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Olivar

Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins15.007 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 202444 km² of area339 inh./km²$6.755M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Society
92%
21st highest electoral turnout (2024)
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Population
+6,1%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
18,4%
Multidimensional poverty · 177th highest of 346
Finance
$450 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 213 of 346
Education
565,9 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
247th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

15 Squares and green areas
9 Schools
5 Health centers
4 Carabineros
3 Pharmacies
2 Libraries
2 Kindergartens
2 Fire stations
1 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)

Olivar es una comuna de la zona central de Chile, ubicada en la Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, específicamente en la provincia de Cachapoal. Tiene su capital en la localidad de Olivar Alto, y se ubica a unos 10 km al suroeste de la ciudad de Rancagua. Olivar integra el Área Metropolitana de O'Higgins (AMO'H) en conjunto a las comunas de Rancagua, Machalí y Graneros. Limita con las comunas de Rancagua, Requínoa, Machalí y Coínco. Por su margen norte corre el río Cachapoal, que lo separa de la comuna de Rancagua y de la comuna de Doñihue. Es la comuna de menor superficie de la región de O'Higgins.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

44.1 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#247 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety44
Health50
Culture and environment27
Education45
Infrastructure60
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

María Montero C.Re-elected
CHILE VAMOS · INDEPENDIENTE
5.951
votes (52.64%)
13.207
Electoral roll
92,47%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
MM
María Montero C.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
5.951
votes
ME
Maria Estrella Montero Carrasco
2021-2024 · IND
2.472
votes
ME
María Estrella Montero Carrasco
2008-2012 · ILE
3.458
votes
ME
María Estrella Montero Carrasco
2004-2008 · ILB
3.262
votes
ME
Maria Estrella Montero Carrasco
2000-2004 · ILC
2.430
votes
ME
Maria Estrella Montero Carrasco
1996-2000 · ILDRN
1.711
votes
AA
Antonio Aguilera Miranda
1992-1996 · PR
1.182
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

CM
Carlos Miranda G.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
1.218
votes
EC
Eduardo Caceres F.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
972
votes
ER
Estefano Reyes A.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
865
votes
VA
Vicente Allende P.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · PARTIDO RADICAL DE CHILE
802
votes
CC
Carlos Castillo G.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
757
votes
RP
Rosa Pino G.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
619
votes

Sesiones

Última sesión19 minWatch session

En una línea: Sesión de trámite rápido: se aprobaron por unanimidad dos modificaciones presupuestarias y un contrato de alimentación escolar, y los concejales plantearon problemas de infraestructura vial y de canales en distintos sectores de la comuna.

Temas tratados

  • Aprobación de actas: Actas de las sesiones ordinarias N°4, 5 y 6 de 2026.
  • Modificación presupuestaria N°13 (Salud): Ajuste presupuestario del área de salud.
  • Modificación presupuestaria N°14 (Municipal): Ajuste que incluyó ítems como gas para adultos mayores y un premio universitario social.
  • Contrato de suministro de alimentos para salidas pedagógicas 2026: Licitación pública para establecimientos educacionales de la comuna.
  • Puntos varios: Problemas en Ruta H-40, ciclovía, accesos deteriorados, canal con malezas en Pasaje Los Guindos, y propuesta de enviar actas en formato digital.

Acuerdos y votaciones

  • Actas N°4, 5 y 6 aprobadas por unanimidad (mano alzada).
  • Modificación presupuestaria N°13 (Salud) aprobada por unanimidad.
  • Modificación presupuestaria N°14 (Municipal) aprobada por unanimidad.
  • Contrato de suministro de alimentos para salidas pedagógicas aprobado por unanimidad.
  • No hubo votación formal sobre el resto de los puntos varios.

Plata y obras

  • Modificación presupuestaria N°13: Área de salud; no se mencionan montos.
  • Modificación presupuestaria N°14: Área municipal; incluye provisión de gas para adultos mayores y un premio universitario social; no se mencionan montos.
  • Contrato alimentación escolar: Licitación pública para salidas pedagógicas año escolar 2026; no se menciona monto adjudicado.
  • Ruta H-40: El contrato global vigente vence aproximadamente en junio de 2027; se plantea solicitar a Vialidad/MOP incluir sendas multipropósito (peatones y ciclistas) en el próximo proceso licitatorio.

Puntos de debate o controversia

  • Ruta H-40 — rotura ilegal: Una zanja abierta para cruzar cañería en el sector de la cuarta escuela fue rellenada con piedras sin permiso. Según Vialidad (consultada previamente), fue una intervención no autorizada en su faja; se anunciaron acciones con Policía de Caminos.
  • Canal en Pasaje Los Guindos (Olivar Bajo): Canal con malezas y basura que estuvo a punto de desbordarse en lluvias anteriores; hay disputa sobre quién debe limpiarlo (Canalistas vs. municipio).
  • Actas en papel vs. digital: El concejal Carlos Castillo planteó reemplazar la entrega impresa por correo electrónico. La secretaria del concejo indicó que el reglamento actual no lo contempla, pero que podría incorporarse en una próxima revisión reglamentaria.

