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Florida

Región del Biobío11.873 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024606 km² of area20 inh./km²$6.462M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Livability
37.3/100
20th least liveable in the country
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Livability
1 m²/hab
28th fewest green areas per inhabitant
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Population
−6,3%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
27,4%
Multidimensional poverty · 39th highest of 346
Finance
$544 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 168 of 346
Finance
85,91%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Education
564,6 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
51st
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

20 Schools
9 Squares and green areas
6 Health centers
2 Carabineros
2 Hospitals
1 Kindergartens

Florida es una comuna de la zona central de Chile, ubicada en la Provincia de Concepción, Región del Biobío, a 42 kilómetros de distancia de la capital regional, Concepción.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

37.3 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#327 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety31
Health27
Culture and environment28
Education53
Infrastructure60
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Rodrigo Montero C.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
3.318
votes (34.59%)
11.358
Electoral roll
91,82%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
RM
Rodrigo Montero C.
2024-2028 · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
3.318
votes
JE
Jorge Eliecer Roa Villegas
2021-2024 · DC
1.776
votes
JV
Juan Vergara Reyes
2008-2012 · IND
1.641
votes
DM
Domingo Muñoz Cabezas
2004-2008 · PS
2.363
votes
JV
Juan Vergara Reyes
2000-2004 · UDI
1.362
votes
SB
Sergio Bobadilla Muñoz
1996-2000 · UDI
4.527
votes
SB
Sergio Bobadilla Muñoz
1992-1996 · UDI
3.594
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

FC
Felipe Cabrera H.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
849
votes
AG
Ana Gajardo R.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · INDEPENDIENTE
596
votes
JB
Jacqueline Barrientos A.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
562
votes
NV
Nicolas Verdejo G.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · EVOLUCION POLITICA
472
votes
MH
Marcos Hidalgo P.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
445
votes
CT
Carolina Triviños A.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · INDEPENDIENTE
386
votes

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

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

Resolutions extracted
1.184
of 976 minutes read
Money involved
$54.057.373.982
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
341 · Determinación de cantidad de patentes limitadas de alcoholes para la comuna de FloridaLicenseunanimidad
344 · Subvención al Centro Juvenil Generación del Poder para adquisición de equipos y capacitación en repostería básica.Subsidy$400.000unanimidad
4.1 · Adjudicación y contratación de la propuesta pública 'ADQUISICIÓN COCINAS A LEÑA, TERMO CAÑÓN Y KITS DE INSTALACIÓN'Tender$66.640.000unanimidad
350 · Modificar el reglamento del Servicio de Bienestar de los Funcionarios de la Municipalidad de FloridaRegulationunanimidad
353 · Prórroga de concesión a ALTRAMUZ LIMITADA para servicios de recolección de residuos sólidos, limpieza de calles y mantenimiento de áreas verdes.Other$23.647.285unanimidad
356 · Subvención al 'Grupo de Mujeres Nuevo Amanecer de Rahuil Alto'Subsidy$400.000unanimidad

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
36
Highly complex
0
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
201821201
201715113

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

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

  • HC
    Hidronor Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2017
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2022–2023
  • cd
    Cuerpo de Bomberos de Florida
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2019–2023
  • CD
    Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S a
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017–2020
  • FP
    Fundacion Prodemu
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017–2018
  • cd
    Club de Rodeo Chileno de Florida
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2019–2023
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad Cge S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • CS
    Crecic S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2019
  • TS
    Transnet S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • IR
    Inversiones Ropera Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2019
  • CK
    Constructora Konter Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos Curapalihue
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
  • SF
    Servicios Forestales Vaspe Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
  • IJ
    Importadora Julio Vasquez y Compañia Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • CH
    Conjunto Habitacional Villa los Cerezos
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • SC
    Scotiabank Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • ms
    Masisa S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinox Comunidad el Esfuerzo
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
  • Ca
    Club Adulto Mayor Años Dorados Poñén
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • GE
    Gioconda Esferoza Azócar
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
and 17 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

11.358
inhabitants
11.876
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+5%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
11.134
-6% vs. 2035 (11.811)
Over 60 · 2050
47,58%
36,62% 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)43,1 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,5 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment115 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)564,6 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)565,6 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo12.958 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)10,8 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)27,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples5,03 %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 116 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
12.736
6.468 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
4.275
66% of RSH households
Female-headed households
50%
3.221
Elderly (60+)3.69729%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.43219%
Foreign nationals971%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2732%
People with moderate/severe dependency1811%
Single-person households2.91245%

