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Escudo de Rauco

Rauco

Región del Maule11.753 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024307 km² of area38 inh./km²$7.049M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Livability
33.2/100
3rd least liveable in the country
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Society
94%
4th highest electoral turnout (2024)
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Population
+16,5%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
18,7%
Multidimensional poverty · 169th highest of 346
Finance
$600 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 144 of 346
Finance
72%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Finance
162nd
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

35 Squares and green areas
12 Schools
5 Health centers
3 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
1 Fire stations
1 Carabineros
1 Kindergartens

Rauco es una comuna de la provincia de Curicó, que se encuentra ubicada en la Región del Maule en la zona central de Chile.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

33.2 /100
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#344 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety13
Health35
Culture and environment31
Education69
Infrastructure41
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Claudia Medina H.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
2.089
votes (22.73%)
10.553
Electoral roll
93,62%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
CM
Claudia Medina H.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
2.089
votes
EF
Enrique Francisco Ignacio Olivares Farias
2021-2024 · PR
2.195
votes
SD
Silvia del Carmen Espinoza Elgueta
2008-2012 · RN
2.912
votes
SE
Silvia Espinoza Elgueta
2004-2008 · RN
2.727
votes
SE
Silvia Espinoza Elgueta
2000-2004 · RN
1.423
votes
NG
Nelson Gutierrez Marchant
1996-2000 · DC
1.363
votes
NG
Nelson Gutierrez Marchant
1992-1996 · DC
912
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

SC
Sebastian Cabello I.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · INDEPENDIENTE
713
votes
PA
Pascual Arevalos M.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
667
votes
EO
Enrique Olivares F.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · PARTIDO RADICAL DE CHILE
626
votes
JP
Juan Poblete N.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
585
votes
MD
Manuel Diaz F.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · FEDERACION REGIONALISTA VERDE SOCIAL
398
votes
MD
Maria Diaz A.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
367
votes

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

Este municipio tiene carpetas de actas del concejo en su Transparencia Activa, pero SIN documentos publicados (incumplimiento de la Ley 20.285).

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
66
Highly complex
3
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20176632835

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 · 5 audiencias · 2023–2025
  • OT
    Opencluster Tech SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2024
  • SL
    Sisinf Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2025
  • L
    Ligup
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2020–2022
  • LC
    Lirmi Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • CT
    Cmet Telecomunicaciones S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015
  • DJ
    Distribuciones Jurídicas de Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2022–2023
  • AD
    Asesorías Deportivas Hp Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2018
  • Cd
    Corporación de Educación Aptus
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • FD
    Fundación Dianova Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • Sd
    Sociedad de Capacitación Didáctica Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • CS
    Crecic S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • AB
    Agc Bravo - People Care
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • SE
    Sicom Electronics International S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • KS
    Kimche SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • IT
    Ingenieria Tecnopluss
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • DA
    Deloitte Auditores y Consultores Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2019
  • HS
    Health Systems Design & Connection
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021
  • EN
    Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • OS
    ONG Surmaule
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2019
and 45 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

8.970
inhabitants
11.871
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
13.965
+8% vs. 2035 (12.928)
Over 60 · 2050
40,07%
30,63% 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)85,79 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,1 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment29 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)542,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)570,9 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo11.266 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)10,5 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)18,7 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples4,33 %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 21 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
11.358
6.121 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
4.113
67% of RSH households
Female-headed households
48%
2.937
Elderly (60+)2.83225%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.26020%
Foreign nationals2112%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2172%
People with moderate/severe dependency1691%
Single-person households2.98549%

