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Futaleufú

Región de Los Lagos2.912 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 20241.235 km² of area2 inh./km²$5.051M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Education
176 km to the nearest campus
5th most isolated from higher education
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Society
60%
3rd lowest electoral turnout
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Population
+12,6%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Finance
$1,7 million
per inhabitant per year · rank 35 of 346
Finance
88,02%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Finance
35th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

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

Liveability index · EIU style

41.0 /100
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#295 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety47
Health19
Culture and environment41
Education53
Infrastructure49
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Fernando Grandon D.
INDEPENDIENTE
1.095
votes (48.73%)
3.958
Electoral roll
60,26%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
FG
Fernando Grandon D.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
1.095
votes
JA
Jose Alejandro Avello Bascur
2021-2024 · IND
787
votes
AC
Arturo Carvallo Pardo
2008-2012 · PDC
562
votes
AC
Arturo Carvallo Pardo
2004-2008 · PDC
774
votes
AC
Arturo Carvallo Pardo
2000-2004 · ILE
540
votes
BV
Belarmino Vera Vera
1996-2000 · ILDUD
454
votes
BV
Belarmino Vera Vera
1992-1996 · ILD
567
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

AS
Anton Silva R.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
248
votes
CU
Carmen Urra U.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
197
votes
JF
Jorge Fuentealba T.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
120
votes
FV
Fernando Vallejos C.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
118
votes
CA
Cristina Almarza E.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
116
votes
JM
Javiera Mancilla M.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · INDEPENDIENTE
104
votes

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

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

Resolutions extracted
171
of 100 minutes read
Money involved
$4.430.619.212
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
Programa de actividades de verano 2016Other
Reparación de puente por VialidadOther
Aprobación de actas anterioresOther
Aprobar y firmar el documento Oficio N° 58 solicitando celeridad en la pavimentación de rutas a Futaleufú y alrededoresOtherunanimidad
4.3 · Aprobación del Reglamento Interno de Transparencia MunicipalRegulation
4.2 · Aprobación de costos de mantención y operación posta El Espolón del proyecto de conservación de postasOtherunanimidad

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
6
Highly complex
1
Audit reports
1
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
201961321

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

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

  • V
    Vgroup
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2020
  • SN
    Silica Networks Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • MC
    Magnacom Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2021
  • FR
    Futaleufú Riverkeeper
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • FH
    Fundación Huella Local
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • OE
    Orange Energías Renovables
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • TS
    Tier SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • MS
    Maitsan Soluciones SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • CR
    Consultora Red Patagonia Egr
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • GC
    Gastronimia Cristian Raul Serrano Mitre EIRL
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2023
  • ck
    Comercial K Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • BL
    Becrux Labs SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • Z
    Zalmed
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • SS
    Salar SpA / Sportflex
    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

1.931
inhabitants
2.938
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+53%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
3.337
+6% vs. 2035 (3.155)
Over 60 · 2050
41,87%
29,51% in 2035 · +12 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)71,31 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)2,2 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment27 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)577,1 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)618,8 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo3.062 inh.2024 Census 2024
Indigenous peoples15,35 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 34 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
3.423
1.712 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
902
53% of RSH households
Female-headed households
48%
815
Elderly (60+)73622%
Children and adolescents (<18)68620%
Foreign nationals993%
Belonging to indigenous peoples41412%
People with moderate/severe dependency211%
Single-person households77145%

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
555
6 schools
Students per teacher
7,4
75 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
86,9%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
61,8%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 100%Private subsidized 0%
Pass rate
97,2%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,8%
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
2
FONASA enrollees
11
0% of the population
Doctors employed
0
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 9Contract staff: 10Fee contracts: 4
Primary-care medical visits · per year
5.336
15.413
20102025
Medical specialties served · 1 in the comuna (public system)
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
103
147
20192025

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 (198 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Posta de Salud Rural el AzulRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal11460%
Posta de Salud Rural el EspolónRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal8475%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $691.233.000 ($62.839.364/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $90.419.000Municipal contribution: $115.000.000

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

Indigenous population
470
15.3% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche45897.4%

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
11
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
3.8
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
113
the entire active civil fabric
Sports
22
Committees (water, housing, progress)
21
Social and aid
10
Cultural
10
Trade associations and cooperatives
3
For the elderly
2
Foundations and corporations
1
Fire brigades
1

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

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

Local mediaTypedial
EDESTRELLA DEL MARFM92.3 FM
CSComunicaciones Sayen SpA · holderFM96.5 FM
RCRadio Carretera Austral SpA · holderFM103.9 FM
SFSoc. Futuro Ltda. · holderFM91.1 FM

