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Ninhue

Región de Ñuble5.353 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024403 km² of area13 inh./km²$6.781M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Finance
90%
18th most dependent on the Municipal Common Fund in the country
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Livability
36.8/100
15th least liveable in the country
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Society
-10%
30th that lost the most population (since 2002)
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Population
−12,3%
Population would fall between now and 2050
Society
21,4%
Multidimensional poverty · 105th highest of 346
Finance
$1,3 million
per inhabitant per year · rank 55 of 346
Finance
91,33%
It depends on the Common Fund: almost no own revenue
Finance
18th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

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

Ninhue es una comuna chilena de la provincia de Itata, Región de Ñuble, en la zona central de Chile. Su capital es el pueblo de Ninhue.

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

Liveability index · EIU style

36.8 /100
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#332 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety24
Health19
Culture and environment31
Education91
Infrastructure50
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Luis Molina M.
CONTIGO CHILE MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
3.246
votes (66.1%)
5.834
Electoral roll
88,43%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
LM
Luis Molina M.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
3.246
votes
LA
Luis Alberto Molina Melo
2021-2024 · IND
2.180
votes
LA
Luis Alberto Molina Melo
2008-2012 · PDC
1.962
votes
CB
Carmen Blanco Hadi
2004-2008 · ILB
1.408
votes
AC
Angel Cortes Martinez
2000-2004 · PDC
1.242
votes
AC
Angel Cortes Martinez
1996-2000 · DC
633
votes
ED
Eduardo Diaz Aburto
1992-1996 · ILD
1.709
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

PO
Petrona Ortiz C.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
632
votes
IF
Ines Flores O.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · INDEPENDIENTE
540
votes
PP
Pedro Parra M.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
448
votes
GG
Grit Guiñez S.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
411
votes
PG
Pedro Gutierrez Q.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
367
votes
LA
Luis Alvarez M.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
323
votes

Sesiones

Última sesión39 minWatch session

En una línea: La sesión estuvo dominada por una amenaza de bomba registrada el mismo día en la Escuela de Glorias Navales y por la preocupación del alcalde ante el avance del consumo de drogas en la comuna.

Temas tratados

  • Aprobación de actas: Se aprobó el acta N°16 (fecha leída como "3 de junio de 2035", probable error de transcripción) con una corrección de nombres.
  • Amenaza de bomba: Un papel con amenaza fue hallado en los baños de la Escuela de Glorias Navales; se activó protocolo, intervino Carabineros y Fiscalía, y varios niños quedaron sin almorzar.
  • Consumo de drogas: El alcalde expuso preocupación por jóvenes en situación de consumo y ausencia de instituciones públicas de apoyo en la comuna.
  • Cuenta del alcalde: Repaso de actividades de mayo: desfile 21 de mayo, reunión con dirigentes del Club Deportivo Ñublense, entrega de alimentos concentrados (INDAP/Progresal), reunión con colchanderas locales y con directora subrogante de INDAP.
  • Crisis de pequeños viticultores: El alcalde alertó sobre pérdidas severas por bajos precios de la uva y dificultades económicas de productores.
  • Cambio de tránsito: Estuvo presente el consultor Héctor Grandón, vinculado a un proyecto de rediseño vial del pueblo (no se desarrolló en la transcripción disponible).

Acuerdos y votaciones

  • Acta N°16 aprobada por unanimidad, con corrección de nombres (aparecían como "Valentina Cepeda Marín y Paola Marín"; deben decir "Valentina Saavedra Amín y Paola Amín", según concejala).
  • No se registraron otras votaciones formales en la parte transcrita.

Plata y obras

  • Desfile 21 de mayo: el costo de marinos se divide con la Municipalidad de Chillán (cada una paga la mitad, según el alcalde).
  • Ingresos por arriendo de espacio a emprendedores en el 21 de mayo fueron destinados a la Cune Prat, no a la municipalidad.
  • No se mencionaron montos explícitos en otras materias.

