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Escudo de Pelluhue

Pelluhue

Región del MauleFounded 19798.444 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024369 km² of area23 inh./km²$13.318M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Finance
90%
23rd most dependent on the Municipal Common Fund in the country
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Population
+14,9%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
20,2%
Multidimensional poverty · 126th highest of 346
Finance
$1,6 million
per inhabitant per year · rank 38 of 346
Finance
89,88%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Safety
8.183
cases per 100k inhab. · 34th in the country
Education
581,1 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
27th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

10 Squares and green areas
9 Schools
3 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
2 Carabineros
2 Health centers
1 Kindergartens
1 Fire stations

Pelluhue es una comuna y pueblo de la región del Maule, en la zona central de Chile, ubicada en la provincia de Cauquenes, Tiene una población de 7.951. Padrón electoral comuna de pelluhue es de 7.912 electores

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

Liveability index · EIU style

44.3 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#244 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety39
Health18
Culture and environment61
Education51
Infrastructure52
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

María Reyes O.Re-elected
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
3.971
votes (54.86%)
8.272
Electoral roll
90,59%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
MR
María Reyes O.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
3.971
votes
ML
Maria Luz Reyes Orellana
2021-2024 · IND
3.547
votes
ML
María Luz Reyes Orellana
2008-2012 · RN
1.844
votes
ML
María Luz Reyes Orellana
2004-2008 · RN
2.082
votes
ML
Maria Luz Reyes Orellana
2000-2004 · RN
2.167
votes
NL
Nelson Leal Bustos
1996-2000 · ILDUD
1.021
votes
BM
Benito Mancilla Perez
1992-1996 · DC
1.122
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

RS
Ricardo Suazo M.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
1.183
votes
PE
Paola Estuardo V.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
806
votes
EL
Erika Leal H.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
780
votes
JP
Jose Padilla L.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · EVOLUCION POLITICA
758
votes
PB
Paola Becar B.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · EVOLUCION POLITICA
517
votes
JP
Jorge Pereira L.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
250
votes

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

397 minutes publishedindex updated on 17-07-2026Municipal transparency

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

Resolutions extracted
769
of 248 minutes read
Money involved
$69.594.087.745
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
4.8 · Subvención Organización funcional del Grupo de Danzas Folclóricas del Liceo de Pelluhue 'Brotes de Pelluhue'Subsidy$2.000.000unanimidad
4.7 · Ordenanza Municipal sobre otorgamiento de Beca Municipal de Educación SuperiorRegulationunanimidad
4.6 · Adjudicación y Contratación Contrato de Suministro de Cajas de Alimentos no Perecibles para el Departamento Social año 2026Tender$300.000.000unanimidad
4.5 · Renovación Patente Comercial de Alcohol Restaurant diurno/nocturno a nombre de Doña María Eugenia Moraga RecabalLicensemayoria
4.4 · Patente de Alcohol enrolada de Comercial El 9 SPA y Restaurant diurno/nocturno a nombre de Sociedad Costa SirenaLicenseunanimidad
4.3 · Modificaciones Presupuestarias Municipales (Mejoramiento Plaza Teniente Merino Pelluhue)Budget amendment$193.986.000unanimidad

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
78
Highly complex
14
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
2021215106
201977
2018541
2017459927

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

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

  • AG
    APS Gestión SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2020–2024
  • MS
    Maitsan Soluciones SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2021–2022
  • CS
    Corporacion Sistema Colectivo de Gestion de Envases y Embalajes Resimple
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2023–2024
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024
  • WS
    Wilefko SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017
  • Sy
    Servicios y Productos Educativos Crisol Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2020–2022
  • SL
    Sisinf Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024–2026
  • NS
    Nuevosur S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015–2024
  • FM
    Fundación Multitudes
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2022
  • CD
    Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S a
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2019
  • HC
    Health Consulting Partners
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • Rl
    Reciclador Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2022–2023
  • TL
    Thorus Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • PA
    Poch Ambiental S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad Cge S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • CS
    Crecic S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • IA
    Importadora Arquimed Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • IT
    Ingenieria Tecnopluss
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • HS
    Health Systems Design & Connection
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021
and 46 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

6.425
inhabitants
8.526
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+34%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
9.887
+7% vs. 2035 (9.232)
Over 60 · 2050
46,01%
35,39% in 2035 · +11 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)69,3 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,9 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment105 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)581,1 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)599,6 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo8.578 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)12,8 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)20,2 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples4,58 %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 72 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
9.714
4.878 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
3.265
67% of RSH households
Female-headed households
46%
2.225
Elderly (60+)2.72528%
Children and adolescents (<18)1.88619%
Foreign nationals1562%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2122%
People with moderate/severe dependency1081%
Single-person households2.25646%

