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Escudo de Hualañé

Hualañé

Región del MauleFounded 179010.225 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024630 km² of area16 inh./km²$7.719M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Population
−8,7%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
16,1%
Multidimensional poverty · 235th highest of 346
Finance
$755 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 106 of 346
Finance
73,83%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Education
581,2 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
147th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

14 Squares and green areas
13 Schools
7 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
3 Health centers
2 Kindergartens
2 Carabineros
1 Fire stations
1 Libraries
1 Hospitals

Hualañé es una comuna costera de la provincia de Curicó, que está ubicada en la Región del Maule en la zona central de Chile. La superficie comunal es de 629 km² y la población alcanza los 10.775 habitantes.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

43.0 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#265 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety32
Health35
Culture and environment46
Education71
Infrastructure48
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Carolina Muñoz N.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
4.058
votes (46.88%)
10.031
Electoral roll
91,2%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
CM
Carolina Muñoz N.
2024-2028 · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
4.058
votes
CA
Carolina Alejandra Muñoz Nuñez
2021-2024 · DC
3.591
votes
CP
Claudio Pucher Lizama
2008-2012 · RN
2.914
votes
SB
Samuel Baeza Reyes
2004-2008 · PDC
3.308
votes
SB
Samuel Baeza Reyes
2000-2004 · PDC
1.738
votes
CR
Carlos Ruben Ruz Aguilera
1996-2000 · ILB
1.663
votes
OF
Octavio Fredes Serrano
1992-1996 · PS
816
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

CP
Claudio Pucher L.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
1.103
votes
PS
Pedro Sepulveda R.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO POR LA DEMOCRACIA
1.053
votes
SR
Sergio Ramirez N.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · PARTIDO RADICAL DE CHILE
900
votes
CG
Claudio Gonzalez O.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
840
votes
LA
Luis Alvarez E.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
523
votes
PQ
Patricia Quezada M.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
414
votes

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
129
Highly complex
11
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
2018514
2017526424
20157244219

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 · 8 audiencias · 2021–2026
  • AD
    Asociacion de Funcionarias de Jardines Infantiles Con Transferencia de Fondos Hualañe
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2015–2017
  • CD
    Club Deportivo Arturo Prat Hualañé
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2016
  • CC
    Cebntro Cultural Batucada
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos Parronal
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • CA
    Club Adulto Mayor Juan Pablo Segundo
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • CC
    Centro Cultural Renacimiento
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • GL
    Graftelcom Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • OG
    ONG Good Neighbors Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015–2021
  • AD
    Asociacion de Funcionarias Asistentes de la Educacion
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • MI
    Marianela Ines Guerrero Flores
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • CA
    Club Adulto Mayor Esperanza Renacer
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • W
    Wom
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2024
  • SC
    Sws Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2026
  • Md
    Mutual de Seguridad de la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024
  • CV
    Constructora Vialko Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • CD
    Club Deportivo Jeonsa de Hualañé
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • CS
    Crecic S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • DS
    Demotron S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024
and 82 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

10.095
inhabitants
10.219
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+1%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
9.319
-7% vs. 2035 (10.051)
Over 60 · 2050
46,49%
36,27% in 2035 · +10 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)81,47 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,7 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment111 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)581,2 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)588,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo10.775 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)9,2 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)16,1 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples6,35 %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 141 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
11.318
6.492 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
4.469
69% of RSH households
Female-headed households
47%
3.021
Elderly (60+)3.28529%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.02618%
Foreign nationals2052%
Belonging to indigenous peoples3133%
People with moderate/severe dependency2542%
Single-person households3.53554%

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
1.859
12 schools
Students per teacher
9,6
194 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
73,8%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 93%Private subsidized 7%
Pass rate
99,8%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,41%
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
0
Clinics
1
Rural health posts
3
FONASA enrollees
3.201
31% of the population
Doctors employed
2
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 31Contract staff: 13Fee contracts: 2
Primary-care medical visits · per year
16.107
35.571
20102025
Medical specialties served · 2 in the comuna (public system)
OphthalmologyOtorhinolaryngology

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

Comprehensive home visits · per year
781
345
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 (8.731 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Hospital de HualañéHospitalHealth Service5.55068%
Posta de Salud Rural la HuertaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal2.13373%
Posta de Salud Rural Barba RubiaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal64177%
Posta de Salud Rural EspinalilloRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal40774%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $1.410.622.000 ($440.682/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $599.136.000Municipal contribution: $170.335.000

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

Indigenous population
684
6.3% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche61690.1%

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
36
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
3.5
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
168
the entire active civil fabric
Sports
38
For the elderly
15
Cultural
12
Committees (water, housing, progress)
7
Social and aid
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.

