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Escudo de Padre las Casas

Padre las Casas

Región de la Araucanía85.373 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024464 km² of area184 inh./km²$28.075M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Environment
27 µg/m³
10th worst air quality (PM2.5)
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Environment
11
21st most SMA-sanctioned companies (by domicile)
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Population
+9,6%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
19,8%
Multidimensional poverty · 132nd highest of 346
Finance
$329 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 297 of 346
Finance
76,89%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Environment
27,2 µg/m³
Air above the standard: PM2.5
Safety
3.609
cases per 100k inhab. · 328th in the country
Education
554,2 pts
below the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
121st
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

87 Schools
67 Squares and green areas
22 Kindergartens
12 Health centers
4 Pharmacies
2 Hospitals
1 Carabineros
1 Fire stations
1 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)

Padre Las Casas es una ciudad y comuna homónima ubicada en la Región de la Araucanía en la zona sur de Chile, perteneciente a la provincia de Cautín y que conforma una parte del área metropolitana de Temuco.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

50.0 /100
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#152 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety52
Health51
Culture and environment41
Education48
Infrastructure59
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Mario González R.Re-elected
INDEPENDIENTE
16.739
votes (34.7%)
63.399
Electoral roll
87,87%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 6 terms
MG
Mario González R.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
16.739
votes
MH
Mario Hernan Gonzalez Rebolledo
2021-2024 · IND
7.974
votes
JE
Juan Eduardo Delgado Castro
2008-2012 · RN
7.988
votes
RO
Rosa Oyarzún Guiñez
2004-2008 · RN
9.474
votes
RI
Rosa Irene Oyarzun Guiñez
2000-2004 · RN
6.366
votes
RI
Rosa Irene Oyarzun Guiñez
1996-2000 · RN
3.227
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

MS
Miguel Santana C.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
3.852
votes
RH
Raul Henriquez B.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
3.454
votes
JH
Jose Hidalgo P.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
3.110
votes
PV
Pedro Vergara M.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE CHILE
2.156
votes
GR
Guillermo Rosales V.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
1.939
votes
GP
Guillermo Peña C.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
1.334
votes

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

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

Resolutions extracted
2.657
of 940 minutes read
Money involved
$45.561.314.987
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
4.1 · Autorización del Contrato de Servicio de Vigilancia de Recintos Municipales desde el 01.08.2023 al 30.09.2023 con monto total de $74,172,942Tender$74.172.942
Aprobación de Estatutos y Personalidad Jurídica Autónoma de AMRARegulation
Aprobación del Acta anteriorOtherunanimidad
4.4 · Solicitud Asignación Especial Transitoria, Artículo 45, Ley N° 19.378, a Personal Médico de Planta, Contrata y Reemplazos de Becados, de los Diferentes Establecimientos de Salud de la Comuna de Padre Las CasasOther
4.3 · Solicitud Asignación Especial Transitoria, Artículo 45, Ley N° 19.378, A Funcionarios Que Desempeñan Labores en SAPU y SAR de la Comuna de Padre Las CasasOther
4.2 · Solicitud Asignación Especial Transitoria, Artículo 45, Ley N° 19.378, a Funcionaria Administrativa Que Cumple Funciones de Facilitadora Intercultural en Cesfam Padre Las CasasOther

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
150
Highly complex
47
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
202477
20225323246
202118612
20201019
201915734
20185122

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

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

  • CP
    Comite Pequeños Agricultores Esperanza
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • CJ
    Comunidad Juan Marilaf
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2016
  • Cy
    Comunicación y Telefonía Rural S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • CI
    Comunidad Indígena José Catrinao
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Bautista Linconao
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Juan Namuncura
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • Jd
    Junta de Vecinos Villa los Caciques Sector A1
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017–2018
  • AL
    Alvaro Lito Rodriguez Carrasco
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • Ad
    Agrupación de Medicina Ascentral Indigena Fill Lawen
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • CN
    Comunidad Ndigena Juan de Dios Queupucura Huichuleo
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • CD
    Cge Distribución S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • GE
    Gestión Ecológica de Residuos S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2019–2021
  • CD
    Club Deportivo Social Cultural Ray Mapu
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • Jd
    Junta de Vecinos 34 Thiers Sur
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2018–2017
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Juan Llanquileo y Antonia Cayunao
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • FL
    Fundacion Legado de Familia
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • Jd
    Junta de Vecinos Espinoza Alto
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2015–2017
  • CD
    Comite de Mujeres Artesanas y Agricultoras Wicholco
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Cea Trecalaf Nº2
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
  • CD
    Club Deportivo Academia Basquetbol Pulmahue
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2016
and 111 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

