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Nancagua

Región del Libertador Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins19.725 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024151 km² of area131 inh./km²$8.569M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Society
93%
18th highest electoral turnout (2024)
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Population
+8,6%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
15,5%
Multidimensional poverty · 245th highest of 346
Finance
$434 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 232 of 346
Education
588,3 pts
around the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
204th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: Catastros institucionales

16 School facilities
5 Establecimientos de salud vigentes
3 Parques urbanos
2 Street markets
2 Pharmacies
2 Compañías de Bomberos
1 Cuarteles de Carabineros
1 Hospitals
0 Puntos de cobro en rutas concesionadas

Education uses administrative directories and counts institutions or campuses. OpenStreetMap is retained only as a coverage comparison and does not provide primary equipment figures.

Nancagua es una comuna y ciudad de la zona central de Chile de la provincia de Colchagua, en la región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. Limita al norte con San Vicente, al sur con Chépica, al este con Placilla y Chimbarongo y al oeste con Santa Cruz.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

48.5 /100
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#195 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety50
Health59
Culture and environment38
Education47
Infrastructure51
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Aníbal Valenzuela C.
INDEPENDIENTE
6.901
votes (49.59%)
15.859
Electoral roll
92,68%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 8 terms
AV
Aníbal Valenzuela C.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
6.901
votes
MA
Mario Andres Bustamante Salinas
2021-2024 · IND
2.681
votes
EE
Eduardo Escanilla Gaete
2008-2012 · PPD
2.697
votes
EE
Eduardo Escanilla Gaete
2004-2008 · PPD
4.192
votes
EE
Eduardo Escanilla Gaete
2000-2004 · PPD
2.089
votes
EE
Eduardo Escanilla Gaete
1996-2000 · PPD
1.780
votes
MA
Mario Arenas Lizana
1994-1996 · DC
748
votes
MA
Monica Arellano Rivas
1992-1994 · RN
933
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

GA
Gabriel Ahumada D.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO POR LA DEMOCRACIA
1.604
votes
RC
Richard Caceres O.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO DEMOCRATA CRISTIANO
1.214
votes
AS
Adolfo Suarez C.
TU COMUNA RADICAL · PARTIDO RADICAL DE CHILE
1.206
votes
AV
Aurora Videla C.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
911
votes
CC
Consuelo Contreras T.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
635
votes
AR
Angelo Rivera P.
ECOLOGISTAS, ANIMALISTAS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO ALIANZA VERDE POPULAR
405
votes

Sesiones

Última sesión82 minWatch session ↗

En una línea: La sesión estuvo marcada por la tensión entre concejales y la administración por la restitución de un funcionario de salud ordenada por Contraloría y por la falta de información oportuna al Concejo.

Temas tratados

  • Falla en correos institucionales (marzo 2026): El encargado de informática explicó la pérdida de correos entre el 16 y 19 de marzo por un fallo del proveedor de hosting; el municipio migra a Microsoft.
  • Cuenta del alcalde: Recorridos de obras, reunión con vecinos de la cablería por accidente vial, limpieza de canal, avance de pavimentación en Chacarilla y Canteras, mejoras en Parque Alameda.
  • Resoluciones de Contraloría: Se informó el rechazo a la reconsideración del municipio sobre la restitución de un funcionario del SEFAN, y fallo favorable al municipio en recurso de protección de feriantes.
  • Modificación presupuestaria y contratos: Aprobación de modificación presupuestaria n.º 12, sustitución de contrato de nichos en cementerio y convenio de salud "Más Salud Comunidad".
  • Patentes: Caducación de tres patentes de alcohol por cese de actividad o fallecimiento del titular; patente de empresa "Entre Ruta SpA" postergada para más antecedentes.

Acuerdos y votaciones

  • Actas ordinaria n.º 50 y extraordinaria n.º 11: Aprobadas por unanimidad.
  • Modificación presupuestaria n.º 12: Aprobada por unanimidad.
  • Sustitución de contrato, construcción de nichos cementerio: Aprobada por unanimidad.
  • Convenio Servicio de Salud "Más Salud Comunidad" (monto aproximado $36.632.878; cifra según transcripción, verificar): Aprobado por unanimidad.
  • Caducación de tres patentes de alcohol (roles 140 y otros): Aprobadas por unanimidad.
  • Patente "Entre Ruta SpA": Postergada a próxima sesión a pedido de concejales que solicitaron más antecedentes.

