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Escudo de Saavedra

Saavedra

Región de la Araucanía12.660 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024395 km² of area32 inh./km²$9.513M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Finance
93%
7th most dependent on the Municipal Common Fund in the country
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Society
45%
2nd highest multidimensional poverty in the country
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Society
-13%
25th that lost the most population (since 2002)
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Population
−10,6%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
44,5%
Multidimensional poverty · 2nd highest of 346
Finance
$751 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 108 of 346
Finance
93,53%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Finance
7th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

42 Schools
16 Health centers
8 Squares and green areas
3 Kindergartens
2 Carabineros
2 Pharmacies
2 Fire stations
1 Libraries
1 Hospitals

Saavedra, también llamada Puerto Saavedra, es una comuna de la provincia de Cautín en la región de La Araucanía, en la zona sur de Chile.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

43.2 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#258 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety34
Health27
Culture and environment58
Education61
Infrastructure44
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Ricardo Tripainao C.
INDEPENDIENTE
3.791
votes (37.44%)
13.185
Electoral roll
80,32%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
RT
Ricardo Tripainao C.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
3.791
votes
JD
Juan de Dios Paillafil Calfulen
2021-2024 · IND
3.856
votes
RT
Ricardo Tripainao Calfulaf
2008-2012 · PPD
2.990
votes
RT
Ricardo Tripainao Calfulaf
2004-2008 · IND
2.269
votes
Domingo Ñancupil Baeza
2000-2004 · PPD
1.245
votes
WD
Walter Dettmar van Haindorp Montero
1996-2000 · PDS
1.753
votes
OU
Orlando Ulloa Palma
1992-1996 · DC
1.136
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

JR
Jorge Reyes C.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · FRENTE AMPLIO
700
votes
IJ
Ivan Jara J.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · MOVIMIENTO AMARILLOS POR CHILE
644
votes
RZ
Ricardo Zambrano P.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
587
votes
GE
Gioconda Espejo E.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
580
votes
FV
Felipe Villacura T.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
487
votes
PP
Pablo Painemilla A.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO POR LA DEMOCRACIA
406
votes

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

343 minutes publishedindex updated on 14-07-2026Municipal transparency
Recent minutes indexed

Documents indexed from the Transparency Portal (Law 20.285); they link to the PDF published by the municipality.

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

Resolutions extracted
339
of 90 minutes read
Money involved
$19.583.611.295
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
92/2021 · Acuerdo para realizar una reunión de comisión de fiscalización administración y finanzas el día 29 de noviembre 2021 a las 10 horas.Otherunanimidad
91/2021 · Aprobación de la subvención municipal al Club Deportivo Futbol Real Amistad por $550.000 para financiar gastos en el Campeonato Nacional.Subsidy$550.000unanimidad
90/2021 · Autorización al alcalde para firmar contrato con la empresa Constructora Innova Spa por $ 31.536.000 para el proyecto Construcción de locales de exposición comunitaria.Other$31.536.000unanimidad
89/2021 · Aprobación de las modificaciones a las bases administrativas para la licitación de Auditoría Externa.Tenderunanimidad
88/2021 · Autorización de la renovación de permiso precario a doña Ledy Vallejos Urrea para kiosco de venta de productos de artesanía y locales en el sector Playa Maule.Otherunanimidad
87/2021 · Aprobación de la modificación presupuestaria N°9 del Departamento de Salud por M$ 114.600 para pago de honorarios y gastos de arriendo.Budget amendment$114.600.000unanimidad

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
97
Highly complex
14
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
2024615
202013112
2018624
20165582714
201517213

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

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

  • ks
    Kolaboratorio SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • SE
    Santillana Educacion Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • ay
    Asesorías y Servicios Riolab SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • U
    Usplat
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • PS
    Pock SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • SI
    Sociedad Industrial y Comercial Postes y Torres Jemo S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • CP
    Consultorias Publicas Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • EE
    Empresa Editora Zig-Zag
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • ES
    Ecotrent SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • SB
    Servicios Bpsystem Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • OM
    ONG Mujer y Poder
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
  • AC
    Asociacion Chilena de Seguridad
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • BH
    Budnik Hermanos S,a.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • Hd
    Horizontes Diversos para la Inclusión
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • L
    Ligup
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • AG
    Asociación Gremial Camara Chilena de la Vivienda, el Patrimonio, Urbanismo y Transporte de la Araucania
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • FM
    Fundación Multitudes
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • GY
    Guard You SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • CE
    Corporación Educacional Eduventuras
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
and 3 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