62.108
inhabitants
86.093
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+40%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
95.112
+4% vs. 2035 (91.432)
Over 60 · 2050
30,87%
22,73% in 2035 · +8 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)73,96 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,8 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment483 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment0 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)554,2 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)564,9 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo80.656 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)12,7 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)19,8 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples51,17 %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 301 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
80.621
35.573 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
23.319
66% of RSH households
Female-headed households
52%
18.444
Elderly (60+)16.23220%
Children and adolescents (<18)18.75323%
Foreign nationals6561%
Belonging to indigenous peoples38.21547%
People with moderate/severe dependency1.2152%
Single-person households13.46438%

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
12.425
79 schools
Students per teacher
9,7
1.276 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,6%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
73,4%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 13%Private subsidized 87%Private paid 0%
Pass rate
96%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,33%
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
4
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
6
FONASA enrollees
80.222
94% of the population
Doctors employed
46
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 422Contract staff: 244Fee contracts: 39
Primary-care medical visits · per year
63.667
181.563
20102025
Medical specialties served · 26 in the comuna (public system)
Adult Orthopedics and TraumaAdult General SurgeryInternal MedicinePediatricsAdult NeurologyAdult GynecologyOphthalmologyAdult UrologyAdult PsychiatryAdult EndocrinologyHead/Neck/Maxillofacial SurgeryDermatologyFamily MedicineAdult Physical Medicine & RehabPeripheral Vascular SurgeryChild PsychiatryAnesthesiologyPediatric Neurology+8 more

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
2.737
3.573
20192024

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 (81.033 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar Conun HuenuFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal20.84058%
Centro de Salud Familiar PulmahueFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal18.63561%
Centro de Salud Familiar Padre las CasasFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal17.07464%
Centro de Salud Familiar las ColinasFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal10.72662%
Posta de Salud Rural Roble HuachoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal2.80774%
Hospital Maquehue-Pelal (Padre las Casas) (D)HospitalHealth Service2.71169%
Posta de Salud Rural MetrencoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal2.26170%
Posta de Salud Rural CodopilleRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.97479%
Posta de Salud Rural Truf TrufRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.86376%
Posta de Salud Rural Laurel HuachoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.42972%
Posta de Salud Rural San RamónRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal71367%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $23.429.503.000 ($292.058/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $16.141.712.000Municipal contribution: $750.000.000

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

Indigenous population
41.270
51.2% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
259
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
Land grants
246
indigenous lands registry 2022
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche41.07599.5%
Aymara1030.2%

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
81
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
0.9
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
2.094
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
1.127
Sports
178
Social and aid
112
For the elderly
108
Cultural
45
Foundations and corporations
10
Religious
3

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.

4 Local media · ComunitariaSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
ACAgrupacion Cultural y Comunicacional Creaciones · holderComunitaria106.7 FM
ASAgrupacion Social y Cultural los Conquistadores · holderComunitaria107.7 FM
CdComite de Accion Social Maranatha · holderComunitaria107.9 FM
CBComunidad Biblica y Comunicacional Mapuche Pelom · holderComunitaria107.1 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
1.200
1,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
530 people · 44% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
530 Venezuela
343 Argentina
116 Colombia
45 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

Families in informal settlements
18
2 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
1.070
3,9% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
25
1.927 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
810
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
2.058
beneficiaries · 2012–2025
Subsidies Rental · DS52
393
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

53.610homes · by type (2017)
House
25.611 · 93.2%
House
23.963 · 91.7%
Apartment
1.727 · 6.3%
Apartment
1.708 · 6.5%
Shack/hut/shanty
303 · 1.2%
Other private
74 · 0.3%
Room in old house/tenement
71 · 0.3%
Other private
70 · 0.3%
Shack/improvised dwelling
29 · 0.1%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
22 · 0.1%
Indigenous dwelling
22 · 0.1%
Mobile
4 · 0%
Room in old house/tenement
4 · 0%
Mobile
2 · 0%
81%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
9.888 · 65.8%
Owned, being paid off
2.341 · 15.6%
Rented
1.593 · 10.6%
Free of charge
713 · 4.7%
Provided for work
503 · 3.3%

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 15% (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: 15% 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.