Plata y obras

  • Convenio "Más Salud Comunidad": Monto mencionado aproximado de $36.632.878 (cifra dudosa por calidad de transcripción); primera transferencia en julio.
  • Pavimentación calle Chacarilla: En ejecución, próxima a terminar; obra en hormigón.
  • Canteras (ensanchamiento de camino): Financiado por Vialidad; maquinaria prevista para la semana siguiente.
  • Nichos cementerio: Contrato de construcción aprobado (licitación ID 3764, no queda claro el monto total).
  • Programa de esterilización de mascotas (financiado por SUBDERE): Ya adjudicado; meta de 1.030 animales (710 perros, 320 gatos) con microchip obligatorio; plazo 240 días.
  • Remuneraciones retroactivas funcionario SEFAN: La restitución ordenada por Contraloría implicará pago de sueldos no percibidos desde enero; no se mencionó monto exacto.

Puntos de debate o controversia

  • Restitución de funcionario del SEFAN: Los concejales Cáceres y Soares cuestionaron duramente que el municipio haya insistido ante Contraloría pese al dictamen, generando costos retroactivos a los vecinos. El alcalde informó que el funcionario fue reintegrado.
  • Falta de información al Concejo: Concejal Cáceres criticó que la falla de correos y el oficio de Contraloría no fueron comunicados proactivamente; la administración argumentó que primero se esperan informes de la ANCI antes de informar.
  • Publicaciones del alcalde en redes sociales: La concejala Contreras llamó al alcalde a responder los cuestionamientos en la mesa del concejo y no en Facebook, y cuestionó que el CESFAM tuviera que defenderse públicamente sin respaldo de la autoridad.
  • Feriantes del domingo: Fallo de la Corte de Apelaciones de Rancagua favorable al municipio; el concejal Cáceres pidió que el proceso de recuperación de puestos se haga con diálogo previo a los feriantes afectados.

Para seguir

  • Patente "Entre Ruta SpA": pendiente de más antecedentes para próxima sesión.
  • Concejal Cáceres solicitó informe sobre pago de remuneraciones y cotizaciones del funcionario restituido (enero–mayo 2026) y multas por atraso.
  • Concejal Soares pidió calendario de operativos de esterilización de mascotas y mecanismos de control interno.
  • Concejal Donoso solicitó respuesta sobre columbarios en cementerio, vestuario de funcionarios, camarines Club La Orilla y planificación de emergencias de invierno.
  • Concejala Tapia solicitó regularización de entrega de pañales a niños con dependencia severa (vía oficio) y visitas a terreno por perros callejeros e iglesia en Jacky La Riva.
  • Reunión con director regional de CENAPREC prevista para el día siguiente en el cuartel de Bomberos (preparación ante temporada de lluvias/fenómeno El Niño).
  • Alcalde comprometió minuta de avances sobre solución de alcantarillado para sector mencionado (no queda claro el nombre exacto del sector en la transcripción).

Summary generated by AI (claude-sonnet-4-6) from the official broadcast transcript · may contain inaccuracies

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

What the council resolvesSource: Official minutes · AI extraction (ongoing)

Resolutions extracted
389
of 211 minutes read
Money involved
$3.682.494.203
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
4.5 · Autorización cometido al extranjero del Sr. Alcalde a la ciudad de Córdoba, Argentina.Appointment——
4.4 · Aprobación solicitud de patente de alcoholes solicitada por Sociedad Siria Limitada.License——
4.3 · Aprobación Modificación Presupuestaria N°9 del Departamento de Salud.Budget amendment——
4.2 · Aprobación Modificación Presupuestaria N°8 de la Gestión Municipal.Budget amendment——
4.1 · Aprobación respuestas a observaciones fundadas del Plan Regulador Comunal.Regulation——
Aprobación de actas anterioresOther——

Resolutions voted by the council, automatically extracted from the official minutes (extraction ongoing: coverage grows as the 94.917 indexed minutes are processed). May contain reading errors; the official document is the municipality's PDF.

