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Escudo de San Rafael

San Rafael

Región del Maule10.399 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024262 km² of area40 inh./km²$6.984M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Society
93%
6th highest electoral turnout (2024)
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Procurement
26%
24th that buys most through direct contracting
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Population
+16,1%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
12%
Multidimensional poverty · 305th highest of 346
Finance
$672 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 121 of 346
Finance
72,62%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Finance
153rd
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

12 Squares and green areas
7 Schools
3 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
2 Carabineros
2 Health centers
1 Fire stations

San Rafael es una comuna y pueblo, ubicada en la zona central de Chile, en la provincia de Talca, región del Maule. Limita al norte con las comunas de Sagrada Familia y Molina, ambas en la provincia de Curicó, al sur con las comunas de Pelarco y Talca, al oeste con la comuna de Pencahue y al este con la comuna de Río Claro.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

48.4 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#180 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety34
Health49
Culture and environment34
Education85
Infrastructure66
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Basilio Pérez D.
INDEPENDIENTE
2.593
votes (30.67%)
9.759
Electoral roll
93,23%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 6 terms
BP
Basilio Pérez D.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
2.593
votes
CA
Claudia Alejandra Diaz Bravo
2021-2024 · DC
3.426
votes
PP
Patricio Poblete Yáñez
2008-2012 · UDI
2.386
votes
GW
Gunther Wettke Pfeifer
2004-2008 · PDC
2.605
votes
GW
Gunther Wettke Pfeifer
2000-2004 · ILE
1.414
votes
GW
Gunther Wettke Pfeifer
1996-2000 · ILFDI
819
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

CD
Claudia Diaz B.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
1.539
votes
AB
Alfredo Bastias M.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
561
votes
SH
Sebastian Herrera D.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
425
votes
MY
Marisol Yañez O.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO POR LA DEMOCRACIA
320
votes
DG
David Gonzalez G.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
295
votes
MC
Marcela Cepeda G.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · PARTIDO RADICAL DE CHILE
288
votes

Sesiones

Última sesión84 minWatch session

En una línea: Sesión especial convocada para que el intendente Omar Felix presentara su informe anual sobre el estado de la administración municipal de San Rafael, correspondiente al año 2024 y primer trimestre de 2025.

Temas tratados

  • Informe de gestión 2024: El intendente expuso resultados en obra pública, salud, turismo, modernización del Estado y finanzas municipales.
  • Obras viales y espacio público: Avances y planes de pavimentación, iluminación LED, plazas y costaneras.
  • Turismo y eventos: San Rafael fue declarado destino más visitado de Mendoza y la región Cuyo en verano 2024.
  • Gasoducto y aeropuerto: Conflictos con el Gobierno Nacional por obras paralizadas; estado actual de negociaciones.
  • Autonomía municipal: Anuncio de iniciativa para incorporar la autonomía municipal a la Constitución provincial.
  • Créditos para emprendimientos: Anuncio del programa "Crecer San Rafael" para pequeñas y medianas empresas.

Acuerdos y votaciones

  • No hubo votaciones en esta sesión. Se trató de una sesión especial protocolar de informe de gestión, sin deliberación ni acuerdos formales del Concejo.

Plata y obras

  • Pavimentación: Meta de 200 cuadras nuevas en ciudad y 110 en distritos; 460 cuadras de reencarpetado previstas para 2025.
  • Alumbrado: Instalación de aproximadamente 2.000 nuevas luces LED en 2025; en 2024 se repararon más de 21.000 equipos y se instalaron 550 nuevos.
  • Redes de agua: Más de 800.000 metros construidos en la gestión; 30.000 metros solo en 2024.
  • Gasoducto: El Gobierno Nacional depositó aproximadamente 4.500 millones de pesos (monto mencionado por el intendente; verificar cifra en fuente oficial); obra al 90% de avance.
  • Plazas: Procesos licitatorios en curso para renovación de al menos seis plazas en ciudad y distritos.
  • Ex terminal de ómnibus: Obra de transformación en espacio multipropósito generó más de 120 empleos directos; inauguración prevista para 2025.