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

Local mediaTypedial
FFANTASTICAFM103.3 FM
FFRATERNAFM105.3 FM
PPAULAFM90.5 FM
RRENACERFM101.7 FM
JEJuan Enrique Herrera Leiva Radiodifusion E.I.R.L. · holderFM98.7 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
234
2,2% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
116 people · 50% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
116 Venezuela
27 Haití
24 Colombia
14 Bolivia

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
216
5,3% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
8
890 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
114
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
201
beneficiaries · 2012–2025
Subsidies Rental · DS52
33
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

8.324homes · by type (2017)
House
4.054 · 93.8%
House
3.968 · 99.2%
Shack/hut/shanty
199 · 4.6%
Apartment
30 · 0.7%
Other private
19 · 0.4%
Room in old house/tenement
18 · 0.4%
Shack/improvised dwelling
16 · 0.4%
Apartment
10 · 0.2%
Other private
7 · 0.2%
Mobile
1 · 0%
Room in old house/tenement
1 · 0%
Indigenous dwelling
1 · 0%
66%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
1.707 · 64.5%
Rented
348 · 13.2%
Free of charge
324 · 12.2%
Provided for work
225 · 8.5%
Owned, being paid off
41 · 1.6%

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

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
1
Beds
25
8,3 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
$7.719.200.000
Own revenue
$1.328.441.000
17% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$3.747.899.000
49% of the total
State transfers
$1.718.883.000
22% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$701.167.000
$7.719.200.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

19.2%
7.7%
30.6%
37.2%
Property tax$255.249.000
Business licenses$102.055.000
Vehicle permits$406.425.000
Cleaning fees$70.310.000
Other own revenue$494.402.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $688.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
45.4%
46.7%
7.9%
Municipal$7.719.200.000
Education$7.931.329.000
Health$1.348.713.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $3.117.043.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$85.803.000
$1.328.441.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$427.287.000
$3.747.899.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$78.373.000
$1.718.883.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$8.982.601.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$6.845.155.000
Execution rate
76.2%
Unexecuted: $2.137.446.000
Low execution: it only executed 76.2% of the budget — $2.137.446.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$722.818.000
$6.845.155.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

69.9%
16.3%
10.9%
Internal management$4.783.703.000
Community services$1.112.602.000
Social programs$748.638.000
Municipal activities$166.660.000
Recreational programs$33.552.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.112.645.00030.9%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.897.042.00027.7%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$1.410.622.00020.6%
Investment (works and projects)$593.156.0008.7%
Electricity (facilities)$291.654.0004.3%
Transfers to education$290.000.0004.2%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$219.189.0003.2%
Transfers to health$170.335.0002.5%
Water (facilities)$84.098.0001.2%
Councillor stipends$82.135.0001.2%
Travel allowances$19.889.0000.3%
Commissions and representation$585.0000.0%

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

30.9%
27.7%
41.4%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.112.645.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.897.042.000
Others$2.835.468.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

46.8%
26.5%
8.2%
7.2%
11.4%
Permanent staff$1.213.232.000
Contract staff$687.158.000
Fee contracts$212.255.000
Labor Code$185.811.000
Community progs.$296.163.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

53.9%
46.1%
Permanent staff41
Contract staff35
Total: 76 staffWomen: 47.4%Professionalization: 38.2%
Cost/staffer permanent: $28.997.024/yearCost/staffer contract: $15.243.629/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: $593.156.000 (8.7% of spending)Councillor stipends: $82.135.000Travel allowances: $19.889.000Commissions and representation: $585.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $219.189.000Electricity: $291.654.000Water: $84.098.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

14
80
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

72
136
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
6 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
0
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
273
Security/patrol pickups
1
Security booths
0
Primary-care medical visits
35.571
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
73,83%
of own revenue
Security drones
0
Permanent staff
40
Permanent own revenue
17,21%
of total revenue
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
136
FONASA-enrolled population
3.201
municipal health
Street-market stalls
6
Final works approvals
80

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$41.895.753.337
Purchase orders
17.916