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
135
Highly complex
18
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
202119—811—
2020221048—
201952—1933—
20181—1——
2016306204—
201511272—

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • CD
    Compania de Petroleos de Chile Copec S a
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2025–2026
  • L
    Ligup
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2019–2021
  • I
    Ist
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2018–2025
  • BE
    Banco Estado
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2017–2018
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2018–2026
  • SM
    Salud Moderna de Chile SpA, Mediclic
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2020–2021
  • AG
    APS Gestión SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2020–2024
  • AD
    Asesorías Deportivas Hp Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2018–2020
  • FR
    Fundación Revalora Chile
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021
  • AG
    Asoc. Gremial Extractores de Áridos del Tinguiririca A.g.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2017–2021
  • ST
    Sba Torres Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • OA
    Otec Agencia Internacional de Formación para la Excelencia Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2018
  • SF
    Seguridad Fap
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • SB
    Servicios Bpsystem Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2022–2023
  • CM
    Centro Medico Bioimagen
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2023
  • CI
    Ciudad Inteligente
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2025
  • W
    Wom
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
  • MI
    Maoz Inmobiliaria e Inversiones SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2020
  • CN
    Compañia Nacional de Telefonos, Telefonica del Sur S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2022
and 65 more organizations that requested meetings

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

16.218
inhabitants
19.855
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050 →
Since 2002
+23%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
21.693
+3% vs. 2035 (20.993)
Over 60 · 2050
39,33%
29,37% in 2035 · +10 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)96,66 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)0,8 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment165 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment50 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)588,3 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)628,8 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo18.723 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)8,9 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)15,5 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples3,6 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 130 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
18.581
9.732 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
6.146
63% of RSH households
Female-headed households
49%
4.802
Elderly (60+)4.44724% of RSH
Children and adolescents (<18)3.82021% of RSH
Foreign nationals6373% of RSH
Belonging to indigenous peoples4302% of RSH
People with moderate/severe dependency2551% of RSH
Single-person households4.64048%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

Matrícula escolar · total comunal
3.427
16 schools · all school types
Publicmunicipal + SLEP
1.560
8 schools
Students per teacher
12,2
281 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
89,2%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
60,6%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 46%Private subsidized 54%
Pass rate
98,6%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
2,52%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Total enrollment includes every school type; public enrollment includes only municipal and SLEP schools. Schools are counted by active RBD, not map objects. Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. Source: MINEDUC Open Data.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
1
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
3
FONASA enrollees
10.608
54% of the population
Doctors employed
4
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 46Contract staff: 28Fee contracts: 6
Primary-care medical visits · per year
20.459
43.905
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
828
491
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (10.636 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar CunacoFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal7.51464%
Posta de Salud Rural Puquillay BajoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal1.86564%
Posta de Salud Rural Puquillay AltoRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal71464%
Posta de Salud Rural YáquilRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal54365%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $2.474.643.000 ($233.281/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $1.655.138.000Municipal contribution: $132.715.000

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
674
3.6% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche58586.8%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

Community organizationSource: RPJSFL Civil Registry (Law 20.500/19.418) · as of Jun 2026

Active neighborhood councils
7
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
0.4
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
64
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
16
Social and aid
8
Sports
5
Cultural
2
For the elderly
1
Foundations and corporations
1
Fire brigades
1

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

3 Local media · 2 Comunitaria · 1 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
MMADRIGALFM99.5 FM
MMAGALLANESComunitaria107.1 FM
CGCentro General de Padres y Apoderados del Colegio Basico Consolidado de Nancagua · holderComunitaria107.5 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
1.178
6,3% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
597 people · 51% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
597 Venezuela
362 Bolivia
60 Colombia
42 Haití

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Families in informal settlements
81
2 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
482
7,4% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
22
3.667 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
304
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
439
beneficiaries · 2012–2025
Subsidies Rental · DS52
52
paid · 2014–2024