Puntos de debate o controversia

  • Concejales cuestionaron el protocolo de evacuación: los niños fueron llevados al patio del colegio en vez de a la plaza, considerada más segura.
  • El alcalde mencionó una carta anónima que lo acusa de conocer consumo de drogas entre funcionarios municipales, de salud y de educación, y no actuar; él negó tener certeza de ello.
  • Ausencia de centros públicos de rehabilitación de drogas en la comuna.

Para seguir

  • Comisión de Educación convocará reunión con directivos del establecimiento para revisar protocolos de emergencia.
  • El alcalde tiene pendiente reunión con el alcalde de Chillán para coordinar el desfile del 21 de mayo del próximo año (hora y organización).
  • Mesa de trabajo con INDAP y otros actores para abordar crisis de pequeños viticultores.
  • Proyecto de cambio de tránsito en calles del pueblo: sin fecha definida en la transcripción.

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

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

56 minutes publishedindex updated on 11-08-2026Municipal transparency

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

Resolutions extracted
75
of 18 minutes read
Money involved
$409.764.817
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
Aprobación de acta sesión ordinaria N° 06Otherrechazado
Aprobación de acta sesión ordinaria N° 05Otherunanimidad
4.5 · Modificación presupuestaria del Departamento de Administración y Finanzas MunicipalesBudget amendmentunanimidad
4.4 · Adjudicación del servicio de apertura y mantenimiento de cuentas corrientes al Banco del EstadoTenderunanimidad
4.3 · Aprobación del proyecto de pavimentación R. Medina y O'Higgins al programa participativo 2025Tenderunanimidad
4.2 · Rechazo del Plan Anual de Capacitación 2026 por falta de análisis adecuadoOtherrechazado

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
44
Highly complex
16
Audit reports
3
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
2025131031
2023169431
201615781

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

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

  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2021–2026
  • FS
    Fedok SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2024–2025
  • SL
    Sisinf Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2024–2026
  • Md
    Mutual de Seguridad de la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2017–2019
  • W
    Wom
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • HS
    Health Systems Design & Connection
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • Se
    Soluciones en Seguridad Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • cD
    Civis Data
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2026
  • Cm
    Control Minera Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • DI
    Digital Ingeniería Inversiones
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • IC
    Ingenieria, Consultoria e Inversiones Kimia SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • RS
    Red-Apis Sociedad de Transcripcion al Servicio de la Educacion Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025
  • Sy
    Servicios y Productos Educativos Crisol Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • TL
    Tirant Lo Blanch
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • IS
    Ironfire SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2026
  • GC
    Godoy Concha Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2024
  • Ed
    Empresa de Correos de Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2016
  • MT
    Mobil Touch EIRL
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • NS
    Nubox SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • FA
    Forestal Arauco S. A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
and 52 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

5.948
inhabitants
5.337
inhabitants
20022025

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

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
-11%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
4.667
-10% vs. 2035 (5.162)
Over 60 · 2050
52,87%
40,55% 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
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,9 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment52 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)623,8 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)613,1 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo5.763 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)16,1 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)21,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples2,55 %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 30 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
6.114
3.460 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
2.544
74% of RSH households
Female-headed households
44%
1.536
Elderly (60+)1.87631%
Children and adolescents (<18)1.01617%
Foreign nationals331%
Belonging to indigenous peoples1212%
People with moderate/severe dependency1062%
Single-person households1.83553%

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
818
9 schools
Students per teacher
6,2
132 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
92,9%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
83,9%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 91%Private subsidized 9%
Pass rate
99,5%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
0%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

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

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

CESFAM
1
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
0
FONASA enrollees
5.974
112% of the population
Doctors employed
2
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 55Contract staff: 39Fee contracts: 5
Primary-care medical visits · per year
14.252
12.803
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
361
130
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 (5.959 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar Dr. David Benavente de NinhueFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal5.94873%
Posta de Salud Rural el RincónRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal633%
Posta de Salud Rural el Sauce (Ninhue)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal560%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $2.779.721.000 ($465.303/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $1.417.422.000Municipal contribution: $323.000.000

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

Indigenous population
147
2.6% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche13692.5%