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

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
324
10,6% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Argentina
222 people · 69% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
222 Argentina
34 Venezuela
8 Colombia
6 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
79
5,9% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
53
3.490 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
28
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
6
beneficiaries · 2012–2017
Subsidies Rental · DS52
9
paid · 2015–2024

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

2.735homes · by type (2017)
House
1.378 · 97.8%
House
1.279 · 96.5%
Other private
41 · 3.1%
Other private
16 · 1.1%
Shack/hut/shanty
13 · 0.9%
Room in old house/tenement
4 · 0.3%
Room in old house/tenement
2 · 0.1%
Mobile
2 · 0.2%
75%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
432 · 74%
Rented
84 · 14.4%
Provided for work
34 · 5.8%
Free of charge
31 · 5.3%
Owned, being paid off
3 · 0.5%

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
Ley Austral — crédito tributario a la inversióncompanies
Ley 19.606

Crédito contra renta de 1ª categoría por inversiones sobre 500 UTM destinadas a producción de bienes/servicios. Por tramos: 32% hasta 200.000 UTM, 15% entre 200k–2,5M UTM, 10% sobre 2,5M UTM; tope 80.000 UTM por contribuyente.

Crédito 10–32% de la inversión· vigenteSource
Zona Franca de Extensiónresidentspreliminary data
DL 1.055/1975; gravamen Ley 18.211

Los residentes compran mercaderías en la zona franca primaria sin pagar impuestos ni derechos de internación, pagando solo un gravamen especial de 0,46% sobre el valor CIF (tasa vigente desde 1-abr-2019, se reajusta). Caveat: la cobertura exacta de la extensión (p. ej. Alto Hospicio) es ambigua en la propia documentación BCN 2025.

Gravamen 0,46% CIF en vez de impuestos de internación· vigenteSource
Subsidized connectivity
Subsidio aéreo provincia de Palenaresidents
Programa MTT (zonas aisladas)

Más de 50% de descuento en pasajes en rutas Chaitén/Ayacara/Isla Talcán–Puerto Montt para habitantes de la provincia de Palena.

>50% de descuento en pasajes aéreos· activo 2026Source
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 90% (DL 249)workers
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354 · Ley 21.405 art. 40

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 90% 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.

90% 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
$5.051.015.000
Own revenue
$415.290.000
8% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$3.052.243.000
60% of the total
State transfers
$1.342.130.000
27% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$304.121.000
$5.051.015.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

20.4%
24.3%
22.7%
28.7%
Property tax$84.921.000
Business licenses$100.939.000
Vehicle permits$94.244.000
Cleaning fees$15.817.000
Other own revenue$119.369.000
Special-law revenues · 2025

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
56.1%
37.5%
6.4%
Municipal$5.051.015.000
Education$3.381.860.000
Health$578.315.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $2.877.035.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$22.662.000
$415.290.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$226.380.000
$3.052.243.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$32.500.000
$1.342.130.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$6.147.158.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$4.785.198.000
Execution rate
77.8%
Unexecuted: $1.361.960.000
Low execution: it only executed 77.8% of the budget — $1.361.960.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$256.271.000
$4.785.198.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

80.7%
16.7%
Internal management$3.862.222.000
Community services$798.457.000
Social programs$49.489.000
Municipal activities$75.030.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.410.855.00029.5%
Investment (works and projects)$1.075.865.00022.5%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$696.141.00014.5%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$691.233.00014.4%
Transfers to education$347.000.0007.3%
Electricity (facilities)$124.745.0002.6%
Transfers to health$115.000.0002.4%
Councillor stipends$83.521.0001.7%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$54.095.0001.1%
Travel allowances$21.835.0000.5%
Water (facilities)$15.649.0000.3%
Commissions and representation$2.926.0000.1%

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

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

29.5%
14.5%
56.0%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.410.855.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$696.141.000
Others$2.678.202.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

37.0%
11.8%
12.9%
8.4%
29.9%
Permanent staff$846.006.000
Contract staff$269.394.000
Fee contracts$295.455.000
Labor Code$192.309.000
Community progs.$682.600.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

44.7%
31.6%
23.7%
Permanent staff17
Contract staff12
Fee contracts9
Total: 38 staffFee contracts: 23.7% of the headcountWomen: 31.0%Professionalization: 44.8%
Cost/staffer permanent: $37.296.353/yearCost/staffer contract: $20.983.250/yearCost/staffer fees: $17.433.111/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: $1.075.865.000 (22.5% of spending)Councillor stipends: $83.521.000Travel allowances: $21.835.000Commissions and representation: $2.926.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $54.095.000Electricity: $124.745.000Water: $15.649.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