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

12.809homes · by type (2017)
House
6.251 · 99.6%
House
6.216 · 95.1%
Shack/hut/shanty
230 · 3.5%
Other private
31 · 0.5%
Room in old house/tenement
29 · 0.4%
Apartment
24 · 0.4%
Shack/improvised dwelling
10 · 0.2%
Other private
6 · 0.1%
Room in old house/tenement
5 · 0.1%
Mobile
3 · 0%
Indigenous dwelling
2 · 0%
Apartment
2 · 0%
73%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
2.451 · 62.7%
Rented
453 · 11.6%
Owned, being paid off
383 · 9.8%
Free of charge
320 · 8.2%
Provided for work
304 · 7.8%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
1
Beds
22
4,8 per 1,000 over-60s

Long-stay facilities for the elderly registered in Chile Cuida. Comunas without ELEAM send their elders to other comunas. With projected ageing (see Demographic projection), this capacity defines whether one can age in one's own comuna.

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$8.569.081.000
Own revenue
$2.339.350.000
27% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$4.454.976.000
52% of the total
State transfers
$1.067.261.000
12% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$976.564.000
$8.569.081.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

13.3%
45.6%
13.8%
25.1%
Property tax$311.507.000
Business licenses$1.066.032.000
Vehicle permits$321.871.000
Cleaning fees$53.496.000
Other own revenue$586.444.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $6.634.000

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
53.4%
30.2%
16.4%
Municipal$8.569.081.000
Education$4.853.252.000
Health$2.631.151.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $3.908.670.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$314.510.000
$2.339.350.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$436.019.000
$4.454.976.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$80.776.000
$1.067.261.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$9.682.936.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$8.265.425.000
Execution rate
85.4%
Unexecuted: $1.417.511.000
Medium execution: it executed 85.4%. Left unspent: $1.417.511.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$976.564.000
$8.265.425.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

48.7%
42.7%
Internal management$4.026.809.000
Community services$3.526.614.000
Social programs$223.488.000
Municipal activities$444.930.000
Recreational programs$17.391.000
Cultural programs$26.193.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$2.799.432.00033.9%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$2.474.643.00029.9%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$2.050.353.00024.8%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$836.547.00010.1%
Investment (works and projects)$643.728.0007.8%
Electricity (facilities)$443.308.0005.4%
Transfers to health$132.715.0001.6%
Councillor stipends$81.114.0001.0%
Water (facilities)$52.387.0000.6%
Street lighting$31.809.0000.4%
Travel allowances$8.597.0000.1%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

24.8%
33.9%
41.3%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$2.050.353.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$2.799.432.000
Others$3.415.640.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

47.7%
19.2%
30.3%
Permanent staff$1.402.385.000
Contract staff$563.972.000
Fee contracts$83.996.000
Community progs.$892.592.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

65.4%
34.6%
Permanent staff51
Contract staff27
Total: 78 staffWomen: 38.5%Professionalization: 44.9%
Cost/staffer permanent: $27.094.333/yearCost/staffer contract: $15.069.852/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $643.728.000 (7.8% of spending)Councillor stipends: $81.114.000Travel allowances: $8.597.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $836.547.000Street lighting: $31.809.000Electricity: $443.308.000Water: $52.387.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

115
36
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

156
31
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público ↗
Historic amount
$43.328.626.617
Purchase orders
24.605

Purchase-order amount · trend

$324.628.880
$3.544.837.841
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Demarco S.A.$2.192.500.80131
Serv de Ingenieria Electrica y Telecom Traza Limitada$1.669.861.8728
Luis Horacio Olave Polanco$1.598.834.7341
Starco S a$1.481.488.60476
Constructora e Inmobiliaria Yáquil SpA$1.199.590.47828
Juan Alfonso Rencoret Valencia$735.693.93638
Servicios Generales de Aseos Aromos Limitada$691.754.85642
Constructora y Transportes Berrios y Asociados Lim$653.972.08017

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $2.750.497.00178%
Agile Purchase $382.026.35611%
Framework Agreement $251.536.0667%
Direct award discretionary$160.778.4185%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
1.667
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
4.811

