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Lonquimay

Región de la AraucaníaFounded 189711.109 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 20243.929 km² of area3 inh./km²$7.286M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Finance
90%
19th most dependent on the Municipal Common Fund in the country
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Society
32%
16th highest multidimensional poverty in the country
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Society
73%
23rd lowest electoral turnout
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Population
−5,7%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
32%
Multidimensional poverty · 16th highest of 346
Finance
$656 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 126 of 346
Finance
88,73%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Education
560,3 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
32nd
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

16 Schools
15 Health centers
11 Squares and green areas
6 Carabineros
4 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)
2 Kindergartens
2 Fire stations
2 Hospitals

Lonquimay es un pueblo y comuna de la zona sur de Chile, en la provincia de Malleco, Región de la Araucanía.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

39.1 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#314 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety49
Health29
Culture and environment20
Education58
Infrastructure52
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Eduardo Yáñez R.
CHILE VAMOS · INDEPENDIENTE
4.310
votes (50.74%)
12.095
Electoral roll
72,56%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 8 terms
EY
Eduardo Yáñez R.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
4.310
votes
GN
Gilberto Nibaldo Alegria Alegria
2021-2024 · IND
3.229
votes
GV
Guillermo Vásquez Veroiza
2008-2012 · PPD
1.830
votes
GA
Guillermo Alberto Vásquez Veroiza
2004-2008 · ILD
1.906
votes
JG
Juan Gaston Fuentes Cid
2000-2004 · ILC
2.118
votes
GB
Guido Barria Oyarzun
1996-2000 · DC
2.088
votes
GB
Guido Barria Oyarzun
1994-1996 · DC
969
votes
JG
Juan Gaston Fuentes Cid
1992-1994 · RN
752
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

GB
Guido Barria O.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
980
votes
AS
Anicia Soto C.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · INDEPENDIENTE
660
votes
PL
Pablo Labrin L.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
653
votes
JC
Jorge Cerda F.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
576
votes
EC
Evaristo Curical Ñ.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
488
votes
JF
Juan Fuentes C.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
416
votes

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

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

Resolutions extracted
181
of 98 minutes read
Money involved
$11.067.403.104
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
4.3 · Aprobar Modificación Presupuestaria N°18, Municipal por $210.189.000.-Budget amendment$210.189.000unanimidad
4.2 · Aprobar Modificación Presupuestaria N° 07, del D.E.M por $3.600.000.-Budget amendment$3.600.000unanimidad
4.1 · Autorizar al Sr. Alcalde a transigir en causa laboral Rit N°M-1-2021Settlementunanimidad
4.1 · Aprobación del contrato de transacción para obra de Escuela Icalma entre Municipalidad y Empresa Belarmino Jara.Settlementunanimidad
4.2 · Aprobación Modificación Presupuestaria N°08 Municipal por M$411.992.689.Budget amendment$411.992.689unanimidad
4.1 · Aprobación del programa para becas de Estudios Superiores Ilustre Municipalidad de Lonquimay.Subsidy$300.000unanimidad

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
69
Highly complex
5
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20251919
2016211313
2015294211

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

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

  • CI
    Comunidad Indigena Pehuenco Alto
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2015
  • IY
    Inversiones y Constructora Sergio Neira Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • SI
    Servicios Informáticos Santiago Tech SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • TF
    Tu Firma Digital SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • RS
    Rocktech SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • LF
    La Fusta SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2019
  • DJ
    Distribuciones Jurídicas de Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • SM
    Salud Moderna de Chile SpA, Mediclic
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021
  • FL
    Fonroche Lighting America Latina
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • SS
    Syr SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • RS
    Resolutions SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • ps
    Pronativa S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2019
  • ME
    Manufacturas Electricas Byp Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • SS
    Softus SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • TS
    Telefonica S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

10.454
inhabitants
11.119
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+6%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
10.488
-5% vs. 2035 (11.085)
Over 60 · 2050
37,72%
28,4% in 2035 · +9 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)44,76 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,8 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment153 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)560,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)550,8 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo10.247 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)18,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)32 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples56,87 %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 115 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
12.554
6.649 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
4.967
75% of RSH households
Female-headed households
46%
3.059
Elderly (60+)2.77022%
Children and adolescents (<18)2.82523%
Foreign nationals400%
Belonging to indigenous peoples7.08856%
People with moderate/severe dependency1151%
Single-person households3.43452%