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
1.118
9 schools
Students per teacher
7,3
154 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
90,3%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
75,9%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 94%Private subsidized 6%
Pass rate
99,3%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,89%
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
1
Rural health posts
3
FONASA enrollees
11.658
99% of the population
Doctors employed
8
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 10Contract staff: 10Fee contracts: 0
Primary-care medical visits · per year
11.570
33.357
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
574
513
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 (11.573 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar RaucoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal9.54166%
Posta de Salud Rural PalquibudiRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal95468%
Posta de Salud Rural el PlumeroRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal87262%
Posta de Salud Rural el ParrónRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal20675%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $4.116.353.000 ($353.093/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.927.411.000Municipal contribution: $461.046.000

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

Indigenous population
488
4.3% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche46394.9%

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
37
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
3.1
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
217
the entire active civil fabric
Sports
19
Committees (water, housing, progress)
14
For the elderly
14
Social and aid
7
Cultural
4
Foundations and corporations
1
Trade associations and cooperatives
1
Fire brigades
1
Religious
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.

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
205
1,8% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
62 people · 30% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
62 Venezuela
56 Haití
38 Colombia
17 Argentina

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

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

Families in informal settlements
10
1 encampment (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
232
5,7% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
38
6.700 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
138
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
200
beneficiaries · 2013–2025
Subsidies Rental · DS52
30
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

8.155homes · by type (2017)
House
4.010 · 96.5%
House
3.975 · 99.4%
Shack/hut/shanty
130 · 3.1%
Shack/improvised dwelling
12 · 0.3%
Other private
9 · 0.2%
Other private
6 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
6 · 0.1%
Mobile
4 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
1 · 0%
Apartment
1 · 0%
Mobile
1 · 0%
73%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
1.588 · 69.6%
Provided for work
232 · 10.2%
Free of charge
196 · 8.6%
Rented
189 · 8.3%
Owned, being paid off
77 · 3.4%

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

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$7.048.510.000
Own revenue
$1.418.947.000
20% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$3.648.087.000
52% of the total
State transfers
$623.779.000
9% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$682.033.000
$7.048.510.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

18.1%
13.4%
51.5%
16.7%
Property tax$256.922.000
Business licenses$190.097.000
Vehicle permits$730.053.000
Cleaning fees$5.451.000
Other own revenue$236.424.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $68.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
41.2%
35.1%
23.7%
Municipal$7.048.510.000
Education$6.017.907.000
Health$4.057.832.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $2.389.403.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$120.980.000
$1.418.947.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$386.101.000
$3.648.087.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$16.370.000
$623.779.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$11.417.222.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$6.916.243.000
Execution rate
60.6%
Unexecuted: $4.500.979.000
Low execution: it only executed 60.6% of the budget — $4.500.979.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$682.033.000
$6.916.243.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

83.9%
11.5%
Internal management$5.801.841.000
Community services$794.543.000
Social programs$165.982.000
Municipal activities$89.147.000
Recreational programs$41.624.000
Cultural programs$23.106.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$4.116.353.00059.5%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.424.747.00020.6%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.382.887.00020.0%
Transfers to education$783.664.00011.3%
Investment (works and projects)$500.226.0007.2%
Transfers to health$461.046.0006.7%
Electricity (facilities)$380.911.0005.5%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$180.846.0002.6%
Councillor stipends$88.061.0001.3%
Water (facilities)$73.622.0001.1%
Travel allowances$12.323.0000.2%
Street lighting$10.440.0000.2%
Commissions and representation$2.890.0000.0%

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

20.0%
20.6%
59.4%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.382.887.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.424.747.000
Others$4.108.609.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

60.7%
23.9%
10.5%
Permanent staff$945.542.000
Contract staff$372.547.000
Fee contracts$64.798.000
Labor Code$11.309.000
Community progs.$163.263.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

50.0%
45.7%
Permanent staff23
Contract staff21
Fee contracts2
Total: 46 staffFee contracts: 4.3% of the headcountWomen: 43.2%Professionalization: 45.4%
Cost/staffer permanent: $29.208.957/yearCost/staffer contract: $16.819.095/yearCost/staffer fees: $14.648.500/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: $500.226.000 (7.2% of spending)Councillor stipends: $88.061.000Travel allowances: $12.323.000Commissions and representation: $2.890.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $180.846.000Street lighting: $10.440.000Electricity: $380.911.000Water: $73.622.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

