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Escudo de Coelemu

Coelemu

Región de ÑubleFounded 189116.901 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024341 km² of area50 inh./km²$8.749M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Population
−6,4%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
18,4%
Multidimensional poverty · 177th highest of 346
Finance
$518 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 180 of 346
Finance
80,73%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Safety
3.515
cases per 100k inhab. · 330th in the country
Education
576,9 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
84th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

19 Schools
14 Squares and green areas
5 Health centers
3 Carabineros
3 Pharmacies
3 Kindergartens
1 Fire stations
1 Rodeo arenas (medialunas)

Coelemu es una comuna y ciudad de la zona central de Chile; su capital es la ciudad de Coelemu. Es parte de la provincia de Itata, en la Región de Ñuble. Las principales actividades locales son la tradicional producción de vinos, la industria forestal y agrícola. Un 63,98% de la superficie comunal está cubierta de plantaciones forestales.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

47.7 /100
Ver el ranking y simular
#196 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety50
Health35
Culture and environment48
Education82
Infrastructure40
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Alejandro Pedreros U.Re-elected
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
6.134
votes (47.58%)
15.082
Electoral roll
89,66%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 8 terms
AP
Alejandro Pedreros U.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
6.134
votes
AR
Alejandro Rodrigo Pedreros Urrutia
2021-2024 · IND
4.611
votes
LA
Laura Aravena Alarcón
2008-2012 · ILE
5.316
votes
ER
Eugenia Romero Seguel
2004-2008 · PDC
3.782
votes
JE
Juan Eduardo Riquelme Venegas
2000-2004 · PDC
3.350
votes
JE
Juan Eduardo Riquelme Venegas
1996-2000 · DC
4.152
votes
JE
Juan Eduardo Riquelme Venegas
1994-1996 · DC
2.023
votes
MD
Marcelo Diaz Rabanal
1992-1994 · PR
3.005
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

GL
Gonzalo Llanos R.
INDEPENDIENTE
1.839
votes
NP
Nancy Parra P.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
1.039
votes
MN
Miguel Novoa A.
CENTRO DEMOCRATICO · MOVIMIENTO AMARILLOS POR CHILE
863
votes
LH
Luis Hernandez M.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · INDEPENDIENTE
760
votes
RG
Rosa Gatica C.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO POR LA DEMOCRACIA
718
votes
CG
Carmen Gutierrez G.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
697
votes

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

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

Resolutions extracted
1.197
of 312 minutes read
Money involved
$26.935.557.715
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
4.7 · Confirmación sobre la necesidad de participación ciudadana en el proceso del proyecto FRILOther
4.4 · Consultas sobre financiamiento, socialización y consideraciones de prevención de incendios del proyecto FRILOther
4.3 · Detalles específicos sobre la ubicación y características del trazado del proyecto FRILOther
4.2 · Solicitud para especificar el trazado del proyecto FRIL con nombres y detallesOther
4.1 · Descripción del proyecto FRIL 'Habilitación de caminos de emergencia población 11 de septiembre'Other
Solicitud de adelanto de subvención para dos docentes Ley 20.976 cupos 2021 por $37,164,872Subsidy$37.164.872unanimidad

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
144
Highly complex
29
Audit reports
11
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20252412751
20246331
20215321
2019121291
20173591883
201639517172

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

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

  • CL
    Constructora Lama
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2016
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • fd
    Farmacias del Sur
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • IB
    Inversiones Bosquemar Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • CC
    Chile Comercial Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • ol
    Oise Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • CG
    Constructora Genoveva SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • SI
    Sociedad Importadora Lightgreen Energy Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • FL
    Forestal Leon Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • SP
    Sociedad Prestadora de Servicios Medio Ambientales Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • HC
    Here Chile Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • Id
    Ingeniería de Procesos
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
  • IC
    Ingenieria, Consultoria e Inversiones Kimia SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • FA
    Febos Ami SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • NC
    Nexo Consultores Profesionales Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2018
  • EN
    Empresa Newen SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • CD
    Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S a
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • CS
    Cumbretel SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • CC
    Claro Chile S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • CB
    Constructora Bicentenario Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
and 1 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