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
2.117
20 schools
Students per teacher
9,2
230 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
93,2%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
85,4%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 85%Private subsidized 15%
Pass rate
97,3%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,69%
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
5.324
48% of the population
Doctors employed
4
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 46Contract staff: 23Fee contracts: 10
Primary-care medical visits · per year
15.052
42.852
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
684
614
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 (6.351 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Posta de Salud Rural IcalmaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal4.00879%
Hospital de LonquimayHospitalHealth Service1.17068%
Posta de Salud Rural Pedregoso (Lonquimay)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal37277%
Posta de Salud Rural Liucura (Lonquimay)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal23376%
Posta de Salud Rural LolénRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal18081%
Posta de Salud Rural TroyoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal12169%
Posta de Salud Rural Sierra NevadaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal10579%
Posta de Salud Rural RanquilRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal6980%
Posta de Salud Rural PichipehuencoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal4969%
Posta de Salud Rural ContracoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal4473%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $2.498.636.000 ($469.316/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $1.348.814.000Municipal contribution: $32.392.000

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

Indigenous population
5.827
56.9% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
62
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
Land grants
9
indigenous lands registry 2022
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche5.79499.4%

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
15
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
1.4
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
145
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
53
Sports
19
For the elderly
9
Social and aid
9
Fire brigades
2
Cultural
1
Foundations and corporations
1

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

5 Local media · 1 Comunitaria · 4 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
BBIO-BIOFM101.5 FM
CCOLECCIONFM98.1 FM
MMIRADORFM100.9 FM
CdCorporacion de Orquestas Vecinales · holderComunitaria107.1 FM
SCSoc. Comercial de Comunicacion Social Devaud y Morales Ltda. · holderFM103.5 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
103
1% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Argentina
86 people · 83% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
86 Argentina
5 Bolivia
2 Venezuela
2 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

Encampments
0
no encampments registered
Housing deficit
158
4,2% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
103
7.783 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
22
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
765
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
31
paid · 2014–2024

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

8.510homes · by type (2017)
House
4.567 · 95.7%
House
3.706 · 99.1%
Shack/hut/shanty
123 · 2.6%
Other private
59 · 1.2%
Other private
15 · 0.4%
Indigenous dwelling
10 · 0.2%
Shack/improvised dwelling
9 · 0.2%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
6 · 0.2%
Apartment
6 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
4 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
2 · 0.1%
Mobile
2 · 0%
Apartment
1 · 0%
78%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
2.111 · 75.4%
Provided for work
236 · 8.4%
Rented
216 · 7.7%
Free of charge
165 · 5.9%
Owned, being paid off
73 · 2.6%

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 35% (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: 35% 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.

35% 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
$7.286.487.000
Own revenue
$732.572.000
10% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$5.766.077.000
79% of the total
State transfers
$509.155.000
7% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$742.887.000
$7.286.487.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

26.6%
7.5%
16.3%
46.9%
Property tax$194.863.000
Business licenses$55.208.000
Vehicle permits$119.393.000
Cleaning fees$19.199.000
Other own revenue$343.909.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
35.6%
52.8%
11.6%
Municipal$7.286.487.000
Education$10.816.139.000
Health$2.367.469.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $5.562.894.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$65.748.000
$732.572.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$447.271.000
$5.766.077.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$76.505.000
$509.155.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$9.144.311.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$7.569.061.000
Execution rate
82.8%
Unexecuted: $1.575.250.000
Medium execution: it executed 82.8%. Left unspent: $1.575.250.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$688.217.000
$7.569.061.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

71.9%
10.7%
11.5%
Internal management$5.443.445.000
Community services$807.961.000
Social programs$867.830.000
Municipal activities$43.432.000
Recreational programs$322.910.000
Cultural programs$83.483.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$2.498.636.00033.0%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.719.264.00022.7%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.465.870.00019.4%
Investment (works and projects)$1.093.672.00014.4%
Transfers to education$946.485.00012.5%
Electricity (facilities)$296.461.0003.9%
Councillor stipends$84.800.0001.1%
Travel allowances$67.024.0000.9%
Water (facilities)$52.450.0000.7%
Transfers to health$32.392.0000.4%
Commissions and representation$4.195.0000.1%

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

22.7%
19.4%
57.9%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.719.264.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.465.870.000
Others$4.383.927.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

34.6%
15.3%
46.5%
Permanent staff$1.125.208.000
Contract staff$497.443.000
Fee contracts$96.613.000
Labor Code$23.095.000
Community progs.$1.512.301.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