Purchase-order amount · trend

$101.807.955
$2.167.578.230
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Socidad Anver Ltda.$1.580.987.48736
Constructora Navarro Limitada$890.776.33210
Hans Emanuel Rivera Fuentes$860.055.0253
Copec S.A.$791.970.547115
Constructora Alto Maule$784.389.89733
Constructora Josem SpA$779.606.8679
Gasco Glp S a$738.019.764164
Leonel del Carmen Valdivia Cortes$714.251.05485

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.551.449.46972%
Agile Purchase $402.094.53719%
Framework Agreement $196.441.7589%
Direct award discretionary$17.592.4641%

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

Registered companies
1.117
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
2.195

Pyramid by sales bracket

62.7%
12.6%
23.7%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)700 companies
Small (≤25k UF)141 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)11 companies
No sales/no info265 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Forestal Santa Esperanza LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 2150
Sociedad Agricola Flores SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 1196
Claudio Enrique Flores Romero Transportes y Servicios Mataquito E.I.R.L.TRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOMedium 174
Agricola Mataquito Limitada,AGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 154
Luis Armando Rojas Meza Agricola y Transporte de Carga por Carretera E.I.R.L.TRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOMedium 135
Comercial Palma Vergara LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 125
Agricola Vicente Suazo LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 123
Ferreteria Mataquito LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 114
Fruit Capitals SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 111
Comercial Maria Consuelo Ugaz Pavez SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 17

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
4
US$ 578 M declared
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
1.335
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Sol de CaoneDIAItahue Energy SpAApproved420610
Sistema de Transmisión Zonal Grupo 3 S/E Itahue- S/E HualquiEIAMataquito Transmisora de Energía S.Approved324,02698
Parque Solar Fotovoltaico ChimangoDIAParque Solar Fotovoltaico Chimango Approved140650
Modificación PTAS HualañéDIANuevosur S.A.Approved2,140

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

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

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
Laguna TorcaNational Reserveat 39.3 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.

47
Species
29
Flora
16
Fauna
2
Funga
24
In conservation status
14
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Belloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVURuilNothofagus alessandriiENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENQueuleGomortega keuleENPitaoPitavia punctataENPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVUHuillipatagua, naranjillo, pataguaCitronella mucronataVUGuindo santo, ñire, ñirreEucryphia glutinosaVUPalma chilena, palmera chilena, palmera de coquitos, palma de miel, palma de vino de chile, can – canJubaea chilensisENHongoHygrocybe striatellaVURana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUPudúPudu puduVUAbejorro, abejorro colorado, moscardón, duillin, diwmeñ, abejorro gigante de la patagonia, don basilioBombus dahlbomiiENZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVURanita de darwinRhinoderma darwiniiENGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUHongoEntoloma necopinatumVUAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENLinguePersea lingueVUHualoNothofagus glaucaNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTCuervo de pantanoPlegadis chihiNT

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.

2 Wetlands · 1 urban · 733 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-07-02Sist. Rios Mataquito, Lontue, Teno y trib.urban731 /12.100
HPU-07-04Embalse 1 Hualañé2

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. 4 projects totaling US$ 576 million, approved between 2017 and 2024. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy3 projects · US$ 576 M · 2023–2024
Itahue Energy SpASol de Caone · Sistema de Transmisión Zonal Grupo 3 S/E Itahue- S/E Hualqui
Others1 project · US$ 0 M · 2017
Inmobiliaria e Inversiones Polykarpo S.A.Ampliación Transporte Terrestre de Sustancias Químicas

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 Santa Cruz at 43 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
6 m²
60% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

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

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

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
PTAS -HUALAÑEPTAS · laguna aireadaNUEVOSUR S.A. · discharges into río mataquito
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Parque El Guanaco (Teno) · 3.349 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
17
Area affected
759 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
1.156 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
57
At high or very high risk
8
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
9
latest: 2022 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
14,19°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,23°C
Annual precipitation
743 mm
projection: -2%
Hot days>30°C
29
projection: +23 days
Frost days
5

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
646
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
6.318
Police cases · trend
493
646
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage1191.164
Domestic violence88861
Threats86841
Larceny58567
Weapons-related crimes52509
Crimes and offenses under the arms law51499
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces51499
Burglary of an uninhabited place40391
Minor injuries36352
Burglary of an inhabited place17166
Drug-related crimes12117
Threats or brawls (misdemeanor)769

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
273
Guards and inspectors
3
1 per 3.408 hab
Patrol fleet
1
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
113
273
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
33
Deaths
2
19,6 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
46
7 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.