192
104
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

89
117
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
5 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
1
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
25
Security/patrol pickups
1
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
1
Primary-care medical visits
33.357
Clinics
1
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
72%
of own revenue
Security drones
1
Permanent staff
33
Permanent own revenue
20,13%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
8
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
117
Health staff
10
contract
Health staff
0
fee-based
Health staff
10
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
11.658
municipal health
Rural health posts
3
Final works approvals
104

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$44.866.401.242
Purchase orders
20.283

Purchase-order amount · trend

$1.890.113.432
$2.755.454.941
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Boetsch S a$2.884.033.8573
Vivir Con Ecologia$1.988.991.03661
Epreva Ingenieria SpA$1.143.719.67914
Luis Eduardo Ortiz Martínez$685.672.43616
Sociedad Marcamps Limitada$638.407.6295
Fdl Constructora Ltda.$611.644.75611
Resam$607.188.445119
Rg Futuro Construccion Ltda.$576.439.33811

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.630.015.02359%
Agile Purchase $628.636.97823%
Framework Agreement $261.452.7659%
Direct award discretionary$235.350.1769%

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

Registered companies
1.104
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
6.744

Pyramid by sales bracket

60.4%
15.5%
21.8%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)667 companies
Small (≤25k UF)171 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)21 companies
Large (>100k UF)4 companies
No sales/no info241 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Exportaciones Meyer LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 31.047
Logistica Internacional Maritima y Aerea S.A.TRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 120
Inversiones Meyer SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSLarge 1
Inversiones Taroba LimitadaACTIVIDADES INMOBILIARIASLarge 1
Prestacion de Servicios Agricolas Agrilanm SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 21.344
Soc Agricola San Francisco SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 2299
Sociedad Agricola Tres Marias LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 2206
Soc Agricola el Carmen y San Juan Ltda. LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 2115
Project Fruit Chile S.A.AGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 295
Agricola los Nogales LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 278

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.

vigenteleña residencialMP2,5
PDA Valle Central de Curicó
DS 44/2017 · published 2019 · see plan

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 59.4 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.

1
Species
1
Flora
1
In conservation status
Species in conservation category
Araucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaEN

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

1 Wetlands · 1 urban · 1.066 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-07-02Sist. Rios Mataquito, Lontue, Teno y trib.urban1.066 /12.100

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. 2 projects totaling US$ 647 million, approved between 2010 and 2020. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Environmental Sanitation1 project · US$ 642 M · 2010
Comité de Agua Potable el Plumero de RaucoDiseño de Ingeniería Ampliación y Mejoramiento Servicio Agua Potable Rural El Plumero
Energy1 project · US$ 5 M · 2020
Lun SpAParque Solar Fotovoltaico Lun

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 33.5 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
5 m²
50% 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 -RAUCOPTAS · lodos activadosNUEVOSUR S.A. · discharges into estero comalle
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Parque El Guanaco (Teno) · 3.981 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
10
Area affected
12 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
576 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
48
At high or very high risk
27
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
14,26°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,17°C
Annual precipitation
703 mm
projection: -3%
Hot days>30°C
42
projection: +27 days
Frost days
10

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
531
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
4.518
Police cases · trend
370
531
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage1231.047
Threats94800
Domestic violence84715
Larceny39332
Weapons-related crimes35298
Burglary of an uninhabited place35298
Crimes and offenses under the arms law32272
Burglary of an inhabited place26221
Minor injuries22187
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces13111
Robbery with violence or intimidation651
Threats or brawls (misdemeanor)434

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 20.

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
25
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 11.753 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 1Pickups: 1Drones: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
25
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
65
Deaths
4
34 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
51
8 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.