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Escudo de Quemchi

Quemchi

Región de Los LagosFounded 18828.754 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024435 km² of area20 inh./km²$6.069M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Livability
1 m²/hab
15th fewest green areas per inhabitant
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Population
−7,6%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
23,4%
Multidimensional poverty · 71st highest of 346
Finance
$693 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 119 of 346
Finance
78,22%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Safety
2.902
cases per 100k inhab. · 341st in the country
Finance
105th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

28 Schools
11 Health centers
2 Squares and green areas
1 Carabineros
1 Libraries

Quemchi es una comuna de la zona sur de Chile ubicada en el archipiélago de Chiloé, Región de Los Lagos. Se encuentra en la costa nororiental de la Isla Grande, entre las comunas de Ancud y Dalcahue. Posee 8352 habitantes y su capital es el pueblo del mismo nombre. Quemchi es conocida también como «la comuna de los mil paisajes», bautizada así por el escritor quemchino Francisco Coloane.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

48.0 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#189 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety44
Health40
Culture and environment57
Education71
Infrastructure38
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Javier Ugarte M.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
2.481
votes (37.99%)
8.983
Electoral roll
78,03%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 8 terms
JU
Javier Ugarte M.
2024-2028 · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
2.481
votes
LH
Luis Heriberto Macias Demarchi
2021-2024 · IND
2.197
votes
LM
Luis Macias Demarchi
2008-2012 · ILC
2.434
votes
LM
Luis Macias Demarchi
2004-2008 · ILC
1.420
votes
FB
Fredy Barrientos Cendoya
2000-2004 · RN
1.656
votes
HM
Heriberto Macias Aguilar
1996-2000 · ILFDI
873
votes
VM
Victor Maldonado Maldonado
1994-1996 · PS
268
votes
PV
Pedro Vera Ulloa
1992-1994 · PS
439
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

JN
Jose Navarro B.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
831
votes
RB
Rocio Barrientos A.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
664
votes
KG
Karla Galarce B.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
555
votes
AV
Andres Vargas A.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
370
votes
GB
Girineldo Bahamonde N.
PARTIDO DE LA GENTE E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO DE LA GENTE
317
votes
MA
Maria Ampuero S.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
241
votes

Sesiones

Última sesión16 de junio de 202655 minWatch session

En una línea: El concejo aprobó la adjudicación del proyecto de reposición del Gimnasio Padre Hurtado y una modificación presupuestaria de $177 millones, en una sesión marcada por reclamos sobre

Summary generated by AI (claude-sonnet-4-6) from the official broadcast transcript · may contain inaccuracies

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

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

Resolutions extracted
93
of 87 minutes read
Money involved
$1.282.595.282
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
7 · Adjudicación proyecto construcción patio techado Escuela MontemarTender$149.712.472unanimidad
6 · Adjudicación proyecto mejoramiento multicancha y espacios públicos Comuna de QuemchiTender$82.800.000unanimidad
5 · Aprobación del acta extraordinaria Nº11-01/24 del 3 de enero 2025Otherunanimidad
4 · Aprobación del acta Nº36-01/24 del 16 de diciembre 2024Otherunanimidad
Modificación presupuestaria Verano 2025, disminuyendo gastos en desahucio e indemnizaciones y prestaciones de servicios comunitarios, aumentando gastos en servicios de producción y desarrollo de eventos.Budget amendment$22.000
29/25 · Aprobación del Plan de Salud Comunal para el año 2025.Regulationunanimidad

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
71
Highly complex
1
Audit reports
3
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
2019181351
2018322481
20152111461

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

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

  • CP
    Consultorias Publicas Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2023–2024
  • Pd
    Productos del Mar Ventisqueros
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • KS
    Keepex SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2022
  • HS
    Health Systems Design & Connection
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2025
  • FA
    Fundación Apptitudes
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • MS
    Macrum SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • Ee
    Ecologia en Tu Barrio SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021
  • Tl
    Thorhauss Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021
  • CN
    Compañia Nacional de Telefonos, Telefonica del Sur S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • Md
    Mutual de Seguridad de la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • IR
    Inversiones Rodrigo SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • FH
    Fundación Huella Local
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • SS
    Soc Sofer Construcciones SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • HC
    Health Consulting Partners
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • OE
    Orange Energías Renovables
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • TD
    Taller Digital SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • GC
    Godoy Concha Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • Ga
    Growth And Development Chile Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • SC
    Soc Com Dimasur Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
and 35 more organizations that requested meetings

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

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

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

Population trend

8.887
inhabitants
8.741
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-2%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
8.066
-7% vs. 2035 (8.638)
Over 60 · 2050
47,98%
34,86% in 2035 · +13 pts of ageing

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

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)43,99 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,1 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment46 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)588,9 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)590,8 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo8.409 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)12,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)23,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples39,24 %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 26 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
9.014
4.947 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
3.094
63% of RSH households
Female-headed households
45%
2.210
Elderly (60+)2.35126%
Children and adolescents (<18)1.52517%
Foreign nationals440%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2.70730%
People with moderate/severe dependency1341%
Single-person households2.56552%