16.684
inhabitants
16.906
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+1%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
15.820
-6% vs. 2035 (16.801)
Over 60 · 2050
45,39%
33,91% in 2035 · +11 pts of ageing

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

IndicatorValueSource
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,8 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment210 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment50 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)576,9 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)599,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo15.895 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)13 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)18,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples3,93 %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 290 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
16.341
8.003 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
5.037
63% of RSH households
Female-headed households
50%
3.967
Elderly (60+)4.57028%
Children and adolescents (<18)3.22620%
Foreign nationals861%
Belonging to indigenous peoples2281%
People with moderate/severe dependency2472%
Single-person households3.47243%

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
3.345
19 schools
Students per teacher
8,5
392 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
94,1%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
66,4%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 81%Private subsidized 19%
Pass rate
99,2%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0,61%
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
3
FONASA enrollees
2.926
17% of the population
Doctors employed
3
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 35Contract staff: 12Fee contracts: 14
Primary-care medical visits · per year
18.007
40.494
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
657
463
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 (3.532 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Posta de Salud Rural GuarilihueRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.30568%
Posta de Salud Rural RanguelmoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal81753%
Hospital Comunitario de Salud Familiar Dr. Eduardo Contreras Trabucco de CoelemuHospitalHealth Service71466%
Posta de Salud Rural Vegas de ItataRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal69680%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $1.519.167.000 ($519.196/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $574.401.000Municipal contribution: $612.118.000

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

Indigenous population
625
3.9% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche59495.0%

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
41
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
2.4
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
401
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
114
Social and aid
68
Sports
44
For the elderly
30
Cultural
9
Trade associations and cooperatives
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.

5 Local media · 2 Comunitaria · 3 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
CCONTAGIOFM104.5 FM
MMONTSERRATFM91.3 FM
RREMEMBERComunitaria107.7 FM
GJGrupo Juvenil Camino al Futuro de Rangelmo · holderComunitaria107.3 FM
PAPentagono Arquitectura y Construccion Ltda. · holderFM102.7 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
154
1% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
99 people · 64% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
99 Venezuela
17 Colombia
11 Argentina
3 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

Families in informal settlements
49
4 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
260
4,6% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
53
4.071 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
81
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
276
beneficiaries · 2014–2025
Subsidies Rental · DS52
48
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

11.683homes · by type (2017)
House
5.884 · 96%
House
5.528 · 99.5%
Shack/hut/shanty
174 · 2.8%
Room in old house/tenement
31 · 0.5%
Other private
27 · 0.4%
Other private
12 · 0.2%
Apartment
12 · 0.2%
Shack/improvised dwelling
11 · 0.2%
Room in old house/tenement
3 · 0.1%
Traditional/indigenous dwelling
1 · 0%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
2
Beds
40
8,9 per 1,000 over-60s

Long-stay facilities for the elderly registered in Chile Cuida. Comunas without ELEAM send their elders to other comunas. With projected ageing (see Demographic projection), this capacity defines whether one can age in one's own comuna.

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Benefits under special regimesSource: Laws/SII/BCN/MTT/Treasury · deep-research verified

Fiscal or economic treatments that apply only to this comuna or its zone, not the rest of Chile. The chip color shows who it reaches: municipality, community, residents, companies or workers.

Others
Asignación de zona 25% (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: 25% 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.

