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Escudo de Quinchao

Quinchao

Región de Los Lagos8.186 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024155 km² of area53 inh./km²$10.465M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Society
-12%
27th that lost the most population (since 2002)
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Society
71%
19th lowest electoral turnout
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Population
−10,9%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
25,2%
Multidimensional poverty · 56th highest of 346
Finance
$1,3 million
per inhabitant per year · rank 53 of 346
Finance
78,33%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Safety
3.689
cases per 100k inhab. · 321st in the country
Education
574,9 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
104th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

16 Schools
7 Health centers
4 Squares and green areas
2 Kindergartens
2 Pharmacies
2 Carabineros
2 Fire stations
1 Libraries
1 Hospitals
1 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)

Quinchao es una comuna de la zona sur de Chile, perteneciente a la provincia de Chiloé, en la Región de Los Lagos.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

48.2 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#184 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety60
Health31
Culture and environment56
Education62
Infrastructure35
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

René Garcés A.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
2.401
votes (41.84%)
8.696
Electoral roll
71,45%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
RG
René Garcés A.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
2.401
votes
RA
Rene Alfonso Garces Alvarez
2021-2024 · IND
2.047
votes
ST
Santiago Torres Aguila
2008-2012 · ILC
2.089
votes
SO
Santiago Orlando Torres Aguila
2004-2008 · ILC
2.144
votes
MM
Milton Moya Luchsinger
2000-2004 · RN
1.827
votes
MM
Milton Moya Luchsinger
1996-2000 · RN
1.050
votes
Manuel Óscar Almonacid
1992-1996 · DC
730
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

JA
Jose Angulo G.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
755
votes
MV
Mirsa Vivar C.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
565
votes
RO
Ramon Oyarzun G.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · INDEPENDIENTE
453
votes
SE
Sonia Esparza G.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
391
votes
LY
Luis Yañez R.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
346
votes
HW
Harnaldo Winter L.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
187
votes

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

339 minutes publishedindex updated on 17-07-2026Municipal 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
361
of 180 minutes read
Money involved
$59.516.930.920
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
4.2 · Cambio de fecha para la segunda y tercera sesión ordinaria del mes de abrilOtherunanimidad
4.1 · Subvención al Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Insularino para gastos en competenciasSubsidy$2.000.000unanimidad
Entrega Informe de Gestión para Cuenta Pública 2022Other
4.1 · Modificación PresupuestariaBudget amendmentunanimidad
4.4 · Rechazo de subvenciones para Junta de Vecinos Unión y Progreso Capilla Antigua Isla Quenac y Comité de Iglesia Capilla Virgen del Rosario Isla ChaulinecSubsidy$1.189.655mayoria
4.3 · Contratación del proyecto ampliación edificio municipal con Inversiones Millaruka LimitadaTenderunanimidad

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
30
Highly complex
10
Audit reports
1
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
201730101191

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

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

  • FA
    Fundación Apptitudes
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • DJ
    Distribuciones Jurídicas de Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • HS
    Health Systems Design & Connection
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • ML
    Medinova Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • Cm
    Control Minera Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • AA
    Amichile Ag
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • BS
    Bph S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • AL
    Ascend Laboratories SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021
  • CL
    Creatimus Linuxcorp Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • FC
    Flexing Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • Ss
    Sos-Tenible SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • IP
    Inversiones Pharmavisan Sociedad Anónima
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • EP
    Empresa Pesquera Apiao S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • Z
    Zalmed
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • OT
    Opencluster Tech SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • SM
    Servicios Medicos Lyn SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • OS
    On Street S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • TS
    Telefonica S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • KS
    Kimche SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • DU
    Desarrollos Urbanos K-Llejero SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
and 5 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

9.242
inhabitants
8.159
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-12%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
7.247
-9% vs. 2035 (7.941)
Over 60 · 2050
46,47%
33,87% 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)58,46 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)2 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment141 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment50 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)574,9 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)601 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo7.678 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)12,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)25,2 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples47,28 %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 143 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
7.819
3.699 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
2.339
63% of RSH households
Female-headed households
50%
1.849
Elderly (60+)1.97925%
Children and adolescents (<18)1.35917%
Foreign nationals370%
Belonging to indigenous peoples4.14453%
People with moderate/severe dependency1362%
Single-person households1.52641%

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
1.689
17 schools
Students per teacher
7,7
218 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
90%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
65,5%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 63%Private subsidized 37%
Pass rate
97,5%
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
8
FONASA enrollees
6.509
80% of the population
Doctors employed
1
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 71Contract staff: 25Fee contracts: 12
Primary-care medical visits · per year
9.511
35.690
20102025
Medical specialties served · 3 in the comuna (public system)
Adult NeurologyFamily MedicineAdult Family Medicine

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
1.261
1.897
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 (6.412 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Posta de Salud Rural Isla AlaoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal3.62069%
Posta de Salud Rural QuinchaoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.86359%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Isla MeulínCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal20965%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Carlina PaillacarCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal20668%
Posta de Salud Rural Isla CahuachRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal13065%
Posta de Salud Rural Isla Lin-LinRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal11059%
Posta de Salud Rural Capilla AntigüaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal9577%
Posta de Salud Rural Isla QuenacRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal7057%
Posta de Salud Rural Isla LlinguaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal6175%
Posta de Salud Rural Chaulinec la VillaRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal4860%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $3.205.285.000 ($492.439/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $1.602.218.000Municipal contribution: $100.000.000

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

Indigenous population
3.630
47.3% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
34
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche3.60799.4%

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
23
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
2.8
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
325
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
128
Sports
43
Social and aid
34
Cultural
14
Religious
6
For the elderly
5
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.

