Río Claro is a commune of the Talca Province in Chile's Maule Region. The municipal seat is the town of Cumpeo. The Claro River valley is an affluent community. ^{[citation needed]}

Río Claro
Commune
Location of the Río Claro commune in the Maule Region Río Claro Location in Chile
Coordinates (city): 35°17′S 71°16′W
Country	Chile
Region	Maule
Province	Talca
Government [1]
• Type	Municipality
• Alcalde	Claudio Guajardo Oyarce
Area [2]
• Total	430.5 km2 (166.2 sq mi)
Elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Population  (2012 Census)[2]
• Total	12,844
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
• Urban	2,651
• Rural	10,047
Sex [2]
• Men	6,716
• Women	5,982
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT[3])
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST[4])
Area code(s)	56 + 71
Website	Municipality of Río Claro

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.[2]

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.[1]

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

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipality of Río Claro

На других языках

[ru] Рио-Кларо (коммуна)