Para seguir

  • Asesoría fiscal debe gestionar con Vialidad la situación de la zanja en Ruta H-40 y revisar el estado de soleras en la ciclovía.
  • Municipio enviará oficio a Vialidad/MOP para solicitar inclusión de sendas multipropósito en el nuevo contrato de Ruta H-40.
  • Inspector municipal debe verificar responsabilidades en la limpieza del canal en Pasaje Los Guindos y notificar a quien corresponda.
  • Secretaría del concejo evaluará modificación al reglamento para permitir entrega digital de actas.
  • Consejal Eduardo Cáceres quedó pendiente de enviar fotografías del acceso a camino a termas (nombre del funcionario receptor no queda claro en la transcripción).

Summary generated by AI (claude-sonnet-4-6) from the official broadcast transcript · may contain inaccuracies

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

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

Resolutions extracted
682
of 314 minutes read
Money involved
$2.231.367.300
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
Informe Programa Aniversario comuna de Olivar año 2015Other
3 · Aprobación Modificación Presupuestaria N°1Budget amendment$132.000.000unanimidad
Entrega de Acta 2ª Sesión Ordinaria noviembre 2014Other
Aprobación del Acta 1ª Sesión Ordinaria noviembre 2014Otherunanimidad
4.1 · Subvención Municipal al Centro de Padres y Apoderados del Liceo Técnico Juan Hoppe Gantz para funcionamiento de la radio comunalSubsidy
Presentación del Director Regional del Serviu Región de O'Higgins, Sr. Victor Cárdenas sobre proyectos habitacionales y ciclovíasOther

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
48
Highly complex
7
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
202512147
2020514
2018316915

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

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

  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2018–2025
  • L
    Ligup
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2020–2025
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2023–2026
  • CD
    Clínica de Salud Integral S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2023–2025
  • BS
    Buk SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2023–2025
  • W
    Wom
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2022
  • PR
    Pozo, Ríos, Rodríguez y Torres Ltda. (Zecovery)
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2021–2026
  • DJ
    Distribuciones Jurídicas de Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2022–2026
  • CL
    Comercializadora Lizette Faundez Martinez EIRL
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • HC
    Health Consulting Partners
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • IY
    Ingenería y Desarrollo de Software Besttech SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023–2024
  • SE
    Sicom Electronics International S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2019–2022
  • HS
    Health Systems Design & Connection
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2025
  • IM
    I. Municipalidad de Olivar
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • Sy
    Servicios y Productos Educativos Crisol Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2020–2022
  • Cm
    Control Minera Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • CH
    Comercializadora Hellman Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017–2018
  • lm
    Laboratorio Mendel
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • CL
    Creatimus Linuxcorp Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • TL
    Tirant Lo Blanch
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
and 118 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

12.676
inhabitants
15.092
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+20%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
16.097
+2% vs. 2035 (15.804)
Over 60 · 2050
34,66%
26,13% in 2035 · +9 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)98,16 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,3 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment185 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment33,3 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)565,9 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)587,5 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo13.901 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)8 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)18,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples6,07 %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 184 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
13.378
7.069 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
3.717
53% of RSH households
Female-headed households
49%
3.443
Elderly (60+)2.97422%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.79921%
Foreign nationals3142%
Belonging to indigenous peoples4613%
People with moderate/severe dependency1621%
Single-person households3.44449%

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
2.720
8 schools
Students per teacher
14,2
191 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
91,2%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
67,2%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 63%Private subsidized 37%
Pass rate
97,1%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,99%
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
2
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
1
FONASA enrollees
14.150
94% of the population
Doctors employed
17
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 66Contract staff: 77Fee contracts: 16
Primary-care medical visits · per year
13.193
26.488
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
480
285
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 (14.147 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar GultroFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal6.33857%
Centro de Salud Familiar Olivar AltoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal5.94956%
Posta de Salud Rural Olivar BajoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.86060%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $4.038.903.000 ($285.435/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.364.587.000Municipal contribution: $185.000.000

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

Indigenous population
844
6.1% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche79093.6%

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 · ComunitariaSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
CGCentro General de Padres y Apoderados Liceo Tecnico Municipal de Olivar · holderComunitaria107.5 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

Foreign nationals
333
2,4% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
133 people · 40% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
133 Venezuela
71 Haití
24 Colombia
20 Argentina

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
50
2 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
258
5,5% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
22
4.631 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
67
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
325
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
16
paid · 2014–2024