15% 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
$28.074.511.000
Own revenue
$5.043.434.000
18% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$16.780.094.000
60% of the total
State transfers
$3.184.089.000
11% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$2.799.616.000
$28.074.511.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

18.3%
17.5%
27.4%
32.1%
Property tax$922.353.000
Business licenses$881.589.000
Vehicle permits$1.380.477.000
Cleaning fees$240.991.000
Other own revenue$1.618.024.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $80.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
43.2%
20.1%
36.7%
Municipal$28.074.511.000
Education$13.035.513.000
Health$23.875.683.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $14.293.845.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$507.227.000
$5.043.434.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$1.652.464.000
$16.780.094.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$20.368.000
$3.184.089.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$38.937.498.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$27.585.585.000
Execution rate
70.8%
Unexecuted: $11.351.913.000
Low execution: it only executed 70.8% of the budget — $11.351.913.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$2.463.744.000
$27.585.585.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

49.4%
23.6%
23.8%
Internal management$13.621.100.000
Community services$6.522.341.000
Social programs$6.569.110.000
Municipal activities$59.628.000
Recreational programs$443.206.000
Cultural programs$370.200.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$23.429.503.00084.9%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$9.094.714.00033.0%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$5.183.727.00018.8%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$2.690.718.0009.8%
Transfers to education$1.547.232.0005.6%
Street lighting$965.515.0003.5%
Electricity (facilities)$925.152.0003.4%
Transfers to health$750.000.0002.7%
Investment (works and projects)$749.568.0002.7%
Water (facilities)$156.616.0000.6%
Councillor stipends$81.544.0000.3%
Travel allowances$18.025.0000.1%

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

18.8%
33.0%
48.2%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$5.183.727.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$9.094.714.000
Others$13.307.144.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

31.3%
16.7%
49.1%
Permanent staff$3.205.646.000
Contract staff$1.717.670.000
Fee contracts$260.411.000
Labor Code$39.915.000
Community progs.$5.032.377.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

52.9%
38.7%
8.3%
Permanent staff108
Contract staff79
Fee contracts17
Total: 204 staffFee contracts: 8.3% of the headcountWomen: 43.8%Professionalization: 44.4%
Cost/staffer permanent: $28.667.731/yearCost/staffer contract: $16.784.861/yearCost/staffer fees: $14.376.647/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: $749.568.000 (2.7% of spending)Councillor stipends: $81.544.000Travel allowances: $18.025.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $2.690.718.000Street lighting: $965.515.000Electricity: $925.152.000Water: $156.616.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

171
62
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

51
156
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$191.312.332.573
Purchase orders
53.605

Purchase-order amount · trend

$1.216.691.925
$15.280.304.983
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Soloverde S.A.$8.614.513.77514
Servicio de Ingenieria Seguridad y Transporte Transcom Limitada$8.215.490.22899
Juan Jose Siles Carvajal$7.792.523.86111
Cam Chile SpA$5.231.414.54614
Juan José Siles Carvajal$4.502.038.2835
Cia Nacional de Telefonos Telefonica del Sur S.A.$2.849.761.889120
Constructora Andes y Cia. Ltda.$2.847.475.2103
Parenas$2.773.312.2881

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $11.178.368.65773%
Direct award discretionary$2.149.242.46114%
Framework Agreement $978.375.8996%
Agile Purchase $974.317.9656%

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

Registered companies
3.795
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
17.387

Pyramid by sales bracket

62.9%
13.6%
21.5%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)2.387 companies
Small (≤25k UF)517 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)60 companies
Large (>100k UF)15 companies
No sales/no info816 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Fund del Magisterio de la AraucaniaENSEÑANZALarge 4 (>1M UF)3.823
Distribuidora y Mayorista Cristian Moreno SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 4 (>1M UF)775
Sociedad Constructora y Ensayes de Materiales S.A.CONSTRUCCIONLarge 2908
Frindt S.A.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 2258
Comercial Coyahue SpAINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 2143
Comercial Cautin LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 2100
Inasur SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 219
Soc Silvoagropecuaria y Comercial San Sebastian LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 217
Constructora Alfavial LimitadaCONSTRUCCIONLarge 1138
Transportes Monsalve y Compañia LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 145