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
30
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
5.6
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
246
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
85
Sports
28
For the elderly
19
Social and aid
10
Foundations and corporations
4
Cultural
3
Trade associations and cooperatives
2
Fire brigades
1
Religious
1

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

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

Local mediaTypedial
GDGrupo Desarrollo y Emprendimiento por Ninhue · holderComunitaria107.3 FM

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

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
29
0,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Perú
9 people · 31% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
9 Perú
7 Venezuela
4 Argentina
3 Haití

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
9
1 encampment (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
63
2,7% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
34
2.898 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
21
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
293
beneficiaries · 2014–2024
Subsidies Rental · DS52
11
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

4.593homes · by type (2017)
House
2.289 · 99.7%
House
2.154 · 93.8%
Shack/hut/shanty
124 · 5.4%
Other private
9 · 0.4%
Room in old house/tenement
9 · 0.4%
Other private
4 · 0.2%
Room in old house/tenement
2 · 0.1%
Mobile
1 · 0%
Apartment
1 · 0%

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

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

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

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

Others
Asignación de zona 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
$6.781.190.000
Own revenue
$364.730.000
5% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$3.843.896.000
57% of the total
State transfers
$2.225.276.000
33% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$608.509.000
$6.781.190.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

28.5%
35.8%
29.8%
Property tax$103.784.000
Business licenses$15.271.000
Vehicle permits$130.514.000
Cleaning fees$6.300.000
Other own revenue$108.861.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $1.375.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
47.2%
34.0%
18.7%
Municipal$6.781.190.000
Education$4.884.527.000
Health$2.691.237.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $3.621.290.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$25.175.000
$364.730.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$488.738.000
$3.843.896.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$20.982.000
$2.225.276.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$9.492.023.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$7.250.003.000
Execution rate
76.4%
Unexecuted: $2.242.020.000
Low execution: it only executed 76.4% of the budget — $2.242.020.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$526.705.000
$7.250.003.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

31.5%
60.9%
Internal management$2.283.734.000
Community services$4.413.542.000
Social programs$354.944.000
Municipal activities$174.687.000
Recreational programs$21.812.000
Cultural programs$1.284.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Investment (works and projects)$2.789.081.00038.5%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$2.779.721.00038.3%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$1.367.133.00018.9%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$1.121.232.00015.5%
Transfers to education$548.000.0007.6%
Transfers to health$323.000.0004.5%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$119.109.0001.6%
Electricity (facilities)$108.637.0001.5%
Councillor stipends$87.230.0001.2%
Water (facilities)$69.185.0001.0%
Travel allowances$15.927.0000.2%
Street lighting$14.937.0000.2%
Commissions and representation$2.862.0000.0%

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

18.9%
15.5%
65.7%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$1.367.133.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$1.121.232.000
Others$4.761.638.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

40.6%
27.8%
7.4%
24.1%
Permanent staff$732.119.000
Contract staff$501.184.000
Fee contracts$133.830.000
Community progs.$434.902.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

47.9%
52.1%
Permanent staff23
Contract staff25
Total: 48 staffWomen: 35.4%Professionalization: 43.8%
Cost/staffer permanent: $27.529.435/yearCost/staffer contract: $15.558.440/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: $2.789.081.000 (38.5% of spending)Councillor stipends: $87.230.000Travel allowances: $15.927.000Commissions and representation: $2.862.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $119.109.000Street lighting: $14.937.000Electricity: $108.637.000Water: $69.185.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

16
138
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

87
137
20122025

Management indicator · 2025

Maintained green areas per inhabitant
2 m²/inh.
Security/patrol cars
0
Security/patrol bicycles
0
Surveillance cameras
31
Security/patrol pickups
1
Security booths
0
CESFAM in the comuna
1
Primary-care medical visits
12.803
Clinics
0
urban and rural
Dependence on the Municipal Common Fund
91,33%
of own revenue
Security drones
0
Permanent staff
14
Permanent own revenue
5,38%
of total revenue
Doctors employed
2
as of Dec 31
Security/patrol motorcycles
0
Building permits
137
Health staff
39
contract
Health staff
5
fee-based
Health staff
55
permanent
FONASA-enrolled population
5.974
municipal health
Rural health posts
0
Final works approvals
138

