Renca
title: "Renca" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-santiago-province,-chile", "communes-of-chile", "geography-of-santiago,-chile", "populated-places-established-in-1894", "1894-establishments-in-chile"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renca" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Renca |
| native_name_lang | es |
| settlement_type | City and Commune |
| image_skyline | Cerro Renca, Santiago.jpg |
| image_caption | Renca Hill, in Renca |
| image_flag | Bandera de Renca.svg |
| flag_alt | Flag |
| image_shield | Escudo de Renca.svg |
| shield_alt | Coat of arms |
| image_map | Comuna de Renca.svg |
| map_alt | Map of Renca commune within Greater Santiago |
| map_caption | Map of Renca commune within Greater Santiago |
| pushpin_map | Chile |
| pushpin_mapsize | 280 |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_alt | Location in Chile |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Chile |
| coordinates | |
| coor_pinpoint | city |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Chile |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Santiago Metro. |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Santiago |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 19 March 2000 |
| government_footnotes | |
| <ref name | "Official" |
| government_type | Municipality |
| leader_title | Alcalde |
| leader_party | Ind |
| leader_name | Claudio Castro |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 24.2 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 133518 |
| population_as_of | 2002 Census |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_blank1_title | Urban |
| population_blank1 | 133518 |
| population_blank2_title | Rural |
| population_blank2 | 0 |
| demographics_type1 | Sex |
| demographics1_footnotes | |
| demographics1_title1 | Men |
| demographics1_info1 | 66,253 |
| demographics1_title2 | Women |
| demographics1_info2 | 67,265 |
| timezone | CLT |
| utc_offset | -4 |
| timezone_DST | CLST |
| utc_offset_DST | -3 |
| area_code | 56 + |
| website | Municipality of Renca |
| :: |
| name = Renca | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = City and Commune | image_skyline = Cerro Renca, Santiago.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Renca Hill, in Renca | image_flag = Bandera de Renca.svg | flag_alt = Flag | image_shield = Escudo de Renca.svg | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Renca.svg | map_alt = Map of Renca commune within Greater Santiago | map_caption = Map of Renca commune within Greater Santiago | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_mapsize = 280 | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = city | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Santiago Metro. | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Santiago | established_title = Founded | established_date = 19 March 2000 | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_party = Ind | leader_name = Claudio Castro | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 24.2 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 133518 | population_as_of = 2002 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 133518 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 0 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 66,253 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 67,265 | timezone = CLT | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = 56 + | website = Municipality of Renca | footnotes =
Renca is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on 6 May 1894.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Plaza_de_Renca_en_Santiago,_Chile.jpg" caption="Plaza Renca"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Memorial_DDHH_Chile_60_las_sillas.jpg" caption="Human Rights Memorial"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Cerro_Colorado_,Renca,_Santiago_De_Chile_3.jpg" caption="Barrio Nuevo, and La Glorieta neighborhood"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/25-09-2013_Parque_Lo_Vara_(9955149563).jpg" caption="Lo Varas park"] ::
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Renca spans an area of 24.2 sqkm and has 133,500 inhabitants, and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population grew by 3.5% (4,500 people) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 134,690.
Statistics
- Average annual household income: US$17,278 (PPP, 2006)
- Population below poverty line: 19.2% (2006)
- Regional quality of life index: 63.39, low, 49 out of 52 (2005)
- Human Development Index: 0.709, 112 out of 341 (2003)
Administration
As a commune, Renca is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2024-2028 mayor is Claudio Castro (Ind). The communal council has the following members:
- Ishkra Wladimir Calderón Soto (PCCh)
- César Demetrio Amestica Alarcón (FA)
- Camila Inés Avilés Barraza (DEM)
- Diego Ignacio Fuentes Lira (Ind/PR)
- Claudio Christian Sepúlveda Ormazabal (FA)
- Ana Paz Casimino Salinas (PCCh)
- Ismael Antonio Araya Araya (Ind/PR)
- Cecilia del Pilar López Contreras (PS)
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Renca is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Karla Rubilar (RN) and María Antonieta Saa (PPD) as part of the 17th electoral district, (together with Conchalí and Huechuraba). The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
References
References
- "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
- "Municipality of Renca".
- "National Statistics Institute".
- "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
- "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
- [http://sir.mideplan.cl/ Sistema de Información Regional], Ministry of Planning of Chile. {{webarchive. link. (23 April 2008)
- "Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region". Ministry of Planning of Chile.
- "[http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)] {{webarchive. link. (7 July 2011 ." [[United Nations Development Programme). UNDP]], ''Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán''. Accessed 31 July 2023.
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