Calera de Tango is a

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an commune in the

Maipo Province Maipo Province () is one of six Provinces of Chile, provinces in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. Its capital is San Bernardo, Chile, San Bernardo. Administration As a province, Maipo is a second-level administrative divisions of ...

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Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, Calera de Tango spans an area of and has 18,235 inhabitants (9,243 men and 8,992 women). Of these, 9,932 (54.5%) lived in

urban area An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

s and 8,303 (45.5%) in

rural area In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically desc ...

s. The population grew by 54% (6,392 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Calera de Tango is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Erasmo Valenzuela Santibáñez (IND). The communal council has the following members: * Juan Irarrazaval Rossel (

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) * Marco Jofre Muñoz ( PS) * Carolina Saavedra Rojas (IND) * Sandra Meza Zumelzu ( PS) * Marcelo Riquelme Yagi ( PDC) * Lilian Farias Nallar ( RN) Within the

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, Calera de Tango is represented in the

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by Ramón Farías ( PPD) and José Antonio Kast (

) as part of the 30th electoral district, (together with San Bernardo, Buin and Paine). The commune is represented in the

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by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

References

External links

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Municipality of Calera de Tango
{{Authority control Communes of Chile Populated places in Maipo Province