14.490
inhabitants
12.630
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-13%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
11.256
-9% vs. 2035 (12.309)
Over 60 · 2050
45,11%
34,45% 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)37,86 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,6 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment70 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment50 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)496,7 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)516,1 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo12.877 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)24,3 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)44,5 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples80,45 %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 34 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
14.137
6.704 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
5.347
80% of RSH households
Female-headed households
47%
3.175
Elderly (60+)3.73026%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.99721%
Foreign nationals450%
Belonging to indigenous peoples11.09178%
People with moderate/severe dependency3102%
Single-person households2.91143%

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
1.936
30 schools
Students per teacher
6,9
282 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,9%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
85,6%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 48%Private subsidized 52%
Pass rate
98,2%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,2%
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
14
FONASA enrollees
12.840
101% of the population
Doctors employed
4
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 91Contract staff: 78Fee contracts: 35
Primary-care medical visits · per year
21.726
33.712
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
682
567
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 (13.292 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Posta de Salud Rural Pto. DomínguezRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal2.71875%
Posta de Salud Rural Cheucán - ButacoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.83274%
Hospital Dr. Arturo Hillerns Larrañaga (Saavedra)HospitalHealth Service1.40776%
Posta de Salud Rural RancoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.07082%
Posta de Salud Rural Deume -RucatraroRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal92378%
Posta de Salud Rural el TemoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal85883%
Posta de Salud Rural Quifo -OñoicoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal70878%
Posta de Salud Rural CalofRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal66679%
Posta de Salud Rural RomopulliRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal62386%
Posta de Salud Rural Huapi - BudiRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal61879%
Posta de Salud Rural Piedra AltaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal60579%
Posta de Salud Rural PerquiñánRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal54879%
Posta de Salud Rural Puaucho(Saavedra)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal40077%
Posta de Salud Rural la SierraRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal21578%
Posta de Salud Rural Número TresRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal10189%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $4.770.145.000 ($371.507/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.547.181.000Municipal contribution: $66.956.000

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

Indigenous population
10.359
80.4% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
89
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
Land grants
109
indigenous lands registry 2022

INDIGENOUS DEVELOPMENT AREA The comuna is part of the ADI LAGO BUDI (art. 26, Indigenous Law 19.253).

PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche10.32999.7%

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
16
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
1.3
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
501
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
142
Social and aid
68
Sports
44
For the elderly
31
Cultural
8
Trade associations and cooperatives
2
Religious
2
Foundations and corporations
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.

7 Local media · 3 Comunitaria · 4 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
JJ'HONAFM97.5 FM
LMLOS MENSAJEROS DEL VIENTOFM98.3 FM
ASAgrupacion Social Pro Ayuda a la Familia de Quechocahuin · holderComunitaria107.5 FM
ASAgrupacion Solidaria Accion Saavedra · holderComunitaria106.7 FM
CdComite de Superacion de Isla Llepo · holderComunitaria107.9 FM
CEComunicaciones Eduardo Andres Martinez Espinoza E.I.R.L. · holderFM91.5 FM
SCSoc. Comercial Itrachi Ltda. · holderFM96.3 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
53
0,4% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Argentina
15 people · 28% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
15 Argentina
13 Perú
7 Colombia
4 Venezuela

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
220
4,5% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
97
6.570 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
67
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
236
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
42
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

10.561homes · by type (2017)
House
5.360 · 94.5%
House
4.821 · 98.6%
Shack/hut/shanty
241 · 4.2%
Other private
35 · 0.6%
Other private
31 · 0.6%
Shack/improvised dwelling
28 · 0.6%
Room in old house/tenement
20 · 0.4%
Indigenous dwelling
12 · 0.2%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
6 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
3 · 0.1%
Apartment
3 · 0.1%
Mobile
1 · 0%
85%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
3.119 · 84.5%
Free of charge
201 · 5.4%
Provided for work
196 · 5.3%
Rented
151 · 4.1%
Owned, being paid off
23 · 0.6%

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
$9.513.024.000
Own revenue
$463.346.000
5% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$6.697.444.000
70% of the total
State transfers
$2.066.243.000
22% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$865.544.000
$9.513.024.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

18.0%
9.5%
24.2%
47.7%
Property tax$83.369.000
Business licenses$44.217.000
Vehicle permits$112.153.000
Cleaning fees$2.463.000
Other own revenue$221.144.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $721.000Aquaculture licenses (Law 20.033): $1.299.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
58.9%
11.6%
29.5%
Municipal$9.513.024.000
Education$1.875.091.000
Health$4.760.438.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $6.509.398.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$43.483.000
$463.346.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$630.140.000
$6.697.444.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$75.449.000
$2.066.243.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$10.991.749.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$7.956.412.000
Execution rate
72.4%
Unexecuted: $3.035.337.000
Low execution: it only executed 72.4% of the budget — $3.035.337.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$789.089.000
$7.956.412.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