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
1.959
21 schools
Students per teacher
8,6
227 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
85,6%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
73,6%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 89%Private subsidized 11%
Pass rate
98,9%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,04%
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
0
Rural health posts
4
FONASA enrollees
4.430
37% of the population
Doctors employed
2
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 32Contract staff: 10Fee contracts: 16
Primary-care medical visits · per year
12.913
34.400
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
1.154
245
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 (8.772 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Hospital San Agustín de FloridaHospitalHealth Service4.67165%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar CopiulemuCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal1.67167%
Posta de Salud Rural GranerillosRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.07170%
Posta de Salud Rural RoaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal48075%
Posta de Salud Rural MancoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal39769%
Posta de Salud Rural Cancha los MonterosRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal34077%
Posta de Salud Rural CopiulemuRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal14245%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $1.638.588.000 ($369.884/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $936.436.000Municipal contribution: $102.729.000

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

Indigenous population
652
5.0% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche61193.7%

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
41
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
3.5
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
133
the entire active civil fabric
Sports
26
Committees (water, housing, progress)
11
For the elderly
7
Cultural
3
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.

3 Local media · 1 Comunitaria · 2 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
CCCentro Cultural Artistico y de Comunicacion Radiofonica Baden Powell · holderFM101.5 FM
CECorporacion Evangelica Renacer en Cristo Jesus · holderComunitaria107.1 FM
TMTelecomunicaciones Mauricio Jara Ravest E.I.R.L. · holderFM104.7 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
190
1,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
80 people · 42% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
80 Venezuela
37 Colombia
13 Perú
10 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
185
3,7% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
28
2.316 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
126
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
241
beneficiaries · 2012–2026
Subsidies Rental · DS52
22
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

10.084homes · by type (2017)
House
4.953 · 95.9%
House
4.874 · 99.1%
Shack/hut/shanty
190 · 3.7%
Shack/improvised dwelling
20 · 0.4%
Other private
14 · 0.3%
Apartment
10 · 0.2%
Other private
9 · 0.2%
Room in old house/tenement
5 · 0.1%
Mobile
4 · 0.1%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
2 · 0%
Mobile
1 · 0%
Room in old house/tenement
1 · 0%
Apartment
1 · 0%
70%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
1.912 · 67.7%
Provided for work
445 · 15.8%
Rented
204 · 7.2%
Free of charge
193 · 6.8%
Owned, being paid off
69 · 2.4%

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 20% (DL 249)workerspreliminary data
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 20% 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.

20% 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
$6.462.216.000
Own revenue
$802.276.000
12% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$4.889.957.000
76% of the total
State transfers
$260.733.000
4% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$655.275.000
$6.462.216.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

33.4%
10.5%
25.9%
26.6%
Property tax$267.748.000
Business licenses$84.577.000
Vehicle permits$208.152.000
Cleaning fees$28.080.000
Other own revenue$213.719.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $3.242.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
48.3%
38.9%
12.7%
Municipal$6.462.216.000
Education$5.207.018.000
Health$1.704.962.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $4.527.158.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$79.983.000
$802.276.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$470.621.000
$4.889.957.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$12.974.000
$260.733.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$11.365.188.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$8.241.595.000
Execution rate
72.5%
Unexecuted: $3.123.593.000
Low execution: it only executed 72.5% of the budget — $3.123.593.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$612.687.000
$8.241.595.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

62.5%
18.9%
11.4%
Internal management$5.152.445.000
Community services$1.561.008.000
Social programs$943.330.000
Municipal activities$75.856.000
Recreational programs$284.536.000
Cultural programs$224.420.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$3.133.472.00038.0%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.814.854.00022.0%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$1.638.588.00019.9%
Investment (works and projects)$865.138.00010.5%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$567.109.0006.9%
Electricity (facilities)$491.814.0006.0%
Transfers to health$105.728.0001.3%
Councillor stipends$80.705.0001.0%
Water (facilities)$34.448.0000.4%
Travel allowances$31.872.0000.4%

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

22.0%
38.0%
40.0%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.814.854.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$3.133.472.000
Others$3.293.269.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

56.1%
25.1%
17.6%
Permanent staff$1.242.275.000
Contract staff$555.688.000
Fee contracts$16.891.000
Labor Code$8.871.000
Community progs.$389.293.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

64.2%
35.8%
Permanent staff43
Contract staff24
Total: 67 staffWomen: 56.7%Professionalization: 44.8%
Cost/staffer permanent: $25.982.349/yearCost/staffer contract: $14.031.625/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: $865.138.000 (10.5% of spending)Councillor stipends: $80.705.000Travel allowances: $31.872.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $567.109.000Electricity: $491.814.000Water: $34.448.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

59
85
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

37
21
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$31.453.291.031
Purchase orders
26.008

