Catemu is a

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and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region (, ) is one of Chile's 16 Regions of Chile, first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , the region is Chile's sec ...

Geography

Catemu spans an area of .

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Catemu commune had 12,112 inhabitants; of these, 6,706 (55.4%) lived in

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s and 5,406 (44.6%) in

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s. At that time, there were 6,172 men and 5,940 women. The population grew by 7.2% (817 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Catemu is a third-level

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, administered by a communal council (''consejo comunal''), which is headed by a directly elected

alcalde ''Alcalde'' (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and Administration (government), administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor (position), corregidor, the presiding officer o ...

. The current alcalde is Boris Luksic Nieto. The communal council has the following members: * María Salas Herrera * Pablo Pacheco Delgado * Aurora Medina Carvajal * Luís René Carvajal Leiva * Claudio Núñez Cataldo * María Sánchez Contreas Within the

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, Catemu is represented in the

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by Marco Antonio Núñez ( PDC) and Gaspar Rivas ( RN) as part of the 11th electoral district, together with Los Andes, San Esteban,

Calle Larga Calle Larga ("long road" in Spanish) is a city and one of four communes in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Administration As a commune, Calle Larga is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered b ...

Rinconada Rinconada () is a city and commune in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It was created on 18 January 1897 by Federico Errázuriz Echaurren. Since the shrine to house the remains of Saint Teresa of Los Andes was b ...

, San Felipe,

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, Santa María,

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and

Llaillay Llay-Llay is a town and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. History The commune was established on 6 April 1875 during the government of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, A railway stati ...

. The commune is represented in the

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by Ignacio Walker Prieto ( PDC) and

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( RN) as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).

Notable people

Olga Lehmann Olga Lehmann (10 February 1912 – 26 October 2001) was a British visual arts, visual artist. Early life Born in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province, Catemu, Chile, to Mary Grisel Lehmann (née Bissett) and mining engineer Andrew William Lehm ...

(1912–2001), visual artist born in Catemu *

Monica Pidgeon Monica Pidgeon (29 September 1913 – 17 September 2009) was a British interior designer and architectural writer best known as the editor of ''Architectural Design'' from 1946 to 1975. Early life Pidgeon was born Monica Lehmann in 1913 in Cate ...

(1913–2009), interior designer born in Catemu

References

External links

Municipality of Catemu
{{Communes in Valparaíso Region Populated places in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province Communes of Chile