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

Local mediaTypedial
EDESTRELLA DEL MARFM95.3 FM
NNAHUELFM94.7 FM

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

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
72
0,9% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Argentina
42 people · 58% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
42 Argentina
13 Venezuela
7 Perú
3 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

Encampments
0
no encampments registered
Housing deficit
274
9,1% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
40
2.834 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
247
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
145
beneficiaries · 2013–2022
Subsidies Rental · DS52
22
paid · 2014–2024

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

What the homes are like

6.534homes · by type (2017)
House
3.476 · 98.5%
House
2.782 · 92.6%
Other private
212 · 7.1%
Shack/hut/shanty
41 · 1.2%
Shack/improvised dwelling
10 · 0.3%
Other private
7 · 0.2%
Apartment
2 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
2 · 0.1%
Indigenous dwelling
2 · 0.1%
84%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
1.885 · 82%
Rented
230 · 10%
Free of charge
81 · 3.5%
Provided for work
60 · 2.6%
Owned, being paid off
44 · 1.9%

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 70% (DL 249)workers
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 70% 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.

70% 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
$10.464.734.000
Own revenue
$1.070.224.000
10% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$3.868.480.000
37% of the total
State transfers
$5.624.989.000
54% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$867.057.000
$10.464.734.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

12.6%
11.9%
71.3%
Property tax$37.835.000
Business licenses$134.493.000
Vehicle permits$127.465.000
Cleaning fees$7.196.000
Other own revenue$763.235.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Aquaculture licenses (Law 20.033): $511.407.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
50.5%
34.1%
15.4%
Municipal$10.464.734.000
Education$7.055.119.000
Health$3.187.969.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $3.651.577.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$114.212.000
$1.070.224.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$630.497.000
$3.868.480.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$36.051.000
$5.624.989.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$11.558.585.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$10.613.036.000
Execution rate
91.8%
Unexecuted: $945.549.000
Medium execution: it executed 91.8%. Left unspent: $945.549.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$806.473.000
$10.613.036.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

83.8%
8.9%
Internal management$8.893.976.000
Community services$939.804.000
Social programs$533.824.000
Municipal activities$61.220.000
Recreational programs$93.152.000
Cultural programs$91.060.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Transfers to health$3.238.150.00030.5%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$3.205.285.00030.2%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.514.247.00023.7%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.713.363.00016.1%
Investment (works and projects)$1.518.363.00014.3%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$710.227.0006.7%
Transfers to education$402.481.0003.8%
Electricity (facilities)$166.763.0001.6%
Water (facilities)$83.456.0000.8%
Councillor stipends$79.487.0000.7%
Travel allowances$34.818.0000.3%
Street lighting$8.748.0000.1%
Commissions and representation$277.0000.0%

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

23.7%
16.1%
60.2%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.514.247.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.713.363.000
Others$6.385.426.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

60.8%
15.3%
7.1%
16.2%
Permanent staff$1.836.685.000
Contract staff$463.055.000
Fee contracts$214.507.000
Labor Code$15.798.000
Community progs.$489.858.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

72.6%
14.7%
12.6%
Permanent staff69
Contract staff14
Fee contracts12
Total: 95 staffFee contracts: 12.6% of the headcountWomen: 37.3%Professionalization: 38.5%
Cost/staffer permanent: $24.837.406/yearCost/staffer contract: $18.375.429/yearCost/staffer fees: $17.129.667/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: $1.518.363.000 (14.3% of spending)Councillor stipends: $79.487.000Travel allowances: $34.818.000Commissions and representation: $277.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $710.227.000Street lighting: $8.748.000Electricity: $166.763.000Water: $83.456.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

33
5
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

40
34
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
0 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
1
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
52
Security/patrol pickups
0
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
0
Primary-care medical visits
35.690
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
78,33%
of own revenue
Security drones
0
Permanent staff
53
Permanent own revenue
10,23%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
1
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
34
Health staff
25
contract
Health staff
12
fee-based
Health staff
71
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
6.509
municipal health
Rural health posts
8
Street-market stalls
12
Final works approvals
5

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$38.271.884.206
Purchase orders
20.308

Purchase-order amount · trend

$2.182.594.107
$1.267.567.604
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Miguel Ernesto$2.994.049.4096
Constructora Quinchao Ltda.$2.664.308.80236
Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S.A.$2.638.135.04193
Javier Ignacio$1.632.528.05023
Recos SpA$1.155.669.1941
José Arturo Oyarzún Torres$1.067.954.5948
Marpert$989.589.6977
Sociedad Constructora y Servicios a y a Limitada$968.807.1232