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
1.613
7 schools
Students per teacher
10,1
159 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
88,4%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
77,4%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 100%Private subsidized 0%
Pass rate
98,7%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,93%
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
9.505
113% of the population
Doctors employed
9
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 110Contract staff: 46Fee contracts: 34
Primary-care medical visits · per year
4.275
14.153
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
337
354
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 (9.397 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar Dr. Pedro Rivas PinochetFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal4.50971%
Posta de Salud Rural PelluhueCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal3.34970%
Posta de Salud Rural ChovellénRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.53973%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $5.030.855.000 ($529.285/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $1.940.735.000Municipal contribution: $1.764.339.000

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

Indigenous population
393
4.6% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche35790.8%

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
30
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
3.6
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
218
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
58
Social and aid
35
Sports
27
For the elderly
7
Religious
2
Cultural
1
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.

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

Local mediaTypedial
AAMBROSIOFM98.7 FM
RRRADIO RED GEMINISFM93.3 FM
ONOrganizacion No Gubernamental de Desarrollo Cultiva · holderFM102.3 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
217
2,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
114 people · 53% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
114 Venezuela
23 Colombia
11 Argentina
5 Perú

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

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

Encampments
0
no encampments registered
Housing deficit
120
3,4% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
38
4.537 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
115
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
8
beneficiaries · 2013–2024
Subsidies Rental · DS52
12
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

9.208homes · by type (2017)
House
5.576 · 96.8%
House
3.430 · 99.4%
Shack/hut/shanty
118 · 2%
Other private
40 · 0.7%
Apartment
13 · 0.2%
Other private
10 · 0.3%
Shack/improvised dwelling
7 · 0.2%
Room in old house/tenement
7 · 0.1%
Mobile
3 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
1 · 0%
Indigenous dwelling
1 · 0%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
1 · 0%
Mobile
1 · 0%
79%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
1.444 · 78.8%
Rented
169 · 9.2%
Provided for work
110 · 6%
Free of charge
100 · 5.5%
Owned, being paid off
10 · 0.5%

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

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

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

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

Others
Asignación de zona 10% (DL 249)workers
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 10% del sueldo base (art. 7 DL 249). A los funcionarios municipales llega vía art. 25 del DL 3.551/1980 y el monto se aumenta en 40% (Ley 19.354) — salud primaria municipal (Ley 19.378) la percibe sin ese aumento; asistentes de la educación y personal de corporaciones no la perciben (Código del Trabajo). El %/territorio usa la división de 1974: dentro de una comuna pueden regir % mayores en localidades específicas (retenes, islas, cordillera) no reflejados acá; la CGR resuelve caso a caso. Comunas sin asignación no aparecen.

10% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$13.317.580.000
Own revenue
$1.094.569.000
8% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$9.716.718.000
73% of the total
State transfers
$1.545.771.000
12% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$1.019.741.000
$13.317.580.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

31.4%
7.1%
26.7%
31.5%
Property tax$343.594.000
Business licenses$78.216.000
Vehicle permits$292.080.000
Cleaning fees$35.450.000
Other own revenue$345.229.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $2.821.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
48.2%
32.3%
19.5%
Municipal$13.317.580.000
Education$8.936.549.000
Health$5.392.788.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $9.232.235.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$127.385.000
$1.094.569.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$738.901.000
$9.716.718.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$0
$1.545.771.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$15.660.215.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$12.432.003.000
Execution rate
79.4%
Unexecuted: $3.228.212.000
Low execution: it only executed 79.4% of the budget — $3.228.212.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$963.208.000
$12.432.003.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

68.7%
15.1%
9.2%
Internal management$8.538.830.000
Community services$1.881.518.000
Social programs$1.148.046.000
Municipal activities$113.877.000
Recreational programs$519.995.000
Cultural programs$229.737.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$5.030.855.00040.5%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$3.854.236.00031.0%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$3.435.316.00027.6%
Transfers to health$1.764.339.00014.2%
Investment (works and projects)$1.073.977.0008.6%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$431.275.0003.5%
Electricity (facilities)$308.528.0002.5%
Street lighting$141.655.0001.1%
Water (facilities)$95.615.0000.8%
Councillor stipends$88.840.0000.7%
Travel allowances$26.975.0000.2%

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

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

31.0%
27.6%
41.4%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$3.854.236.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$3.435.316.000
Others$5.142.451.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

39.7%
16.2%
18.8%
17.3%
8.0%
Permanent staff$2.050.659.000
Contract staff$834.230.000
Fee contracts$969.347.000
Labor Code$892.699.000
Community progs.$413.448.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

57.0%
39.8%
Permanent staff53
Contract staff37
Fee contracts3
Total: 93 staffFee contracts: 3.2% of the headcountWomen: 50.0%Professionalization: 71.1%
Cost/staffer permanent: $25.707.830/yearCost/staffer contract: $13.426.703/yearCost/staffer fees: $85.217.667/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: $1.073.977.000 (8.6% of spending)Councillor stipends: $88.840.000Travel allowances: $26.975.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $431.275.000Street lighting: $141.655.000Electricity: $308.528.000Water: $95.615.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