50.0%
44.2%
Permanent staff26
Contract staff23
Fee contracts3
Total: 52 staffFee contracts: 5.8% of the headcountWomen: 24.5%Professionalization: 38.8%
Cost/staffer permanent: $35.464.962/yearCost/staffer contract: $17.927.652/yearCost/staffer fees: $28.948.667/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: $1.093.672.000 (14.4% of spending)Councillor stipends: $84.800.000Travel allowances: $67.024.000Commissions and representation: $4.195.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Electricity: $296.461.000Water: $52.450.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

450
141
20022025

Building permits issued · per year

59
76
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$67.824.295.779
Purchase orders
37.346

Purchase-order amount · trend

$825.916.923
$2.746.477.049
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Constructora Atacama S.A.$5.664.909.6981
Sococyl$2.978.362.99526
Transportes Kadima Limitada$1.925.811.928546
Salinas y Fabres Sociedad Anonima$1.534.589.83791
Copec S.A.$1.486.481.873411
Justo Schweitzer Aravena$1.478.077.184181
Sociedad Vallejos y Garfias Limitada$1.391.494.8382
Servando Augusto Pitriqueo Valenzuela$1.162.305.1463

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.279.956.57247%
Agile Purchase $747.145.30227%
Framework Agreement $359.954.86713%
Direct award discretionary$340.740.30812%
Coordinated Purchase $18.680.0001%

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

Registered companies
689
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
1.193

Pyramid by sales bracket

66.9%
8.7%
23.8%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)461 companies
Small (≤25k UF)60 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)3 companies
Large (>100k UF)1 companies
No sales/no info164 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad Comercial Cid Hnos. LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 147
Inmobiliaria e Inversiones los Asturianos LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 23
I Municipalidad de LonquimayADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SSmall 2763

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
82 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 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

State protected wilderness areas (SNASPE) in the comuna
Lago GalletuéNational Reserve105.449 ha
ConguillioNational Park54.292 ha
Alto BiobioNational Reserve44.210 ha
NalcasNational Reserve20.143 ha
China MuertaNational Reserve12.589 ha
MalalcahuelloNational Reserve7.514 ha

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.

49
Species
12
Flora
37
Fauna
15
In conservation status
5
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
SapoEupsophus roseusVUSapo hermosoTelmatobufo venustusENCiprés de cordillera, lenAustrocedrus chilensisVUAguilucho de cola rojizaButeo ventralisVULinguePersea lingueVUPidencitoLaterallus jamaicensisENPicheZaedyus pichiyNTPumaPuma concolorNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTSapo de cuatro ojos del surPleurodema bufoninaNTPato cortacorrientesMerganetta armataNTCóndorVultur gryphusNTAguilucho chicoButeo albigulaNTMonito del monteDromiciops gliroidesNT

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

1 Wetlands · 1 urban · 2.182 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-09-15Rios Lonquimay y Naranjourban2.182

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

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 4 projects totaling US$ 213 million, approved between 1997 and 2005. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy2 projects · US$ 173 M · 1997–2005
Enel Generación Chile S.A.Central Hidroeléctrica Ralco · Central Hidroeléctrica Palmucho (e-seia)
Others2 projects · US$ 40 M · 2002–2005
Gobierno Regional de la AraucaníaComplejo Fronterizo Interado Paso Pino Hachado · Transporte de Gas Propano desde Argentina a Temuco - Chile IX - X Región

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
Frontel
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
Aguas Araucania
Higher education
1 campus in the comuna

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 (2024)

Green space per capita
4 m²
40% 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
Vertedero Municipal de LonquimayBasural6.851 t/year
PTAS -LONQUIMAYPTAS · lodos activadosA. ARAUCANIA S.A. · discharges into río lonquimay
Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero Municipal de Lonquimay (Lonquimay) · 6.851 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
19
Area affected
2.115 ha
mostly forest
Cumulative last 5 seasons
2.283 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
43
At high or very high risk
30
19 very high
Main threat
Acumulación de nieve

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
7,23°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,45°C
Annual precipitation
2.004 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
2
projection: +5 days
Frost days
168

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
618
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
5.563
Police cases · trend
497
618
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage101909
Domestic violence88792
Threats85765
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces83747
Minor injuries43387
Larceny37333
Burglary of an uninhabited place30270
Drug-related crimes24216
Weapons-related crimes22198
Crimes and offenses under the arms law19171
Sexual abuse18162
Burglary of an inhabited place16144

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 23.

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
6
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 11.109 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
6
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
44
Deaths
0
0 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
46
3 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.