Calle Larga | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | City and Commune |
Flag Alt: | Flag |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms |
Pushpin Map: | Chile |
Pushpin Map Narrow: | yes |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location in Chile |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
Coordinates: | -32.8831°N -70.6486°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Chile |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Los Andes |
Seat Type: | Communes |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | Municipality |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | Nelson Esteban Venegas Salazar |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 321.7 |
Area Rank: | 2 |
Elevation M: | 768 |
Population Total: | 13366 |
Population As Of: | 2012 Census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
Population Blank1: | 5,447 |
Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank2: | 4,946 |
Demographics Type1: | Sex |
Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
Demographics1 Info1: | 5,351 |
Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
Demographics1 Info2: | 5,042 |
Timezone: | CLT[3] |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | CLST[4] |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Area Code: | 56 + 34 |
Website: | Municipality of 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.
As a commune, Calle Larga is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde, every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Nelson Esteban Venegas Salazar, and the council has the following councilors:[1]
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Calle Larga is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as a part of the 11th electoral district (together with Los Andes, San Esteban, San Ignacio, Rinconada, San Felipe, Putaendo, Santa María, Panquehue, Llaillay, Catemu). The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).
Calle Larga spans an area of 321.7sqkm.[2] The commune is bordered to the west by the commune of Rinconada, to the north and east by the commune of Los Andes and to the south by the Colina commune of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Calle Larga commune had 10,393 inhabitants; of these, 5,447 (52.4%) lived in urban areas and 4,946 (47.6%) in rural areas. At that time, there were 5,351 men and 5,042 women.[2]