLiolaemus gravenhorstiVUCauque del norteOdontesthes brevianalisVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVURatón topo del matorralChelemys megalonyxVUZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVULinguePersea lingueVUGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUPiuquén, piquén, guayataChloephaga melanopteraENPidencitoLaterallus jamaicensisENCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUComadrejita trompudaRhyncholestes raphanurusVUGuanacoLama guanicoeVUCamarón de río del norteCryphiops caementariusVUTricahueCyanoliseus patagonusENBallena de aleta, rorcual comúnBalaenoptera physalusCRChinchilla cordilleranaChinchilla chinchillaCRPingüino de humboldt, pingüino, pájaro niño, patranka, humboldt penguin (inglés), peruvian penguin (inglés)Spheniscus humboldtiENBallena sei, rorcual bacalao, rorcual de rudolphiBalaenoptera borealisCRAbejorro, abejorro colorado, moscardón, duillin, diwmeñ, abejorro gigante de la patagonia, don basilioBombus dahlbomiiENLiquen (genérico)Acarospora schleicheriENPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUZarapito de pico recto, aguja café, becasina de mar, hudsonian godwit (inglés)Limosa haemasticaVUTarántula chilena rosada, araña pollitoGrammostola roseaVUAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENCiprés de cordillera, lenAustrocedrus chilensisVULagarto nítidoLiolaemus nitidusNTSapo arrieroAlsodes nodosusNTHitigu, arrayán de hoja rojaMyrceugenia rufaNTIguanaCallopistes maculatusNTDegú costinoOctodon lunatusNTLagartija de manchaLiolaemus nigromaculatusNT
and 23 more

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 · 1 urban · 984 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-05-02Desembocadura Rio Aconcaguaurban984 /8.465

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. 29 projects totaling US$ 1.683 million, approved between 1996 and 2026. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy23 projects · US$ 1.185 M · 1996–2025
Interchile S.A.Plan de Expansión Chile LT 2x500 kV Cardones - Polpaico · Gasoducto Trasandino y Distribución de Gas Natural en Chile
Transport Infrastructure1 project · US$ 203 M · 2026
Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del EstadoHabilitación Extensión Metro Valparaíso Quillota - La Calera
Amenities1 project · US$ 166 M · 2013
Servicio de Salud Viña del Mar - QuillotaConstrucción Hospital Biprovincial Quillota - Petorca
Environmental Sanitation2 projects · US$ 67 M · 2001–2018
Aguas Pacifico SpAProyecto Aconcagua · Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas Quillota Quinta Región
Hydraulic Infrastructure1 project · US$ 42 M · 2020
Acueducto San Isidro Quilapilún SpAProyecto Acueducto San Isidro-Quilapilún
Real estate1 project · US$ 20 M · 2026
Luis Rodrigo Vargas CorreaConjunto Habitacional Valle del Aconcagua I y II

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
Chilquinta
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESVAL
Higher education
2 campuses in the comuna

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.

Environmental conflictsSource: SNIFA · SMA + Environmental Search · Environmental Courts

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
1
Sanctioned entities
1
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
15 UTA
1 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Compañía Eléctrica Tarapacá S.A.CENTRAL SAN ISIDROEnergy15

Environmental sanctions final from the SMA (no pending appeals) whose auditable unit sits in the comuna: companies, individuals and institutions (including the municipality). Fine in UTA (Annual Tax Unit). Source: Public Sanctions Registry, SNIFA.

Appeals before the Environmental Courts

Appeals
2
on projects in the comuna
Case no.Parties / projectSubjectDecision
R-240-2020
2TA
Organización Comunitaria Funcional Vecinos Los Nogales / Director Ejecutivo del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental
Plan de Expansión Chile LT 2x500 kv Cardones-Polpaico
Administrative invalidationRejects
R-288-2021
2TA
Diego Eduardo Ibáñez Cotroneo y otros / Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental
Acueducto San Isidro-Quilapilún
Environmental assessment - Citizen participationRejects

Appeals resolved by the Environmental Courts (Law 20.600) on the comuna's projects or facilities, geolocated by the associated project (SEIA) or sanctioned facility (SMA). Partial coverage: Supreme Court appeals and cases without a locatable act are excluded. Source: 1st Environmental Court's Environmental Search.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
6 m²
60% of 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
1
Historic monuments
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)

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
Relleno Sanitario San PedroRelleno Sanitario223.350 t/year · receives from 7 comunas
C.D.P. QuillotaPrison (CDP)703 inmates · 461 convicted · 239 awaiting trial · 214% occupancy
PTAS - QUILLOTAPTAS · lodos actovadosESVAL S.A. · discharges into río aconcagua
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario San Pedro (Quillota) · 51.684 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
44
Area affected
23 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
201 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.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
22
At high or very high risk
19
7 very high
Main threat
Colapso colectores de aguas …
Colapso colectores de aguas lluvia/alcantarillados

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)

No scarcity decree in force today.
Years under decree since 2008
9
latest: 2022 · drought chronicity

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)

Mean annual temperature
14,48°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,2°C
Annual precipitation
386 mm
projection: -5%
Hot days>30°C
5
projection: +14 days
Frost days
4

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
5.332
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
5.281
Police cases · trend
5.453
5.332
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Threats815807
Property damage618612
Larceny575570
Domestic violence481476
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces390386
Burglary of an uninhabited place314311
Weapons-related crimes271268
Burglary of an inhabited place266263
Crimes and offenses under the arms law233231
Minor injuries231229
Theft of items from vehicles219217
Robbery with violence or intimidation211209

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 29.

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
92
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 100.972 hab
Patrol fleet
7
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 1Pickups: 6
Surveillance cameras · trend
29
92
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
471
Deaths
3
3 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
148
32 serious
Pedestrian collisions
32
1 pedestrian killed

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.