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
1.085
26 schools
Students per teacher
7,3
149 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
91,7%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
71,1%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 75%Private subsidized 25%
Pass rate
98,3%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,07%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
1
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
8
FONASA enrollees
9.274
106% of the population
Doctors employed
2
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 84Contract staff: 49Fee contracts: 36
Primary-care medical visits · per year
8.183
25.971
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
1.174
735
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 (9.221 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar QuemchiFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal7.45162%
Posta de Salud Rural MontemarRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal60169%
Posta de Salud Rural Lliuco (Quemchi)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal27762%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar MetahueCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal17973%
Posta de Salud Rural TacRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal17879%
Posta de Salud Rural QuinterquénRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal16876%
Posta de Salud Rural VoigueRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal14675%
Posta de Salud Rural MechuqueRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal11676%
Posta de Salud Rural MorrolobosRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal6773%
Posta de Salud Rural QuicavíRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal3863%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $4.349.590.000 ($469.009/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $2.142.384.000Municipal contribution: $315.200.000

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

Indigenous population
3.300
39.2% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
19
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche3.22897.8%
Otro571.7%

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
55
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
6.3
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
456
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
201
Sports
74
Cultural
16
Social and aid
12
For the elderly
10
Fire brigades
2
Religious
1

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

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

Local mediaTypedial
CCOLOANEFM92.3 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
130
1,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Argentina
82 people · 63% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
82 Argentina
19 Venezuela
5 Perú
5 Colombia

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
20
2 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
129
3,8% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
17
1.660 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
411
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
16
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
34
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

7.193homes · by type (2017)
House
3.757 · 98%
House
3.293 · 98%
Other private
44 · 1.3%
Shack/hut/shanty
37 · 1%
Other private
22 · 0.6%
Shack/improvised dwelling
16 · 0.5%
Apartment
11 · 0.3%
Apartment
8 · 0.2%
Mobile
4 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
1 · 0%
91%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
2.106 · 88.6%
Rented
107 · 4.5%
Provided for work
79 · 3.3%
Owned, being paid off
44 · 1.9%
Free of charge
42 · 1.8%

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.

Tax exemptions
Bonificación a la mano de obra en zonas extremasworkers
DL 889/1975 → Ley 19.853

17% de las remuneraciones imponibles (hasta tope base ~$182.000 reajustable IPC) de trabajadores con domicilio y trabajo permanente en la zona. En Aysén/Magallanes/Chiloé/Palena solo si la remuneración supera en 20% el salario mínimo.

17% de remuneraciones imponibles (con tope)· vigenteSource
Subsidized connectivity
Subsidio MTT a transporte en zonas aisladasresidents
Ley 20.378 mod. por Ley 20.696

Tarifas rebajadas en 5 modos de transporte (+900.000 personas), con complemento extra para zonas extremas/australes. La "Tarifa Cero" da pasaje GRATUITO, pero solo para 65+ y personas con discapacidad (con sola cédula), en 130+ servicios incluyendo barcazas. Para el residente común es descuento, no gratuidad.

Tarifa rebajada (gratis solo 65+/discapacidad)· vigenteSource
Others
Asignación de zona 40% (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: 40% 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.

40% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$6.069.468.000
Own revenue
$1.125.552.000
19% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$4.042.716.000
67% of the total
State transfers
$1.252.548.000
21% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$646.853.000
$6.069.468.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

17.4%
7.9%
68.4%
Property tax$57.612.000
Business licenses$196.350.000
Vehicle permits$88.444.000
Cleaning fees$13.273.000
Other own revenue$769.873.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Aquaculture licenses (Law 20.033): $562.727.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
41.1%
29.9%
29.0%
Municipal$6.069.468.000
Education$4.419.938.000
Health$4.274.253.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $3.888.764.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$71.104.000
$1.125.552.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$509.514.000
$4.042.716.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$0
$1.252.548.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$7.064.869.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$6.161.028.000
Execution rate
87.2%
Unexecuted: $903.841.000
Medium execution: it executed 87.2%. Left unspent: $903.841.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$633.134.000
$6.161.028.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

42.2%
42.7%
8.1%
Internal management$2.598.762.000
Community services$2.629.990.000
Social programs$500.934.000
Municipal activities$225.349.000
Recreational programs$116.808.000
Cultural programs$89.185.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$4.349.590.00070.6%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.681.021.00027.3%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.269.356.00020.6%
Investment (works and projects)$1.199.504.00019.5%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$349.855.0005.7%
Transfers to health$315.200.0005.1%
Electricity (facilities)$155.478.0002.5%
Councillor stipends$81.473.0001.3%
Travel allowances$49.405.0000.8%
Street lighting$31.405.0000.5%
Water (facilities)$3.035.0000.0%
Commissions and representation$1.517.0000.0%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

27.3%
20.6%
52.1%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.681.021.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.269.356.000
Others$3.210.651.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

43.2%
17.2%
34.3%
Permanent staff$1.104.925.000
Contract staff$439.547.000
Fee contracts$136.549.000
Community progs.$878.998.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