Puntos de debate o controversia

  • El intendente criticó el retiro del Estado Nacional en salud, cloacas y obra pública, señalando que el municipio absorbió costos que no le corresponden.
  • El gasoducto fue objeto de litigio judicial contra el Gobierno Nacional; el municipio ganó en primera y segunda instancia y está en etapa de conciliación.
  • Los salarios municipales fueron reconocidos como insuficientes pese a aumentos por encima de la inflación.
  • Preocupación por precios de productos agrícolas (vino y durazno) y falta de intervención del Estado en apoyo a productores.

Para seguir

  • Inauguración de obras en la ex terminal de ómnibus (prevista 2025).
  • Lanzamiento formal del programa de créditos "Crecer San Rafael" (detalles pendientes de difusión).
  • Presentación al Concejo de una norma sobre autonomía municipal como disparador del debate provincial.
  • Convocatoria formal a entidades para definir uso del Valle de los Gilgueros.
  • Resolución de la conciliación con el Gobierno Nacional por fondos del gasoducto.
  • Puesta en marcha de segundo quirófano móvil para castraciones animales.

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)

Este municipio no publica actas del concejo en su Transparencia Activa (obligación de la Ley 20.285); sus sesiones pueden estar solo en video.

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
31
Highly complex
5
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20171019
201521476

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 · 7 audiencias · 2021–2026
  • L
    Ligup
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2022–2025
  • C1
    Coding 12 SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2021–2026
  • MS
    Maitsan Soluciones SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2020–2022
  • DJ
    Distribuciones Jurídicas de Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2023–2026
  • Ud
    Universidad de Talca
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2018
  • CA
    Constructora Alta Cima Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2026
  • cI
    Constructora Innova SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2020
  • 3M
    3 Mw SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2019–2020
  • FC
    Fundación Coaniquen
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2022–2026
  • IC
    Ingenieria, Consultoria e Inversiones Kimia SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • CC
    Comply Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2026
  • SS
    Solnet SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024–2026
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023–2026
  • sd
    Sociedad de Inversiones y Servicios Electrotek SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • SS
    Sociedad Santa Magdalena SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024
  • SE
    Servicios Electricos Eliotec Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024–2026
  • IL
    Ingepro Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017
  • AS
    Agrocivil SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017
  • Cd
    Centro de Salud San Rafael
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
and 120 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

7.962
inhabitants
10.502
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+33%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
12.311
+8% vs. 2035 (11.421)
Over 60 · 2050
37,24%
28,69% 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)79,63 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,3 %MINEDUC 2023
poblacion_censo11.230 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)11,3 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)12 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples4,75 %2024 Census 2024

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
11.633
6.183 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
3.944
64% of RSH households
Female-headed households
50%
3.122
Elderly (60+)2.71123%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.61823%
Foreign nationals1021%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2772%
People with moderate/severe dependency1671%
Single-person households2.92247%

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
1.474
7 schools
Students per teacher
9,3
158 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,1%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
71,9%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 84%Private subsidized 16%
Pass rate
99,8%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,55%
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
1
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
1
FONASA enrollees
11.928
115% of the population
Doctors employed
7
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 74Contract staff: 37Fee contracts: 14
Primary-care medical visits · per year
11.613
41.204
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
135
152
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 (11.914 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar San Rafael (San Rafael)Family Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal11.90062%
Posta de Salud Rural Pangue ArribaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1464%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $3.101.119.000 ($259.987/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.478.286.000Municipal contribution: $261.061.000

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

Indigenous population
533
4.7% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche49993.6%

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.

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

Active neighborhood councils
44
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
4.2
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
193
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
49
Sports
37
For the elderly
9
Cultural
9
Social and aid
7
Fire brigades
1

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.