25% 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
$8.748.960.000
Own revenue
$1.403.858.000
16% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$5.880.757.000
67% of the total
State transfers
$849.895.000
10% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$1.121.447.000
$8.748.960.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

12.8%
25.2%
17.7%
38.4%
Property tax$179.340.000
Business licenses$353.802.000
Vehicle permits$248.421.000
Cleaning fees$83.582.000
Other own revenue$538.713.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $6.527.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
37.5%
56.0%
6.6%
Municipal$8.748.960.000
Education$13.067.150.000
Health$1.538.202.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $5.463.363.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$156.667.000
$1.403.858.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$649.360.000
$5.880.757.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$153.040.000
$849.895.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$13.432.164.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$9.436.187.000
Execution rate
70.3%
Unexecuted: $3.995.977.000
Low execution: it only executed 70.3% of the budget — $3.995.977.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$968.832.000
$9.436.187.000
20022025

Distribution by management area · 2025

49.3%
29.1%
14.2%
Internal management$4.647.814.000
Community services$2.745.181.000
Social programs$1.344.131.000
Municipal activities$529.969.000
Recreational programs$134.135.000
Cultural programs$34.957.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$3.099.075.00032.8%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.168.556.00023.0%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$1.519.167.00016.1%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$937.299.0009.9%
Investment (works and projects)$809.062.0008.6%
Transfers to health$612.118.0006.5%
Electricity (facilities)$292.997.0003.1%
Transfers to education$200.000.0002.1%
Councillor stipends$85.354.0000.9%
Street lighting$68.090.0000.7%
Water (facilities)$36.873.0000.4%
Travel allowances$22.112.0000.2%
Commissions and representation$4.601.0000.0%

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

23.0%
32.8%
44.2%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.168.556.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$3.099.075.000
Others$4.168.556.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

52.2%
23.3%
20.4%
Permanent staff$1.430.418.000
Contract staff$637.485.000
Fee contracts$100.653.000
Labor Code$10.507.000
Community progs.$559.897.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

62.8%
30.2%
7.0%
Permanent staff54
Contract staff26
Fee contracts6
Total: 86 staffFee contracts: 7.0% of the headcountWomen: 55.0%Professionalization: 32.5%
Cost/staffer permanent: $23.822.815/yearCost/staffer contract: $14.782.038/yearCost/staffer fees: $37.005.667/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: $809.062.000 (8.6% of spending)Councillor stipends: $85.354.000Travel allowances: $22.112.000Commissions and representation: $4.601.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $937.299.000Street lighting: $68.090.000Electricity: $292.997.000Water: $36.873.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

22
62
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

33
102
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
4 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
0
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
22
Security/patrol pickups
2
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
0
Primary-care medical visits
40.494
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
80,73%
of own revenue
Security drones
1
Permanent staff
45
Permanent own revenue
16,05%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
3
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
102
Health staff
12
contract
Health staff
14
fee-based
Health staff
35
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
2.926
municipal health
Rural health posts
3
Street-market stalls
118
Final works approvals
62

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$92.338.827.003
Purchase orders
32.158

Purchase-order amount · trend

$248.211.102
$5.055.525.473
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Libreria Pandora$13.301.620.11719
Distribuidora Colon$6.751.180.475218
Paola Andrea Musso Soza$4.958.564.29831
Dimerc S a$4.543.272.290633
Distribuidora Vergio SpA$3.744.221.925638
Juan Agustin Larraguibel Borquez$3.084.587.65237
Figuz S.A.$2.760.794.5895
Constructora Lamas$1.781.899.7788

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $4.059.182.41980%
Agile Purchase $482.773.85310%
Framework Agreement $340.492.2257%
Direct award discretionary$173.076.9743%

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

Registered companies
1.320
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
4.468