50.0%
50.0%
Permanent staff35
Contract staff35
Total: 70 staffWomen: 35.7%Professionalization: 38.6%
Cost/staffer permanent: $30.043.486/yearCost/staffer contract: $13.449.114/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: $1.199.504.000 (19.5% of spending)Councillor stipends: $81.473.000Travel allowances: $49.405.000Commissions and representation: $1.517.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $349.855.000Street lighting: $31.405.000Electricity: $155.478.000Water: $3.035.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

27
45
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

46
60
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
0 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
1
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
2
Security/patrol pickups
1
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
1
Primary-care medical visits
25.971
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
78,22%
of own revenue
Security drones
0
Permanent staff
31
Permanent own revenue
18,54%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
2
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
60
Health staff
49
contract
Health staff
36
fee-based
Health staff
84
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
9.274
municipal health
Rural health posts
8
Final works approvals
45

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$60.481.814.935
Purchase orders
26.868

Purchase-order amount · trend

$578.196.536
$3.191.224.391
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Hugo Patricio$2.519.335.65520
Constructora Angelmo S.A.$2.227.913.4041
Transportes y Servicios Osmar SpA$1.941.508.4047
Soc.comercializadore y Distribuidora Chiloe S.A.$1.544.668.754860
José del Carmen Hernández Hernández$1.373.839.18310
Constructora Ascon Ltda.$1.339.800.0001
Trimetal Ltda.$1.165.753.0573
Jaseb Ingenieria$1.100.909.16218

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $2.396.215.88375%
Agile Purchase $595.963.22119%
Framework Agreement $140.344.9984%
Direct award discretionary$58.700.2892%

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

Registered companies
529
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
1.666

Pyramid by sales bracket

65.0%
14.2%
19.3%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)344 companies
Small (≤25k UF)75 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)7 companies
Large (>100k UF)1 companies
No sales/no info102 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Empresa Pesquera Apiao S aAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 2216
Servicios Marítimos Integrales SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 2119
Osmar Servicios SpACONSTRUCCIONMedium 2108
Comercial Doña Isolda SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 211
Archipiélago Inversiones SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 2
I Municipalidad de QuemchiADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SMicro 3488

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

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
1
US$ 0 M declared
Approved last 5 years
4
US$ 2 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
4
+ 215 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
21
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Modificación de Proyecto técnico, centro de cultivo de mitílidos KU2-1DIACamanchaca Cultivos Sur S.A.Approved0,556
Sistema de Ensilaje Masivo para Mortalidad de Salmones, ChiloéDIAProductos del Mar Ventisqueros S.A.Approved0,553
Modificación de Proyecto técnico, centro de cultivo de mitílidos KE2-1DIACamanchaca Cultivos Sur S.A.Approved0,456
Modificación en Planta de Procesos Mejillones Aucar Ltda., QuemchiDIAMejillones Aucar Ltda.Under Review0,2154
Modificación de Proyecto técnico, centro de cultivo de mitílidos KE5-1DIACamanchaca Cultivos Sur S.A.Approved0,16

Investment DECLARED by the owner upon entering SEIA (not necessarily materialized; the RCA expires after 5 years without works). Multi-comuna projects: prorated investment, jobs counted in full. Jobs = declared peak labor (source PRISMA/SOFOFA). Source: e-SEIA + PRISMA.

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

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

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

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

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
ChiloéNational Parkat 33.3 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.

13
Species
8
Flora
5
Fauna
2
In conservation status
Species in conservation category
Pelícano peruano, pelícano de humboldtPelecanus thagusNTQuetru no volador, pato quetru no volador, pato vaporTachyeres pteneresNT

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.

4 Wetlands · 4 urban · 27 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-10-05Rio Pudeto (Rio Coipomo)urban21 /915
HUR-10-14Quemchi 3urban3
HUR-10-13Quemchi 2urban2
HUR-10-12Quemchi 1urban1

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
SAESA
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Ancud at 28 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 (2016)

Green space per capita
1 m²
10% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
6
Historic monuments
3
Heritage zones
2
Nature sanctuaries
1

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 QuemchiBasural4.650 t/year
Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero Municipal de Quemchi (Quemchi) · 4.650 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
6
Area affected
1 ha
mostly forest
Cumulative last 5 seasons
8 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
26
At high or very high risk
8
Main threat
Inundación por desborde de c…
Inundación por desborde de cauce

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)

Under water-scarcity decreeDecreto MOP N°93 16-03-2026 (prórroga N°47/2025) · in force until 16-03-2027
Years under decree since 2008
3
latest: 2026 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

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

Mean annual temperature
10,41°C
2035-2065 projection: +0,76°C
Annual precipitation
1.905 mm
projection: 0%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +0 days
Frost days
0

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
254
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
2.902
Police cases · trend
409
254
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces54617
Domestic violence51583
Property damage41468
Threats37423
Larceny12137
Minor injuries11126
Sexual abuse780
Burglary of an uninhabited place669
Weapons-related crimes669
Less serious injuries557
Crimes and offenses under the arms law557
Serious or very serious injuries446

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 20.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
2
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 8.754 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 1Pickups: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
2
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
16
Deaths
1
11,4 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
10
2 serious

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