San Clemente, Chile


San Clemente is a city and commune administered by the municipality of San Clemente, located in the Talca Province of Chile's Maule Region.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Clemente spans an area of and has 37,261 inhabitants. Of these, 13,398 lived in urban areas and 23,863 in rural areas. The population grew by 2.3% between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, San Clemente 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 Oscar Galvez Rebolledo.
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Clemente is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Pablo Lorenzini and Pedro Pablo Alvarez-Salamanca as part of the 38th electoral district,. The commune is represented in the Senate by Juan Antonio Coloma Correa and Andrés Zaldívar Larraín as part of the 10th senatorial constituency.