1 Local media · FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
MMONTINAFM103.9 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
174
1,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
75 people · 43% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
75 Venezuela
28 Perú
16 Bolivia
14 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

Encampments
0
no encampments registered
Housing deficit
163
4,2% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
59
6.772 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
68
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
588
beneficiaries · 2013–2025
Subsidies Rental · DS52
12
paid · 2016–2024

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

7.474homes · by type (2017)
House
3.850 · 99.1%
House
3.447 · 96%
Shack/hut/shanty
117 · 3.3%
Other private
17 · 0.5%
Other private
16 · 0.4%
Shack/improvised dwelling
12 · 0.3%
Room in old house/tenement
4 · 0.1%
Mobile
4 · 0.1%
Apartment
3 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
2 · 0.1%
Mobile
1 · 0%
Apartment
1 · 0%
67%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
1.294 · 64.4%
Provided for work
312 · 15.5%
Free of charge
232 · 11.5%
Rented
119 · 5.9%
Owned, being paid off
52 · 2.6%

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

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$6.983.999.000
Own revenue
$1.411.659.000
20% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$3.743.380.000
54% of the total
State transfers
$1.064.121.000
15% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$982.719.000
$6.983.999.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

16.7%
31.3%
23.9%
27.7%
Property tax$235.601.000
Business licenses$442.415.000
Vehicle permits$337.646.000
Cleaning fees$4.816.000
Other own revenue$391.181.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
44.1%
36.1%
19.7%
Municipal$6.983.999.000
Education$5.719.937.000
Health$3.122.610.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $3.159.631.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$100.418.000
$1.411.659.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$356.603.000
$3.743.380.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$292.853.000
$1.064.121.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$9.516.576.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$6.823.146.000
Execution rate
71.7%
Unexecuted: $2.693.430.000
Low execution: it only executed 71.7% of the budget — $2.693.430.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$840.123.000
$6.823.146.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

84.2%
10.1%
Internal management$5.742.244.000
Community services$686.080.000
Social programs$137.411.000
Municipal activities$87.029.000
Recreational programs$170.382.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$3.101.119.00045.4%
Investment (works and projects)$1.824.418.00026.7%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.534.187.00022.5%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.221.459.00017.9%
Transfers to education$391.400.0005.7%
Transfers to health$261.061.0003.8%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$256.658.0003.8%
Electricity (facilities)$202.896.0003.0%
Councillor stipends$85.677.0001.3%
Water (facilities)$26.625.0000.4%
Street lighting$18.000.0000.3%
Travel allowances$6.478.0000.1%
Commissions and representation$1.781.0000.0%

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

22.5%
17.9%
59.6%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.534.187.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.221.459.000
Others$4.067.500.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

51.9%
23.8%
10.4%
9.7%
Permanent staff$925.330.000
Contract staff$423.189.000
Fee contracts$185.668.000
Labor Code$173.421.000
Community progs.$73.750.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

53.7%
43.9%
Permanent staff22
Contract staff18
Fee contracts1
Total: 41 staffFee contracts: 2.4% of the headcountWomen: 52.5%Professionalization: 40.0%
Cost/staffer permanent: $31.673.091/yearCost/staffer contract: $21.934.333/yearCost/staffer fees: $160.752.000/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: $1.824.418.000 (26.7% of spending)Councillor stipends: $85.677.000Travel allowances: $6.478.000Commissions and representation: $1.781.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $256.658.000Street lighting: $18.000.000Electricity: $202.896.000Water: $26.625.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

54
39
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

32
95
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$38.847.321.465
Purchase orders
23.684

Purchase-order amount · trend

$172.324.373
$2.237.951.707
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Soc. Arquitectura y Paisajismo Rio Maule Ltda.$2.045.943.32625
Constructora S&v Limitada$1.152.655.48425
Constructora Alpha EIRL$679.957.85421
Gonzalo Esteban$645.081.1727
Abastible S.A.$633.844.104186
Copec S.A.$613.593.801158
Constructora Brago Limitada$607.027.78725
Comercial Garcés Silva Limitada$591.562.84513