Purchase-order amount · trend

$493.582.850
$1.999.889.056
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Ingenieria y Construccion Cosmito Limitada$1.410.967.1602
Dr. José Luis Moya Muñoz Servicios Odontológicos e$963.157.38611
Ferreteria Santo Domingo$611.283.8411.755
Marlene Leoneya del Carmen Zambrano Salgado$512.260.9722.880
Sodimac S.A.$511.369.1421.127
Copec S.A.$502.726.85851
Sh Producciones e Inversiones SpA$496.344.63034
Ferreteria Multicomercial Ltda.$433.250.332429

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $900.526.69445%
Agile Purchase $406.988.77920%
Framework Agreement $401.921.85820%
Direct award discretionary$290.451.72615%

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

Registered companies
789
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
1.603

Pyramid by sales bracket

63.0%
12.5%
22.4%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)497 companies
Small (≤25k UF)99 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)14 companies
Large (>100k UF)2 companies
No sales/no info177 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Avicola el Peumo SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 3290
Agricola Sepulveda Palou LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 151
Servicios Forestales Emymarti LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 245
Construcciones S&a SpACONSTRUCCIONMedium 238
Avicola Torres y Villanueva LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 225
Soc Agricola el Alamo LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 221
Serfores F y F SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 210
Servicios Forestales Christian Zambrano Salgado E.I.R.L.AGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 134
Maria Felicia Quiñones Suazo Ferreteria E.I.R.L.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 124
Transportes Santa Blanca LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOMedium 117

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

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
0
US$ 0 M declared
Approved last 5 years
2
US$ 14 M declared
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
95
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Continuidad operativa Relleno Sanitario Hidronor Zona SurEIAHidronor Chile S.A.Approved9,66480
Ampliación Plantel Avícola FloridaDIAAgrícola Sepúlveda Palou Ltda.Approved4,215

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
55 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 MP10
0 t MP2,5
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.

67
Species
32
Flora
35
Fauna
35
In conservation status
26
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Bagre grandeNematogenys inermisENQueuleGomortega keuleENPuyeBrachygalaxias bullockiVUBagrecitoBullockia maldonadoiENBagrecitoTrichomycterus chiltoniENPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVULamprea de agua dulceMordacia lapicidaENTolloDiplomystes nahuelbutaensisENCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENRana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUPancoraAegla concepcionensisENCauque del norteOdontesthes brevianalisVUPerca negraPercichthys melanopsVUCarmelita de concepciónPercilia irwiniENPitaoPitavia punctataENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENRuilNothofagus alessandriiENBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVUCauqueOdontesthes mauleanumVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUPuyeGalaxias maculatusVULamprea de bolsaGeotria australisVUAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENLinguePersea lingueVUZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVULagarto nítidoLiolaemus nitidusNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTPalmilla, 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.

2 Wetlands · 1 urban · 9 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-08-06Sistema Humedal Rocuant - Rio Andalienurban5 /1.301
HPU-08-02Florida 13

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. 8 projects totaling US$ 129 million, approved between 1997 and 2020. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Others5 projects · US$ 83 M · 2011–2020
Sociedad Concesionaria Valles del Bio Bio S.A.Concesión Autopista Concepción - Cabrero · Ampliación de la Actividad de Transporte de Sustancias Peligrosas de ENAEX Servicios S.A.
Environmental Sanitation2 projects · US$ 34 M · 2000–2018
Hidronor Chile S.A.Depósito de seguridad, etapa IV, Hidronor Copiulemu S.A · Centro de Almacenamiento y Transferencia Recuperación y Revalorización de Residuos Tratamiento y Disposición de Desechos de Origen Industrial y Domiciliarios
Energy1 project · US$ 12 M · 1997
Gasoducto del Pacífico S.A.Gasoducto Trasandino y Distribución de Gas Natural en Chile

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 · also Frontel, Copelec, Coelcha
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSBIO
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Concepción at 21.4 km

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

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
1 m²
10% 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 - FLORIDAPTAS · lagunas aireadasESSBIO S.A. · discharges into estero tapihue
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Fundo Las Cruces (Chillán Viejo) · 3.246 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
50
Area affected
146 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
25.335 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
41
At high or very high risk
5
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.

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

Mean annual temperature
13,04°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,28°C
Annual precipitation
1.116 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
6
projection: +13 days
Frost days
9

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
558
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
4.700
Police cases · trend
614
558
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage105884
Domestic violence92775
Threats73615
Burglary of an inhabited place59497
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces40337
Minor injuries39329
Larceny38320
Burglary of an uninhabited place21177
Sexual abuse12101
Other burglaries (forcible entry)976
Motor vehicle theft867
Receiving stolen goods867

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
78
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 11.873 hab
Patrol fleet
3
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 3
Surveillance cameras · trend
12
78
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
47
Deaths
2
16,8 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
42
11 serious
Pedestrian collisions
1

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.