Hijuelas

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

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subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Valparaíso
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Quillota
government_footnotes
government_typeMunicipality
leader_titleAlcalde
leader_nameJosé Saavedra
area_noteAs of 2002
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area_footnotes
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elevation_m257
population_footnotes
population_total15876
population_as_of2012 Census
population_density_km2auto
population_demonymHijuelense
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population_blank18196
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank27818
demographics_type1Sex
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demographics1_title1Men
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demographics1_title2Women
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timezoneCLT
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area_codecountry 56 + city 33
websiteMunicipality of Hijuelas
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Hijuelas () is a city and commune in the Quillota Province of central Chile's fifth region of Valparaíso.

Geography

Hijuelas spans an area of 267.2 sqkm in Chile's Zona Central. It is known as The Capital of the Flowers (Spanish: La Capital de los Flores) as it is the largest producer of flowers in Chile, contributing more than 49% of the nation's total production.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Hijuelas has 16,014 inhabitants (8,161 men and 7,853 women). Of these, 8,196 (51.2%) lived in urban areas and 7,818 (48.8%) in rural areas. The population grew by 14.9% (2,076 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Hijuelas hosts 1.04% of the region's population.

Economy

The principal economic activities in Hijuleas are agronomy and agriculture, especially in the cultivation of flowers, plants, trees, and fruits such as avocados and citruses. Its cultivated land, irrigated by the Aconcagua River, provides a high quality microclimate for exporting agricultural products. Also in Hijuelas exists a world-leading company in the production of ornamental bulbs and seeds, whose products are exported to various countries such as Japan, the Netherlands, and others.

Administration

As a commune, Hijuelas is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered by a municipal council, which is headed by a directly elected alcalde. The current alcalde is Verónica Rossat Arriagada. The communal council has the following members:

  • Germán Vicencio Vargas (UDI)
  • Luis Frez Naranjo (UDI)
  • Viviana Hernández Troncoso (Ind./RN)
  • Manuel Arévalo Díaz (PRI)
  • Omar Olivares Seura (DC)
  • Roxana Saavedra Pimentel (PS)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Hijuelas is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Eduardo Cerda (PDC) and Andrea Molina (UDI) as part of the 10th electoral district, (together with La Ligua, Petorca, Cabildo, Papudo, Zapallar, Puchuncaví, Quintero, Nogales, Calera, La Cruz and Quillota). 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).

References

References

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

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