76
40
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

178
60
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
35 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
0
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
24
Security/patrol pickups
2
Security booths
1
CESFAM in the comuna
1
Primary-care medical visits
14.153
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
89,88%
of own revenue
Security drones
1
Permanent staff
68
Permanent own revenue
8,22%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
9
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
60
Health staff
46
contract
Health staff
34
fee-based
Health staff
110
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
9.505
municipal health
Rural health posts
1
Street-market stalls
63
Final works approvals
40

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$67.663.464.535
Purchase orders
31.362

Purchase-order amount · trend

$561.504.604
$6.434.752.961
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Comercial de Alimentos S.A.$4.582.117.939206
Servicios Integrales SpA$4.225.911.30790
Industrial Services SpA$2.077.740.0001
Copec S.A.$2.032.205.259141
Victor Vega$1.732.250.26644
Mauricio Alejandro Opazo Alvear$1.591.495.93432
Sociedad Alejandros Limitada$1.476.365.450139
Constructora San Fernando S a$1.271.654.2981

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $5.492.974.31185%
Direct award discretionary$438.993.6147%
Agile Purchase $360.382.5746%
Framework Agreement $142.402.4632%

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

Registered companies
1.133
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
1.743

Pyramid by sales bracket

67.0%
9.3%
22.9%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)759 companies
Small (≤25k UF)105 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)8 companies
Large (>100k UF)2 companies
No sales/no info259 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Soc de Inversiones Dona Evarista LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 343
Rentas Santa Maria SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSLarge 1
Comercializadora de Productos Marinos, Ecos de Chile SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 25
Claudio Pedreros LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 24
El Quincho Espacio Colibri SpAACTIVIDADES DE ALOJAMIENTO Y DE SERVICIO DE CMedium 130
Productos Marinos Valeria Andrea Vasquez Barrueto E.I.R.L.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 13
Sociedad Comercial Fuentes Vasquez LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 1
Hotelera e Inversiones Puramar SpAACTIVIDADES DE ALOJAMIENTO Y DE SERVICIO DE CSmall 356
I Municipalidad de PelluhueADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SNo sales1.052

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

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

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

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

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

State protected wilderness areas (SNASPE) in the comuna
Los RuilesNational Reserve219 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.

25
Species
9
Flora
16
Fauna
13
In conservation status
10
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
PancoraAegla laevisENSapo de vanzoliniAlsodes vanzoliniiENQueuleGomortega keuleENPitaoPitavia punctataENRana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVUPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVUAguilucho de cola rojizaButeo ventralisVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVURanita de darwinRhinoderma darwiniiENHualoNothofagus glaucaNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNT

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.

12 Wetlands · 12 urban · 141 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-07-05Rio Chovellenurban52 /57
HUR-07-07Rio Curanilahue y El Manzanourban34 /43
HUR-07-50Rio Curanipe y Estero El Parronurban24
HUR-07-13Estero de Chancourban21 /43
HUR-07-27Estero Quilacourban3
HUR-07-49Sector Punta Pullay N°6urban3
HUR-07-45Humedal costado rio Curanilahueurban2 /14
HUR-07-25Estero Sector Peuño Bajourban1
HUR-07-26Humedal Sector Peuño Bajourban0
HUR-07-24Humedal Pelluhue 1urban0
HUR-07-20Humedal Pelluhue 2urban0
HUR-16-01Sector Punta Pullay N°1urban0

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).

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
CGE
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ANSM
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Cauquenes at 20.7 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
35 m²
above the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

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

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
1
Nature sanctuaries
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
PTAS -CURANIPEPTAS · lodos activadosNUEVOSUR S.A. · discharges into estero parrón
PTAS -PELLUHUEPTAS · laguna aireadaNUEVOSUR S.A. · discharges into río curanilahue
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario El Retamo (Talca) · 5.369 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
8
Area affected
2 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
81 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
30
At high or very high risk
8
1 very high
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
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
12,85°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,08°C
Annual precipitation
1.139 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +0 days
Frost days
0

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
691
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
8.183
Police cases · trend
616
691
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces1882.226
Threats981.161
Property damage911.078
Domestic violence891.054
Minor injuries51604
Larceny42497
Burglary of an inhabited place37438
Burglary of an uninhabited place16190
Drug-related crimes13154
Theft of items from vehicles895
Less serious injuries895
Threats or brawls (misdemeanor)783

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 25.

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
24
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 8.444 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Security booths
1
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2Drones: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
12
24
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
86
Deaths
2
23,7 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
67
15 serious
Pedestrian collisions
2

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.