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.117.108.58688%
Agile Purchase $136.288.95711%
Direct award discretionary$7.875.2151%
Framework Agreement $6.294.8420%

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

Registered companies
513
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
1.466

Pyramid by sales bracket

70.2%
14.0%
14.6%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)360 companies
Small (≤25k UF)72 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)6 companies
No sales/no info75 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad Comercial Edow Hijos LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 214
Sociedad de Servicios e Inversiones Yankamar LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 1114
Comercializadora Asencio SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 115
Sociedad Distribuidora Quinchao SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 19
Servicios Acuicolas Vientos del Sur SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCASmall 363
Corp Municipal de Quinchao para la Educ Salud y Atencion al MenorENSEÑANZAMicro 2520
I Municipalidad de QuinchaoADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SNo sales85
Fund Educacional Liceo Ramon FreireENSEÑANZANo sales83

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
7
US$ 5 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
3
+ 7 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
456
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Aumento de Producción de Salmónidos del Centro de Engorda Punta Apiao,DIAMowi Chile S.A.Approved1,518
AUMENTO DE PRODUCCIÓN DE SALMÓNIDOS DEL CENTRO DE ENGORDA RADA DE ACHADIAMowi Chile S.A.Approved1,518
Modificación de proyecto Centro de Cultivo Huyar 103396, Sector de HuyDIACultivos Azules S.A.Approved0,75110
Modificación de Proyecto Centro de Cultivo Lepe 103492, Sector de PuntDIAMarcial Moldes MendezApproved0,4885
Modificación de Proyecto técnico, centro de cultivo de mitílidos CC6-1DIACamanchaca Cultivos Sur S.A.Approved0,486
Modificación de Proyecto técnico, centro de cultivo de mitílidos CC5-1DIACamanchaca Cultivos Sur S.A.Approved0,3946
Hospital Comunitario del Archipiélago de QuinchaoDIAServicio de Salud ChiloéApproved0,061400
Modificación proyecto técnico Nº Pert 225103001, Cultivos Santa Sofía DIASanta Sofía S.A.Under Review0,0453

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 52.7 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.

102
Species
48
Flora
54
Fauna
31
In conservation status
2
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Delfín chilenoCephalorhynchus eutropiaVULobo fino de juan fernándezArctocephalus philippiiVUCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENPudúPudu puduVUAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENComadrejita trompudaRhyncholestes raphanurusVUBallena azulBalaenoptera musculusENChungungo, nutria marina, gato de mar, chinchiménLontra felinaENHuillínLontra provocaxENElefante marinoMirounga leoninaVUBallena sei, rorcual bacalao, rorcual de rudolphiBalaenoptera borealisCRBallena franca australEubalaena australisENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUCaranca, cagüe, cauquén costero, cauquén blancoChloephaga hybridaVUDelfín naríz de botellaTursiops truncatusENBallena jorobadaMegaptera novaeangliaeVUZarapito de pico recto, aguja café, becasina de mar, hudsonian godwit (inglés)Limosa haemasticaVUAbejorro, abejorro colorado, moscardón, duillin, diwmeñ, abejorro gigante de la patagonia, don basilioBombus dahlbomiiENPetrel gigante antártico, petrel gigante del surMacronectes giganteusVUCachalotePhyseter macrocephalusVUQuetru no volador, pato quetru no volador, pato vaporTachyeres pteneresNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNTPilpilén, pilpilén común, american oystercatcher (inglés)Haematopus palliatusNTPingüino de magallanesSpheniscus magellanicusNTPelícano peruano, pelícano de humboldtPelecanus thagusNTCarpintero negro, gallos del monte, rere (mapudungún)Campephilus magellanicusNTLilePhalacrocorax gaimardiNTLobo fino australArctocephalus australisNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTFardela negra, yeguaArdenna griseaNTFlamenco chilenoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT

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.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
SAESA
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSAL
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Castro at 55.7 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 (2014)

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
5
Historic monuments
3
Heritage zones
1
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 QuinchaoVertedero3.006 t/year
ES - ACHAOPTAS · emisario submarinoSURALIS S.A. · discharges into mar
Where this comuna's waste goes
Vertedero Municipal de Quinchao (Quinchao) · 3.006 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
4
Area affected
0 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
21 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
63
At high or very high risk
25
Main threat
Deslizamiento/Derrumbe/Rodad…
Deslizamiento/Derrumbe/Rodado/Caída

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
2
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
10,52°C
2035-2065 projection: +0,71°C
Annual precipitation
1.768 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
302
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
3.689
Police cases · trend
670
302
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage70855
Threats60733
Domestic violence49599
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces37452
Larceny25305
Minor injuries24293
Threats or brawls (misdemeanor)9110
Weapons-related crimes673
Crimes and offenses under the arms law561
Burglary of an uninhabited place449
Sexual abuse337
Rapes224

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 19.

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
52
Guards and inspectors
1
1 per 8.186 hab
Patrol fleet
1
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
26
52
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
42
Deaths
0
0 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
14
2 serious
Pedestrian collisions
2

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.