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

9.264homes · by type (2017)
House
4.512 · 97.4%
House
4.364 · 94.3%
Shack/hut/shanty
144 · 3.1%
Apartment
59 · 1.3%
Apartment
58 · 1.3%
Other private
42 · 0.9%
Room in old house/tenement
39 · 0.8%
Other private
20 · 0.4%
Room in old house/tenement
11 · 0.2%
Shack/improvised dwelling
10 · 0.2%
Indigenous dwelling
3 · 0.1%
Mobile
2 · 0%
66%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
1.867 · 60.2%
Rented
435 · 14%
Provided for work
355 · 11.4%
Free of charge
276 · 8.9%
Owned, being paid off
169 · 5.4%

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

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
1
Beds
15
4,8 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
$6.754.859.000
Own revenue
$2.478.141.000
37% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$2.870.268.000
42% of the total
State transfers
$275.508.000
4% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$759.574.000
$6.754.859.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

23.0%
27.6%
21.6%
27.2%
Property tax$571.145.000
Business licenses$684.642.000
Vehicle permits$534.165.000
Cleaning fees$12.903.000
Other own revenue$675.286.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
40.6%
36.1%
23.4%
Municipal$6.754.859.000
Education$6.008.380.000
Health$3.891.128.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $1.941.934.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$269.117.000
$2.478.141.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$357.841.000
$2.870.268.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$37.820.000
$275.508.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$9.761.645.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$7.424.768.000
Execution rate
76.1%
Unexecuted: $2.336.877.000
Low execution: it only executed 76.1% of the budget — $2.336.877.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$724.755.000
$7.424.768.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

70.1%
15.7%
8.4%
Internal management$5.204.634.000
Community services$1.167.054.000
Social programs$621.654.000
Municipal activities$360.114.000
Recreational programs$51.588.000
Cultural programs$19.724.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$4.038.903.00054.4%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$2.425.186.00032.7%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.044.336.00027.5%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$518.638.0007.0%
Investment (works and projects)$441.525.0005.9%
Electricity (facilities)$406.397.0005.5%
Transfers to health$185.000.0002.5%
Water (facilities)$100.455.0001.4%
Transfers to education$100.000.0001.3%
Councillor stipends$80.862.0001.1%
Travel allowances$13.439.0000.2%
Commissions and representation$412.0000.0%

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

27.5%
32.7%
39.8%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.044.336.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$2.425.186.000
Others$2.955.246.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

60.4%
23.0%
13.0%
Permanent staff$1.447.422.000
Contract staff$551.494.000
Fee contracts$45.420.000
Labor Code$39.917.000
Community progs.$312.427.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

72.9%
27.1%
Permanent staff43
Contract staff16
Total: 59 staffWomen: 40.7%Professionalization: 42.4%
Cost/staffer permanent: $22.100.651/yearCost/staffer contract: $22.303.188/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: $441.525.000 (5.9% of spending)Councillor stipends: $80.862.000Travel allowances: $13.439.000Commissions and representation: $412.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $518.638.000Electricity: $406.397.000Water: $100.455.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

93
35
20022025

Building permits issued · per year

79
12
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$52.432.097.117
Purchase orders
12.680

Purchase-order amount · trend

$1.348.194.834
$3.777.541.578
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Constructora Cauquenes S.A.$2.966.545.30623
Inmobiliaria y Constructora Ebisu Limitada$2.871.302.74521
María del Tránsito Vilches Donoso$2.567.269.52410
Jm Jardineria Albañileria Gasfiteria Javier Eduardo Manquel Catrilaf E.I.R.L.$1.506.402.0093
Ingeniería y Construcción Incorell Jose Carlos Orellana Bustos E.i.r$1.449.943.06523
Sociedad Comercial Rojas Compania Limitada$1.010.424.54945
Ethon Pharmaceuticals Comercializadora Imp Exp y Dist SpA$934.716.897349
Muebles y Construcciones Cuadra$793.727.9302

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $2.876.281.87376%
Agile Purchase $479.321.77913%
Direct award discretionary$230.170.6766%
Framework Agreement $191.767.2505%

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

Registered companies
1.409
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
9.743

Pyramid by sales bracket

54.4%
17.5%
22.6%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)767 companies
Small (≤25k UF)246 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)52 companies
Large (>100k UF)25 companies
No sales/no info319 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad Minera Pacifico del Sur SpAEXPLOTACION DE MINAS Y CANTERASLarge 4 (>1M UF)366
Sociedad Exportadora del Pacifico SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 4 (>1M UF)1
Alerce Ingenieria y Construccion SpACONSTRUCCIONLarge 3573
Urcelay Hermanos S.A.INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 3136
Soc Agricola Yanten Urbina LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 2518
Soc Construccion Ingenieria y Montajes e S R Ltda.INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 2422
Servicios Nettle Hermanos LimitadaCONSTRUCCIONLarge 2282
Empresa de Transportes y Servicios Transcargo LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 2242
Transco LimitadaACTIVIDADES DE SERVICIOS ADMINISTRATIVOS Y DELarge 2174
Sociedad Ingenieria y Construccion Cumbres LimitadaCONSTRUCCIONLarge 2152

