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Río Claro

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Country
  
Chile

Province
  
Talca

Time zone
  
CLT (UTC-4)

Area
  
430.5 km²

Region
  
Maule

Elevation
  
273 m (896 ft)

Area code(s)
  
56 + 71

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Río Claro is a commune of the Talca Province in Chile's Maule Region. The municipal seat is the town of Cumpeo.

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Map of R%C3%ADo Claro, Maule Region, Chile

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Río Claro spans an area of 430.5 km2 (166 sq mi) and has 12,698 inhabitants (6,716 men and 5,982 women). Of these, 2,651 (20.9%) lived in urban areas and 10,047 (79.1%) in rural areas. The population grew by 0.8% (107 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Río Claro 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 2008-2012 alcalde is Claudio Guajardo Oyarce.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Río Claro is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Pablo Lorenzini (PDC) and Pedro Pablo Alvarez-Salamanca (UDI) as part of the 38th electoral district, (together with Curepto, Constitución, Empedrado, Pencahue, Maule, San Clemente, Pelarco and San Rafael). The commune is represented in the Senate by Juan Antonio Coloma Correa (UDI) and Andrés Zaldívar Larraín (PDC) as part of the 10th senatorial constituency (Maule-North).

References

Río Claro Wikipedia