49.5%
21.8%
21.5%
Internal management$3.940.375.000
Community services$1.736.889.000
Social programs$1.710.961.000
Municipal activities$43.346.000
Recreational programs$193.203.000
Cultural programs$331.638.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$4.770.145.00060.0%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$2.309.026.00029.0%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.307.205.00029.0%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$510.659.0006.4%
Investment (works and projects)$455.229.0005.7%
Electricity (facilities)$216.831.0002.7%
Water (facilities)$117.331.0001.5%
Transfers to health$106.956.0001.3%
Councillor stipends$86.541.0001.1%
Travel allowances$85.202.0001.1%
Commissions and representation$5.783.0000.1%

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

29.0%
29.0%
42.0%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.307.205.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$2.309.026.000
Others$3.340.181.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

39.4%
15.7%
39.0%
Permanent staff$1.559.102.000
Contract staff$621.489.000
Fee contracts$126.614.000
Labor Code$108.637.000
Community progs.$1.542.150.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

57.8%
42.2%
Permanent staff48
Contract staff35
Total: 83 staffWomen: 38.5%Professionalization: 30.1%
Cost/staffer permanent: $29.532.375/yearCost/staffer contract: $15.603.000/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: $455.229.000 (5.7% of spending)Councillor stipends: $86.541.000Travel allowances: $85.202.000Commissions and representation: $5.783.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $510.659.000Electricity: $216.831.000Water: $117.331.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

78
56
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

50
179
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
8 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
0
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
29
Security/patrol pickups
2
Security booths
1
CESFAM in the comuna
0
Primary-care medical visits
33.712
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
93,53%
of own revenue
Security drones
1
Permanent staff
49
Permanent own revenue
4,87%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
4
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
179
Health staff
78
contract
Health staff
35
fee-based
Health staff
91
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
12.840
municipal health
Rural health posts
14
Street-market stalls
362
Final works approvals
56

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$48.434.117.958
Purchase orders
32.172

Purchase-order amount · trend

$964.756.800
$3.153.661.038
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Transportes y Servicios Generales Limitada$3.288.397.687149
Comercial Suarez SpA$1.749.629.075544
Sociedad Constructora Vaper Ltda.$1.470.728.62331
Rosendo Gerónimo Santibáñez Chaparro$1.136.118.00410
Costaverde$931.356.086207
Constructora los Nogales Limitada$901.570.7063
Sergio Suarez Villa$798.948.29040
Komatsu Chile S.a.- Casa Matriz$750.103.568155

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $2.122.750.88667%
Agile Purchase $645.782.05520%
Framework Agreement $220.481.4997%
Direct award discretionary$164.646.5985%

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

Registered companies
693
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
938

Pyramid by sales bracket

67.0%
10.5%
21.8%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)464 companies
Small (≤25k UF)73 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)5 companies
No sales/no info151 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Supermercado Virgo SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 122
Supermercados Paola Ulloa e Hijos LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 113
Sociedad Comercial Huaracan Hermanos LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 110
I Municipalidad de SaavedraACTIVIDADES INMOBILIARIASMicro 3355

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

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

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

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
17 t MP10
17 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.

9
Species
5
Flora
4
Fauna

6 Wetlands · 5 urban · 8.682 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-09-34Lago Budiurban7.413 /8.007
HUR-09-16Río Imperial- Rio Monculurban854 /1.914
HUR-09-37Sin informaciónurban364
HUR-09-35Humedal sector Puerto Dominguezurban33
HUR-09-36Sin informaciónurban14
HPU-09-03Estero Sector Saavedra4

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
Frontel
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
Aguas Araucania
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Tirúa at 59.4 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
8 m²
80% 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 -PUERTO SAAVEDRAPTAS · laguna aireadaA. ARAUCANIA S.A. · discharges into río imperial
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Los Ángeles (Los Ángeles) · 4.140 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
5
Area affected
2 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
70 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
69
At high or very high risk
52
36 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
12,07°C
2035-2065 projection: +0,91°C
Annual precipitation
1.199 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +0 days
Frost days
2

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
619
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
4.889
Police cases · trend
840
619
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces1671.319
Threats101798
Domestic violence92727
Property damage58458
Minor injuries45356
Larceny29229
Burglary of an uninhabited place24190
Sexual abuse18142
Weapons-related crimes14111
Burglary of an inhabited place13103
Crimes and offenses under the arms law1295
Drug-related crimes863

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 22.

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
29
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 12.660 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Security booths
1
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2Drones: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
5
29
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
22
Deaths
5
39,5 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
24
6 serious
Pedestrian collisions
3
2 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.