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
0
US$ 0 M declared
Approved last 5 years
2
US$ 18 M declared
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
60
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Parque Solar Fotovoltaico AgnisDIAPer Licancabur SpAApproved1860
Parque Solar Fotovoltaico VulcanoDIAPer Cerro Mohai SpAApproved1860

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
15 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

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

vigenteleña residencialMP2,5
PDA Valle Central de O'Higgins
DS 1/2021 · published 2021 · see plan
Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
2.015 t Material particulado
226 t MP10
3 t SO₂
0 t MP2,5

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); 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

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
Las Palmas de CocalanNational Parkat 22.7 km

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.

50
Species
8
Flora
42
Fauna
37
In conservation status
33
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Tollo de agua dulceDiplomystes chilensisENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENRuilNothofagus alessandriiENBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUQueuleGomortega keuleENLagartija de schröederLiolaemus schroederiVUPitaoPitavia punctataENPochaCheirodon kilianiENPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVUBagre grandeNematogenys inermisENBagrecitoBullockia maldonadoiENBagrecitoTrichomycterus chiltoniENBagrecitoTrichomycterus rivulatusENBagrecitoTrichomycterus chungaraensisENBagrecitoTrichomycterus laucaensisENTolloDiplomystes nahuelbutaensisENTolloDiplomystes camposensisENPuyeGalaxias globicepsENPeladillaAplochiton zebraENKarachi, orestiasOrestias ascotanensisENKarachi, orestiasOrestias laucaensisENKarachi, orestiasOrestias chungarensisENCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENCauque del norteOdontesthes brevianalisVUCauqueOdontesthes mauleanumVUPejerreyBasilichthys semotilusENPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys microlepidotusVUKarachi, orestiasOrestias parinacotensisENLamprea de agua dulceMordacia lapicidaENPocha del surCheirodon australeVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENPeladillaAplochiton taeniatusENSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTCóndorVultur gryphusNTColo-coloLeopardus colocoloNTPumaPuma concolorNT

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 · 537 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-06-04Rio Cachapoal y Trib.urban537 /5.137

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. 14 projects totaling US$ 49 million, approved between 1997 and 2025. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy4 projects · US$ 31 M · 1997–2025
Gasoducto del Pacífico S.A.Gasoducto Trasandino y Distribución de Gas Natural en Chile · Parque Solar Fotovoltaico Vulcano
Transport Infrastructure1 project · US$ 15 M · 2002
Dirección General de Concesiones de Obras Públicas del Ministerio de Obras PúblicasAutopista By Pass Rancagua.
Others9 projects · US$ 3 M · 1998–2020
Enaex Servicios S.A.Ampliación de la Actividad de Transporte de Sustancias Peligrosas de ENAEX Servicios S.A. · Transporte de Ácido Sulfúrico Excedente de la Fundición Caletones - Fase 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
CGE
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSBIO
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Rancagua at 10.4 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.

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

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
2
Sanctioned entities
2
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
3.464 UTA
2 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Soc. Agricola Comercial e Industrial Urcelay Hnos Ltda.VIÑA URCELAYAgroindustry3.433
Agricola San Manuel Ltda.ALCALDE S.A.Agroindustry31

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
1
on projects in the comuna
Upheld
1
the court sided with the claimant
Case no.Parties / projectSubjectDecision
66086-2021
2TA
Sociedad Agrícola Comercial e Industrial Urcelay Hermanos Ltda./ Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente
Sistema de Tratamiento de RILes para Urcelay Hermanos
Environmental sanction proceedingUpheld

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 (2024)

Green space per capita
10 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.

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

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
PTAS - OLIVAR ALTOPTAS · lagunas aireadasESSBIO S.A. · discharges into río cachapoal
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Colihues La Yesca (Requínoa) · 4.711 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
3 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
5 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
19
At high or very high risk
4
Main threat
Inundación por desborde de c…
Inundación por desborde de cauce

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
4
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
14,87°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,25°C
Annual precipitation
486 mm
projection: -4%
Hot days>30°C
64
projection: +31 days
Frost days
18

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
686
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
4.571
Police cases · trend
690
686
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage132880
Threats119793
Domestic violence108720
Burglary of an uninhabited place65433
Minor injuries53353
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces34227
Burglary of an inhabited place33220
Larceny29193
Theft of items from vehicles1493
Sexual abuse1280
Weapons-related crimes1173
Attempted robbery1173

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 27.

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
72
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 15.007 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
72
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
18
Deaths
2
13,3 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
14
5 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.

Olivar, Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins · Monitor Municipios