82
16
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

24
43
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$27.549.100.894
Purchase orders
24.258

Purchase-order amount · trend

$295.368.572
$1.651.811.052
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Miguel Ernesto$2.782.114.55481
Elías Desiderio Alarcón Roa$2.562.625.94614
Arnaldo$979.048.94030
Elías Alarcón Roa$949.892.6263
Constructora e Inmobiliaria Ega Ltda.$691.027.8871
Jovita Erika$677.168.330979
Arribel SpA$637.776.8291
Constructora Campodonico y Compania Limitada$533.606.9062

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.201.399.29573%
Agile Purchase $219.393.12313%
Direct award discretionary$142.832.2229%
Framework Agreement $88.186.4105%

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

Registered companies
558
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
515

Pyramid by sales bracket

67.7%
7.3%
23.5%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)378 companies
Small (≤25k UF)41 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)8 companies
No sales/no info131 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad Comercial y Servicios el Mandil LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 210
Viento Sur SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSMedium 22
Sociedad Comercial Flores LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 17
Supermercado Jacqueline del Carmen Hinojosa de la Barra E.I.R.L.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 16
Rentas San Juan SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSMedium 1
Rentas Rio Grande SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSMedium 1
Comercial y Servicios Huilo Huilo SpAACTIVIDADES DE SERVICIOS ADMINISTRATIVOS Y DEMedium 1
Inversiones Futaleufu SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSMedium 1
I Municipalidad de FutaleufuADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SNo sales232

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
41 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 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

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.

67
Species
36
Flora
31
Fauna
26
In conservation status
8
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
PuyeBrachygalaxias bullockiVUPocha del surCheirodon australeVUPochaCheirodon kilianiENLamprea de agua dulceMordacia lapicidaENCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENPuyeGalaxias globicepsENTolloDiplomystes camposensisENSapoInsuetophrynus acarpicusENPudúPudu puduVUCaiquén, cauquén comúnChloephaga pictaVULamprea de bolsaGeotria australisVURanita de darwinRhinoderma darwiniiENPeladillaAplochiton taeniatusENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENAguilucho de cola rojizaButeo ventralisVUPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUCiprés de cordillera, lenAustrocedrus chilensisVUHuemul, taruca, wümul, güemul, shoan, shoen, trula, hueque, ciervo sur andinoHippocamelus bisulcusCRPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTPato anteojillo, pato perro (argentina y chile), pato de anteojos, ánade anteojillo (español), spectacled duck, bronze-winged duck (inglés)Speculanas specularisNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNTCóndorVultur gryphusNTPumaPuma concolorNTCarpintero negro, gallos del monte, rere (mapudungún)Campephilus magellanicusNT

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

6 Wetlands · 1.028 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HPU-10-15Rio Espolon697 /1.350
HRU-10-37Lago Lonconao291
HRU-10-38Lago Seno Muerto16
HPU-10-14Laguna Espejo12
HRU-10-45Laguna La Paz8
HRU-10-39Laguna Las Escalas3

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. 1 project totaling US$ 39 million, approved in 2008. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Others1 project · US$ 39 M · 2008
Ministerio de Obras PúblicasConstrucción Conexión Vial Futaleufú Termas del Amarillo, 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
Edelaysén
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSAL
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Castro at 176.1 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
58 m²
above the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

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

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

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
Centro de Tratamiento Integral de RSD de FutaleufúRelleno Sanitario550 t/year
PTAS - FUTALEUFUPTAS · lodos activadosSURALIS S.A. · discharges into río espolon
Where this comuna's waste goes
Centro de Tratamiento Integral de RSD de Futaleufú (Futaleufú) · 550 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
1
Area affected
0 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
2 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
56
At high or very high risk
31
2 very high
Main threat
Inundación por desborde de c…
Inundación por desborde de cauce

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

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

No scarcity decree in force today.
Years under decree since 2008
1
latest: 2021 · 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
5,28°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,26°C
Annual precipitation
2.582 mm
projection: 0%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +0 days
Frost days
182

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
183
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
6.284
Police cases · trend
146
183
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage481.648
Threats26893
Domestic violence23790
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces22756
Larceny20687
Minor injuries14481
Crimes and offenses under the arms law6206
Weapons-related crimes6206
Threats or brawls (misdemeanor)5172
Drug-related crimes3103
Sexual abuse269
Less serious injuries269

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 17.

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
67
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 2.912 hab
Patrol fleet
1
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 1Drones: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
67
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
12
Deaths
0
0 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
11
2 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.