Pyramid by sales bracket

64.2%
12.9%
20.5%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)847 companies
Small (≤25k UF)170 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)25 companies
Large (>100k UF)8 companies
No sales/no info270 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Forestal Leon LimitadaINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 4 (>1M UF)
Concha y Pincheira LimitadaACTIVIDADES PROFESIONALES, CIENTIFICAS Y TECNLarge 2431
Comercial Plus Ultra SpACOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 287
Beach Market LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 250
Inversiones el Otonal LimitadaACTIVIDADES INMOBILIARIASLarge 2
Servicios Industriales Leon LimitadaACTIVIDADES DE SERVICIOS ADMINISTRATIVOS Y DELarge 1505
Jorge Arce y Cia Ltda.AGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 180
Energia Leon SpASUMINISTRO DE ELECTRICIDAD, GAS, VAPOR Y AIRELarge 124
Empresa Constructora Paola Lamas y Compania LimitadaCONSTRUCCIONMedium 280
Servicios Integrales Saavedra SpAACTIVIDADES DE SERVICIOS ADMINISTRATIVOS Y DEMedium 250

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
0
US$ 0 M declared
Approved last 5 years
1
US$ 16 M declared
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
35
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Sistema de Transmisión Zonal Grupo 3 S/E Itahue- S/E HualquiEIAMataquito Transmisora de Energía S.Approved324,02698

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

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.

102
Species
78
Flora
22
Fauna
2
Funga
26
In conservation status
15
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
QueuleGomortega keuleENPitaoPitavia punctataENRana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENLagartija de schröederLiolaemus schroederiVUPalma chilena, palmera chilena, palmera de coquitos, palma de miel, palma de vino de chile, can – canJubaea chilensisENHuillipatagua, naranjillo, pataguaCitronella mucronataVURuilNothofagus alessandriiENBagre grandeNematogenys inermisENHongoHygrocybe striatellaVUGuindo santo, ñire, ñirreEucryphia glutinosaVUBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVUOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUAbejorro, abejorro colorado, moscardón, duillin, diwmeñ, abejorro gigante de la patagonia, don basilioBombus dahlbomiiENRanita de darwinRhinoderma darwiniiENLinguePersea lingueVUGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUHongoEntoloma necopinatumVUPudúPudu puduVUHualoNothofagus glaucaNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTPalmilla, quilquil, arriquilquilBlechnum hastatumNTAguilucho chicoButeo albigulaNTCuervo de pantanoPlegadis chihiNT

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 · 1.004 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-16-30Sist. Rios Itata- Nuble y Trib.urban987 /11.109
HUR-16-24Estero Peralesurban10
HUR-16-23Rio Itata Coelemu - Desembocaduraurban5 /13
HUR-08-P-01Estero Puremaurban2 /7

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

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 4 projects totaling US$ 95 million, approved between 2006 and 2024. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy3 projects · US$ 75 M · 2012–2024
Mataquito Transmisora de Energía S.A.Sistema de Transmisión Zonal Grupo 3 S/E Itahue- S/E Hualqui · Planta Bioenergía Ñuble
Environmental Sanitation1 project · US$ 20 M · 2006
Celulosa Arauco y Constitución S.A..Sistema de Conducción y Descarga al mar de los efluentes del CFI Nueva Aldea

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
CGE · also Copelec
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSBIO
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Talcahuano at 41.8 km

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
4 m²
40% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

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

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
2
Historic monuments
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)

Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Fundo Las Cruces (Chillán Viejo) · 6.108 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
18
Area affected
6 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
8.076 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
78
At high or very high risk
60
23 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: 2023 · 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
13,07°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,23°C
Annual precipitation
942 mm
projection: -2%
Hot days>30°C
3
projection: +9 days
Frost days
3

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
594
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
3.515
Police cases · trend
1.000
594
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Domestic violence113669
Property damage99586
Threats88521
Larceny48284
Minor injuries40237
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces38225
Burglary of an uninhabited place23136
Motor vehicle theft18107
Weapons-related crimes17101
Crimes and offenses under the arms law1695
Burglary of an inhabited place1589
Other burglaries (forcible entry)1483

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 26.

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
22
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 16.901 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2Drones: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
9
22
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
47
Deaths
0
0 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
18
4 serious
Pedestrian collisions
3

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.