Quintero
title: "Quintero" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-valparaíso-province", "communes-of-chile", "port-settlements-in-chile", "populated-places-established-in-1865", "1865-establishments-in-chile", "coasts-of-valparaíso-region"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-valparaiso-province" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintero" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Quintero |
| settlement_type | City and Commune |
| image_skyline | Ilustre Municipalidad de Quintero.jpg |
| image_caption | Quintero town hall |
| image_map | Comuna de Quintero.svg |
| map_alt | Map of the Quintero commune in the Valparaíso Region |
| pushpin_map | Chile |
| pushpin_map_narrow | yes |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_alt | Location in Chile |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Chile |
| coordinates_footnotes | city |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Chile |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Valparaíso |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Valparaíso |
| government_footnotes | |
| government_type | Municipality |
| leader_party | Ind |
| leader_title | Alcalde |
| leader_name | Mauricio Carrasco Pardo |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1536 |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_total_km2 | 147.5 |
| area_footnotes | |
| elevation_m | 5 |
| population_as_of | 2012 Census |
| population_total | 25299 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_demonym | Quinterano |
| population_blank1_title | Urban |
| population_blank1 | 18719 |
| population_blank2_title | Rural |
| population_blank2 | 2455 |
| demographics_type1 | Sex |
| demographics1_footnotes | |
| demographics1_title1 | Men |
| demographics1_info1 | 10,390 |
| demographics1_title2 | Women |
| demographics1_info2 | 10,784 |
| timezone | CLT |
| utc_offset | -4 |
| timezone_DST | CLST{{cite web |
| url | http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |
| access-date | 2010-08-10 |
| title | Chile Summer Time |
| publisher | WorldTimeZones.org |
| url-status | dead |
| archive-url | https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |
| archive-date | September 11, 2007 |
| utc_offset_DST | -3 |
| area_code | 56 + 32 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
| official_name = Quintero | settlement_type = City and Commune | image_skyline = Ilustre Municipalidad de Quintero.jpg | image_caption = Quintero town hall | image_seal = | image_map = Comuna de Quintero.svg | map_alt = Map of the Quintero commune in the Valparaíso Region | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coordinates_footnotes = city | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Valparaíso | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Valparaíso | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipality | leader_party = Ind | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Mauricio Carrasco Pardo | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1536 | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = 147.5 | area_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 5 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_total = 25299 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Quinterano | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 18719 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 2455 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 10,390 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 10,784 | timezone = CLT | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |access-date=2010-08-10 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archive-date=September 11, 2007 | utc_offset_DST = -3 | footnotes = | area_code = 56 + 32 | website = Official website
Quintero is a Chilean city and commune in Valparaíso Province, in the Valparaíso Region, 30 kilometers north of Valparaíso. The commune spans an area of 147.5 sqkm. It was the first port in the country, created during the expedition of Diego de Almagro. Fundición Ventanas and other heavy industries are located in the commune of Quintero.
History
The name of the city comes from Alonso Quintero, the Spanish navigator who discovered the bay in 1536 when he arrived on the ship Santiaguillo.
In the early years of 21st century, Quintero has become famous as a symbol of insufficient environmental policies. Since the beginnings of 20th century when an industrialization politics started, in the zone were built a thermoelectric coal plant by Chilectra (currently Enel Américas) and the copper smelter Fundición Ventanas by Codelco in the nearby town of the same name; arriving to this date (2019) to be a zone informally known as Industrial Park Quintero-Puchuncaví, including oil industries, liquefied gas terminals, and chemical industries among others, which has caused the bay and surroundings to be considered a "sacrifice zone". Multiple protests about the gradual environmental destruction were unsuccessful, until a serious episode of mass poisoning in August 2018 put a spotlight on the city's situation and its surroundings in Quintero Bay causing investigations by the Senate of Chile. By October 2019, the situation remains unresolved.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quintero had 21,174 inhabitants (10,390 men and 10,784 women). Of these, 18,719 (88.4%) lived in urban areas and 2,455 (11.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 19% (3,378 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The demonym for a man from Quintero is Quinterano and Quinterana for a woman.
Administration
As a commune, Quintero is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a communal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is José Varas Zuñiga.
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Quintero 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, Nogales, Calera, La Cruz, Quillota and Hijuelas. 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).
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Quintero has a warm-summer mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Quintero |Jan high C = 20.3 |Feb high C = 20.3 |Mar high C = 19.0 |Apr high C = 17.4 |May high C = 16.2 |Jun high C = 14.9 |Jul high C = 14.4 |Aug high C = 14.8 |Sep high C = 15.4 |Oct high C = 16.5 |Nov high C = 17.9 |Dec high C = 19.4 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 16.0 |Feb mean C = 15.6 |Mar mean C = 14.3 |Apr mean C = 12.7 |May mean C = 11.6 |Jun mean C = 10.3 |Jul mean C = 10.0 |Aug mean C = 10.4 |Sep mean C = 11.0 |Oct mean C = 12.3 |Nov mean C = 13.8 |Dec mean C = 15.1 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 11.3 |Feb low C = 11.2 |Mar low C = 10.1 |Apr low C = 8.5 |May low C = 7.7 |Jun low C = 6.5 |Jul low C = 6.5 |Aug low C = 6.7 |Sep low C = 7.1 |Oct low C = 8.1 |Nov low C = 9.4 |Dec low C = 10.5 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 0.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 0.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 2.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 11.4 |May precipitation mm = 48.1 |Jun precipitation mm = 78.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 106.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 53.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 21.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 9.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 7.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 1.4 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Meteorología Interactiva{{cite web |url = http://www.atmosfera.cl/HTML/climatologia/DATOS/CHILECENTRO.HTM |title = Información climatológica de estaciones chilenas |language = es |access-date = 27 May 2024 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221205193613/http://www.atmosfera.cl/HTML/climatologia/DATOS/CHILECENTRO.HTM |archive-date = 5 December 2022}}
References
References
- "Municipality of Quintero".
- "National Statistics Institute".
- "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
- Toro, Daniela. (2022-06-25). "Cierre de fundición Ventanas: El intrincado debate por dónde instalar una nueva planta y los costos asociados". [[El Mercurio.
- "Historia ambiental de Quintero y Puchuncaví.".
- Labbé, Daniel. (July 24, 2019). "Quintero y Puchuncaví, la zona de sacrificio que no logra respirar tranquila.".
- Fajardo, Marco. (August 29, 2018). "Combinación fatal en Quintero: mezcla de contaminantes, ausencia de normativas y lobby empresarial.".
- Valdés Gómez, Alberto. (October 15, 2018). "Quintero, the Chilean town sacrificed to pollution.".
- (November 16, 2018). "Environmental scandal casts a cloud in Chile.".
- (August 21, 2019). "Contaminación en Quintero-Puchuncaví: exigen a Codelco, Gener y Enap someterse a estudios de impacto ambiental.".
- (October 16, 2019). "Jóvenes de Quintero deben cerrar el año escolar por problemas de salud tras episodios de contaminación.".
- [http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=34558&cityname=Quintero%2C+Valparaiso%2C+Chile&units= Climate Summary for Quintero, Chile]
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