Rengo

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

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Field	Value
name	Rengo
native_name_lang	es
settlement_type	City and Commune
image_skyline	CorreoRengo.jpg
flag_alt	Flag
image_shield	Escudo de Rengo.svg
shield_alt	Coat of arms
image_map	Comuna de Rengo.svg
map_alt	Map of Rengo commune in O'Higgins Region
map_caption	Map of Rengo commune in O'Higgins Region
pushpin_map_narrow	yes
pushpin_map	Chile
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	O'Higgins
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Cachapoal
established_title	Founded
established_date	1695
founder	Tomás Marín González de Poveda
government_type	Municipality
government_footnotes
leader_title	Alcalde
leader_name	Carlos Soto
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	591.5
elevation_m	570
population_footnotes
population_total	55757
population_as_of	2012 Census
population_density_km2	auto
population_blank1_title	Urban
population_blank1	37075
population_blank2_title	Rural
population_blank2	13755
population_demonym	Renguino,-a
demographics_type1	Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1	Men
demographics1_info1	25,311
demographics1_title2	Women
demographics1_info2	25,519
timezone	CLT
utc_offset	-4
timezone_DST	CLST
utc_offset_DST	-3
area_code	+56 72
website
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Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Rengo spans an area of 591.5 sqkm and has 50,830 inhabitants (25,311 men and 25,519 women). Of these, 37,075 (72.9%) lived in urban areas and 13,755 (27.1%) in rural areas. The population grew by 16.5% (7,213 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Rengo is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Rengo is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Felipe Letelier (PPD) and Ricardo Rincón (PDC) as part of the 33rd electoral district, together with Mostazal, Graneros, Codegua, Machalí, Requínoa, Olivar, Doñihue, Coinco, Coltauco, Quinta de Tilcoco and Malloa. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alejandro Garcia-Huidobro (UDI) and Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (PS) as part of the 9th senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).

Notable people

Hermes Ahumada (1911-2004), president of the Senate of Chile
Patricio Pérez Díaz (born 1980), Chilean footballer

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Rengo |Jan high C = 29.8 |Feb high C = 28.8 |Mar high C = 26.2 |Apr high C = 22.1 |May high C = 18.8 |Jun high C = 14.0 |Jul high C = 13.8 |Aug high C = 14.2 |Sep high C = 18.4 |Oct high C = 21.7 |Nov high C = 24.0 |Dec high C = 28.3 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 21.4 |Feb mean C = 20.2 |Mar mean C = 17.0 |Apr mean C = 13.6 |May mean C = 10.5 |Jun mean C = 7.6 |Jul mean C = 7.9 |Aug mean C = 8.5 |Sep mean C = 11.3 |Oct mean C = 14.4 |Nov mean C = 16.7 |Dec mean C = 20.1 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 12.8 |Feb low C = 11.6 |Mar low C = 9.0 |Apr low C = 6.7 |May low C = 5.4 |Jun low C = 2.5 |Jul low C = 3.2 |Aug low C = 3.6 |Sep low C = 5.0 |Oct low C = 7.7 |Nov low C = 9.5 |Dec low C = 11.5 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 5.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 9.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 9.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 16.6 |May precipitation mm = 98.7 |Jun precipitation mm = 157.6 |Jul precipitation mm = 118.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 100.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 38.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 24.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 18.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 3.4 |year precipitation mm = | Jan humidity = 61 | Feb humidity = 62 | Mar humidity = 70 | Apr humidity = 76 | May humidity = 84 | Jun humidity = 85 | Jul humidity = 84 | Aug humidity = 84 | Sep humidity = 77 | Oct humidity = 74 | Nov humidity = 69 | Dec humidity = 60 | year humidity = |source 1 = Bioclimatografia de Chile{{cite web | first1 = Ernst | last1 = Hajek | first2 = Francesco | url = http://www.ecolyma.cl/documentos/bioclimatografia_de_chile.pdf | title = Bioclimatografia de Chile | access-date = 27 May 2024 | last2 = Castri |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091122225453/http://www.ecolyma.cl/documentos/bioclimatografia_de_chile.pdf |archive-date = 22 November 2009 | language = es | year = 1975}}

References

"Municipality of Rengo".
"National Statistics Institute".
"Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
"Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.

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