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

Roads and motorwaysSource: OpenStreetMap · 2026 snapshot

Kilometres of trunk road
47 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

MP2,5 · annual average
27,2µg/m³· above the Chilean standard
OMS 5
CL standard 20
5,4× the WHO 2021 guideline · 1,4× the Chilean standard · 65 days above daily standard (50 µg/m³)
MP10 · annual average
37,2µg/m³· above the WHO guideline, below the Chilean standard
OMS 15
CL standard 50
2,5× the WHO 2021 guideline · 0,7× the Chilean standard · 0 days above daily standard (150 µg/m³)
2monitoring stations · 2 from the MMA Network· measures MP2,5; MP10; NO2; CO· stations: Padre Las Casas, Padre Las Casas II
PM2.5 latest reading
10 µg/m³
15-08-2026 · 43 days above standard in the last 12 months
Monthly PM2.5 trend
norma 2007/24: 65,1 µg/m³08/24: 54 µg/m³09/24: 25,5 µg/m³10/24: 14,9 µg/m³11/24: 10,7 µg/m³12/24: 7,3 µg/m³01/25: 6,5 µg/m³02/25: 7,4 µg/m³03/25: 8,8 µg/m³04/25: 23,9 µg/m³05/25: 45,6 µg/m³06/25: 55,3 µg/m³07/25: 54,9 µg/m³08/25: 28,5 µg/m³09/25: 19,1 µg/m³10/25: 8,4 µg/m³11/25: 2,8 µg/m³12/25: 1,7 µg/m³01/26: 2,2 µg/m³02/26: 2,3 µg/m³03/26: 12,5 µg/m³04/26: 27 µg/m³05/26: 56,5 µg/m³06/26: 45,7 µg/m³07/26: 48 µg/m³08/26: 27 µg/m³07/2408/26
27 µg/m³
promedio 08/26
PM10 latest reading
13 µg/m³
15-08-2026 · 1 days above standard in the last 12 months
Monthly PM10 trend
norma 5007/24: 78,9 µg/m³08/24: 64,8 µg/m³09/24: 30,8 µg/m³10/24: 23 µg/m³11/24: 17,4 µg/m³12/24: 18,1 µg/m³01/25: 13,6 µg/m³02/25: 20,2 µg/m³03/25: 18,5 µg/m³04/25: 34,8 µg/m³05/25: 60,2 µg/m³06/25: 67,6 µg/m³07/25: 68,1 µg/m³08/25: 39,7 µg/m³09/25: 30,8 µg/m³10/25: 19,5 µg/m³11/25: 18,8 µg/m³12/25: 13,6 µg/m³01/26: 18 µg/m³02/26: 14,7 µg/m³03/26: 24,9 µg/m³04/26: 39,4 µg/m³05/26: 67,8 µg/m³06/26: 53,5 µg/m³07/26: 55,3 µg/m³08/26: 32,7 µg/m³07/2408/26
32,7 µg/m³
promedio 08/26
vigenteleña residencialMP2,5
PDA Temuco y Padre Las Casas
DS 8/2023 · published 2023 · see plan

Zone with decontamination plan PDA Temuco y Padre Las Casas · critical pollutant MP2.5

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
1 t SO₂
0 t MP10
0 t MP2,5
0 t Material particulado

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2024); 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)
Cerro ÑielolNatural Monumentat 8.3 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.

64
Species
36
Flora
28
Fauna
31
In conservation status
23
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
RuilNothofagus alessandriiENBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUQueuleGomortega keuleENPitaoPitavia punctataENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVURana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUBagrecitoBullockia maldonadoiENBagre grandeNematogenys inermisENCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENSapoEupsophus roseusVUHuillipatagua, naranjillo, pataguaCitronella mucronataVUPuyeBrachygalaxias bullockiVUPeladillaAplochiton zebraENLamprea de agua dulceMordacia lapicidaENTolloDiplomystes camposensisENPerca negraPercichthys melanopsVUTollo de agua dulceDiplomystes chilensisENTolloDiplomystes nahuelbutaensisENCauqueOdontesthes mauleanumVUCauque del norteOdontesthes brevianalisVUPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUPeladillaAplochiton marinusENLamprea de bolsaGeotria australisVUPeladillaAplochiton taeniatusENLinguePersea lingueVUPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNT

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.