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Direct award discretionary$857.401.26638%
Tender $843.287.27038%
Agile Purchase $335.296.14515%
Framework Agreement $201.967.0259%

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

Registered companies
782
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
4.154

Pyramid by sales bracket

60.9%
12.7%
22.3%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)476 companies
Small (≤25k UF)99 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)22 companies
Large (>100k UF)11 companies
No sales/no info174 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Demotron S aCONSTRUCCIONLarge 2756
Quality Fruit Growers SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 2749
Vina San Rafael S aINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 2250
Agricola San Ricardo SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 290
Agricola el Huapi SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 252
Agricola Bp SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 238
Exportadora e Importadora Fernandez Romero SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 28
Vitivinicola Invina Ltda.INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 1221
Maderas Bravo LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 1112
Agricola Forli LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 180

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
3
US$ 144 M declared
Approved last 5 years
3
US$ 14 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
374
+ 18 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
130
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Estudio de Impacto Ambiental Baipás TalcaEIASociedad Concesionaria Ruta 5 TalcaUnder Review371553
Parque Fotovoltaico HemeraDIABellavista Solar SpAUnder Review130350
Modificación de Proyecto Villa San Rafael D.S 49DIAConstructora Malpo SpAUnder Review25,5120
Parque Fotovoltaico San RafaelDIADon Pedro SpAApproved12,23740
Ampliación Capacidad de Producción Planta TAKDIATak S.A.Approved3,5140
Sistema de Tratamiento de Riles Viña InvercoDIAInversiones y Comercio Ltda.Approved0,220

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
39 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.

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
0 t SO₂

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

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.

42
Species
24
Flora
18
Fauna
14
In conservation status
9
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
PitaoPitavia punctataENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENRuilNothofagus alessandriiENBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUQueuleGomortega keuleENRana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTPalmilla, quilquil, arriquilquilBlechnum hastatumNT

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.

5 Wetlands · 1 urban · 214 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-07-14Sist. Cuenca Rio Claro y Trib.urban210 /1.697
HPU-07-09Embalse 12
HPU-07-12Embalse 41
HPU-07-11Embalse 31
HPU-07-10Embalse 21

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. 6 projects totaling US$ 27 million, approved between 2013 and 2022. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Real estate1 project · US$ 14 M · 2013
Inmobiliaria Independencia S.A.BICENTENARIO DE SAN RAFAEL
Energy1 project · US$ 12 M · 2022
Don Pedro SpAParque Fotovoltaico San Rafael
Others4 projects · US$ 1 M · 2013–2020
Enaex Servicios S.A.Ampliación de la Actividad de Transporte de Sustancias Peligrosas de ENAEX Servicios S.A. · TRANSPORTES DE SUSTANCIAS PELIGROSAS REGIONES XV, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, RM, TRANSPORTES BELLO E HIJOS LTDA.

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)
ANSM
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Talca at 18.2 km

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

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
4 m²
40% 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
2
Historic monuments
2

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
PTAS -SAN RAFAELPTAS · laguna aireadaNUEVOSUR S.A. · discharges into estero pataguas
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario San Roque (San Clemente) · 5.540 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
34
Area affected
61 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
195 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
17
At high or very high risk
3
Main threat
Interrupción de caminos

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
8
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
14,31°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,2°C
Annual precipitation
706 mm
projection: -3%
Hot days>30°C
55
projection: +27 days
Frost days
16

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
596
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
5.731
Police cases · trend
407
596
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage1251.202
Threats87837
Domestic violence76731
Larceny47452
Weapons-related crimes47452
Crimes and offenses under the arms law45433
Burglary of an uninhabited place35337
Minor injuries21202
Burglary of an inhabited place20192
Theft of items from vehicles20192
Other burglaries (forcible entry)17164
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces13125

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 26.

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
60
Guards and inspectors
4
1 per 2.600 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
60
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
73
Deaths
4
38,5 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
63
11 serious
Pedestrian collisions
6
2 pedestrians 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.