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$41.491.702.731
Purchase orders
28.821

Purchase-order amount · trend

$316.098.278
$2.214.152.666
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Constructora Nahen Ltda.$4.543.394.5453
Constructora Econcity Limitada$1.221.509.2691
Innova Construcciones Ltda.$1.014.136.8101
Chavez y Araya Limitada$884.473.0663
Hiz-Fer Servicios.$783.175.30680
Sergio Esteban Vejar Palma$709.109.9657
Katherine Paola$665.481.8717
Supermercado Prat$649.500.2603.259

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $1.637.332.01974%
Agile Purchase $257.535.91612%
Framework Agreement $186.175.9808%
Direct award discretionary$133.108.7536%

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

Registered companies
322
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
884

Pyramid by sales bracket

71.1%
10.2%
17.7%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)229 companies
Small (≤25k UF)33 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)3 companies
No sales/no info57 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Comercial Llanos y Compania LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 129
Sociedad Hizmeri y Fernandez LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 118
Combustibles Llanos y Compania LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 17
Servicios Agrícolas Zenon H. Arenas Barrera E.I.R.L.AGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCASmall 1148
Ilustre Municipalidad de Ninhue Departamento de EducacionENSEÑANZANo sales252
Ilustre Municipalidad de Ninhue Departamento de SaludOTRAS ACTIVIDADES DE SERVICIOSNo sales127
I Municipalidad de NinhueADMINISTRACION PUBLICA Y DEFENSA; PLANES DE SNo sales60

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$ 100 M declared
Approved last 5 years
4
US$ 163 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
170
+ 9 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
200
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Parque Eólico El SauzalEIAInversiones Bosquemar SpAUnder Review500850
Parque Eólico CulencoDIAUka Chile & CiaApproved305200
Parque Renovable Entre CerrosDIAEólica Entre Cerros SpAApproved100,32170
Parque Fotovoltaico Santa BárbaraDIASanta Bárbara SpAApproved1040
Planta de Tratamiento de RILes Bodega NinhueDIACorretajes Torres y Cia Ltda.Approved1,4038

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

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
Los RuilesNational Reserveat 58.3 km

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

18
Species
6
Flora
12
Fauna
10
In conservation status
7
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
QueuleGomortega keuleENRana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUSapo de ruloRhinella aruncoVUPuyeBrachygalaxias bullockiVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys microlepidotusVUPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTCuervo de pantanoPlegadis chihiNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTPato anteojillo, pato perro (argentina y chile), pato de anteojos, ánade anteojillo (español), spectacled duck, bronze-winged duck (inglés)Speculanas specularisNT

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.

2 Wetlands · 2 urban · 220 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-16-30Sist. Rios Itata- Nuble y Trib.urban212 /11.109
HUR-16-29Embalse 1 Ninhueurban8

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. 3 projects totaling US$ 162 million, approved between 2021 and 2024. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Energy3 projects · US$ 162 M · 2021–2024
Uka Chile & CiaParque Eólico Culenco · Parque Renovable Entre Cerros

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 Cauquenes at 43 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
2 m²
20% 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
1
Historic monuments
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) · 1.063 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
10
Area affected
15 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
13.221 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
18
At high or very high risk
13
4 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
13,94°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,31°C
Annual precipitation
880 mm
projection: -2%
Hot days>30°C
24
projection: +23 days
Frost days
8

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
312
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
5.829
Police cases · trend
190
312
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Property damage611.140
Domestic violence46859
Threats45841
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces30560
Burglary of an inhabited place27504
Larceny26486
Minor injuries16299
Weapons-related crimes14262
Burglary of an uninhabited place13243
Crimes and offenses under the arms law12224
Sexual abuse6112
Theft of items from vehicles475

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 22.

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
31
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 5.353 hab
Patrol fleet
1
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 1
Surveillance cameras · trend
12
31
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
15
Deaths
1
18,7 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
15
3 serious

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