Catemu

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title: "Catemu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-san-felipe-de-aconcagua-province", "communes-of-chile"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-san-felipe-de-aconcagua-province" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catemu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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image_skylineComuna Catemu.png
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map_altMap of the Catemu commune in the Valparaíso Region
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pushpin_map_altLocation in Chile
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Chile
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChile
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Valparaíso
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2San Felipe de Aconcagua
seat_type
government_footnotes
government_typeMunicipality
leader_titleAlcalde
leader_nameRodrigo Diaz Brito
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2361.6
elevation_m768
population_footnotes
population_total13285
population_as_of2012 Census
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleUrban
population_blank16706
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank25406
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info16,172
demographics1_title2Women
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timezoneCLT
utc_offset-4
timezone_DSTCLST
utc_offset_DST-3
area_code56 + 34
websiteMunicipality of Catemu
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Catemu is a city and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region.

Geography

Catemu spans an area of 361.6 sqkm.

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Catemu commune had 12,112 inhabitants; of these, 6,706 (55.4%) lived in urban areas and 5,406 (44.6%) in rural areas. At that time, there were 6,172 men and 5,940 women. The population grew by 7.2% (817 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Catemu is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered by a communal council (consejo comunal), which is headed by a directly elected alcalde. The current alcalde is Boris Luksic Nieto. The communal council has the following members:

  • María Salas Herrera
  • Pablo Pacheco Delgado
  • Aurora Medina Carvajal
  • Luís René Carvajal Leiva
  • Claudio Núñez Cataldo
  • María Sánchez Contreas

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Catemu is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Marco Antonio Núñez (PDC) and Gaspar Rivas (RN) as part of the 11th electoral district, together with Los Andes, San Esteban, Calle Larga, Rinconada, San Felipe, Putaendo, Santa María, Panquehue and Llaillay. The commune is represented in the Senate by Ignacio Walker Prieto (PDC) and Lily Pérez San Martín (RN) as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).

Notable people

References

References

  1. "Municipality of Catemu".
  2. "National Statistics Institute".
  3. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  4. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.

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