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Country
  
Chile

Time zone
  
CLT (UTC-4)

Local time
  
Monday 9:41 AM

Province
  
Region
  
Santiago Metro.

Area
  
73.3 km²

Area code
  
56

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Website
  
Municipality of Calera de Tango

Weather
  
22°C, Wind NE at 2 km/h, 44% Humidity

Calera de Tango is a Chilean commune in the Maipo Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region.

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Map of Calera de Tango, Calera, Valpara%C3%ADso, Chile

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Calera de Tango spans an area of 73.3 km2 (28 sq mi) and has 18,235 inhabitants (9,243 men and 8,992 women). Of these, 9,932 (54.5%) lived in urban areas and 8,303 (45.5%) in rural areas. 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 administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde 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 (UDI)
  • Marco Jofre Muñoz (PS)
  • Carolina Saavedra Rojas (IND)
  • Sandra Meza Zumelzu (PS)
  • Marcelo Riquelme Yagi (PDC)
  • Lilian Farias Nallar (RN)
  • Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Calera de Tango is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Ramón Farías (PPD) and Mr. José Antonio Kast (UDI) as part of the 30th electoral district, (together with San Bernardo, Buin and Paine). 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

    Calera de Tango Wikipedia


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