6 Wetlands · 4 urban · 2.325 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-09-26Rios Vilcun- Quepe y Estero El Secourban781 /3.914
HUR-09-17Rios Imperal- Cautin- Chonchol y Trib.urban721 /4.860
HPU-09-23Estero Truftruf y afluentes537 /583
HUR-09-25Humedal Padre Las Casas 1urban204
HPU-09-31Humedal Padre Las Casas 266
HUR-09-53Sin informaciónurban17

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. 9 projects totaling US$ 147 million, approved between 1999 and 2020. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Real estate2 projects · US$ 79 M · 2015
Milton Moya KrauseComplejo asistencial Padre las Casas · Loteo Lomas de Maquehue
Others4 projects · US$ 38 M · 1999–2017
Dirección General de Concesiones de Obras Públicas del Ministerio de Obras PúblicasBy Pass - Temuco · Distribución de Gas de Red para la Ciudad de Temuco y Padre Las Casas
Energy3 projects · US$ 30 M · 2005–2020
Transchile Charrúa Transmisión S.A.Línea de Transmisión Charrúa-Nueva Temuco 2 x 220 kV (Segunda Presentación) · Subestación Nueva Metrenco 220/66 kV

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, Codiner
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
Aguas Araucania · also Quepe
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Temuco at 14.5 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.

Environmental conflictsSource: SNIFA · SMA + Environmental Search · Environmental Courts

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
11
Sanctioned entities
11
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
13 UTA
4 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Alejandra Lorena Fuslocher MulchiTALLER MECÁNICO PADRE DE LAS CASASIndustrial facility6
Armando Ruiz FigueroaLEÑAS EBEN EZERHousing and Real Estate3
Sociedad Comercial Maryruca Ltda.MOTEL CARRIOT (EX “MOTEL ENTRE PUENTES”)Amenities3
Juan Salas FourcadeLEÑERÍA ESTABLECIMIENTO 502Amenities1
Eladio Alvial VergaraCENTRO COMERCIAL ELADIO EUFRACIO ALVIAL VERGARA E.I.R.LAmenities
Manuel Salinas ToroCASA CASA HABITACION-524Housing and Real Estate
Leonardo Josué Riquelme OvalleCENTRO COMERCIAL SUPERMARKET LA CABAÑAAmenities
Patricia Vergara MachucaLEÑERÍA ESTABLECIMIENTO 509Amenities
Héctor Patricio DiazUNIDAD MÓVIL CAMIONETA 5886Other categories
Maritza PandaLEÑERÍA ESTABLECIMIENTO 510Amenities
Gloria Lara CabezasLEÑERÍA ESTABLECIMIENTO 514Amenities

Environmental sanctions final from the SMA (no pending appeals) whose auditable unit sits in the comuna: companies, individuals and institutions (including the municipality). Fine in UTA (Annual Tax Unit). Source: Public Sanctions Registry, SNIFA.

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.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
2
Historic monuments
2

Monuments declared by decree (official CMN roster). Excludes archaeological and public monuments. Declaration entails legal protection and intervention restrictions.

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

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
PTAS -LABRANZAPTAS · lodos activadosESSSI S.A. · discharges into estero botrolhue
Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero Licura Mulchén (Mulchén) · 25.868 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
89
Area affected
91 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
1.123 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
68
At high or very high risk
38
11 very high
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.

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

Mean annual temperature
12,14°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,22°C
Annual precipitation
1.324 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
7
projection: +11 days
Frost days
22

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
3.081
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
3.609
Police cases · trend
3.339
3.081
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Domestic violence647758
Threats601704
Property damage398466
Larceny245287
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces227266
Minor injuries129151
Burglary of an inhabited place121142
Burglary of an uninhabited place100117
Weapons-related crimes91107
Crimes and offenses under the arms law8498
Robbery with violence or intimidation5868
Theft of items from vehicles5160

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 29.

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
150
Guards and inspectors
8
1 per 10.672 hab
Patrol fleet
4
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 2Pickups: 2Drones: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
59
150
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
422
Deaths
14
16,4 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
249
42 serious
Pedestrian collisions
29
5 pedestrians killed

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.