Pyramid by sales bracket

63.2%
14.1%
20.8%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)1.053 companies
Small (≤25k UF)235 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)25 companies
Large (>100k UF)7 companies
No sales/no info347 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Constructora Santo Domingo I LimitadaCONSTRUCCIONLarge 2401
Agricola Rio Grande Sociedad AnonimaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 2171
Agricola Tenquelen S aAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 2126
Agricola Casagrande LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCALarge 1103
Inmobiliaria Acacios LimitadaACTIVIDADES INMOBILIARIASLarge 128
Agricola las Tres Marias Ltda.AGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 266
Agricola Pacifico Sociedad AnonimaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 248
Soc Agricola Santa Maria de Puquillay SpAAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 218
Inversiones Hierro Viejo SpAACTIVIDADES FINANCIERAS Y DE SEGUROSMedium 212
Agricola el Tranque LimitadaAGRICULTURA, GANADERIA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCAMedium 210

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
1
US$ 12 M declared
Approved last 5 years
5
US$ 66 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
80
+ 0 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
189
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Sistema de Almacenamiento de Energía AlgolDIASph Bess Algol SpAApproved4545
Nueva Línea de Transmisión Eléctrica 2X154 Kv Tinguiririca - Santa CruDIAAlto Huemul Transmision SpAApproved2897
Proyecto Habitacional Senderos de Nancagua D.S N°49DIAConstructora Malpo SpAUnder Review12,14380
Parque Fotovoltaico YaquilDIAMetis SpAApproved970
Ampliación Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas NancaguaDIAEssbio S.A.Approved2,140
Extracción Mecanizada de Áridos en río Tinguiririca, comunas de NancagDIAMaquinarias Tierra del Valle LimitaApproved1,83

Investment DECLARED by the owner upon entering SEIA (not necessarily materialized; the RCA expires after 5 years without works). Multi-comuna projects: prorated investment, jobs counted in full. Jobs = declared peak labor (source PRISMA/SOFOFA). Source: e-SEIA + PRISMA.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

MOP road networkSource: Dirección de Vialidad / MOP · 2026

Kilometres of MOP road network
91 km
National Road Network routes crossing the municipality

Infrastructure under the authority of the Roads Directorate, not the municipality. Each segment's official length is allocated by its intersection with municipal boundaries; it is neither the entire street network nor a measure of municipal management.

Environment and air qualitySource: MMA · SINCA + PPDA + RETC

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
0 t SO₂
0 t Material particulado
0 t MP10
0 t MP2,5

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Nearest protected wilderness area (SNASPE)
Las Palmas de CocalanNational Parkat 51 km

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

58
Species
8
Flora
50
Fauna
28
In conservation status
26
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
PochaCheirodon pisciculusVU★Rana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVU★Belloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVU★Lagartija de schröederLiolaemus schroederiVU★Sapo de ruloRhinella aruncoVU★QueuleGomortega keuleEN★PitaoPitavia punctataEN★Belloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaEN★RuilNothofagus alessandriiEN★TolloDiplomystes nahuelbutaensisEN★RanitaRhinoderma rufumCR★Perca negraPercichthys melanopsVU★BagrecitoBullockia maldonadoiEN★PancoraAegla laevisEN★Tollo de agua dulceDiplomystes chilensisEN★BagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUGüiñaLeopardus guignaVULagarto nítidoLiolaemus nitidusNT★IguanaCallopistes maculatusNT★Sapo arrieroAlsodes nodosusNT★Sapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTPumaPuma concolorNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNTPalito negro, doradillaAdiantum chilenseNTCuervo de pantanoPlegadis chihiNTColo-coloLeopardus colocoloNT

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

1 Wetlands · 1 urban · 272 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-06-57Rio Tinguiririca y trib.urban272 /2.293

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 3 projects totaling US$ 424 million, approved between 2014 and 2026. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Environmental Sanitation1 project · US$ 370 M · 2014
Viña Luis Felipe Edwards Ltda. — Modificación Sistema de Tratamiento de Riles
Energy2 projects · US$ 54 M · 2026
Sph Bess Algol SpA — Sistema de Almacenamiento de Energía Algol · Nueva Línea de Transmisión Eléctrica 2X154 Kv Tinguiririca - Santa Cruz

Approved is not the same as built or operating: the RCA authorises the project, but some were never carried out and others have since closed.

Source: projects with an RCA approved by SEIA (investment declared by the developer, split among the comunas the project spans). Under each sector are its two largest projects by investment. It is the best public proxy for large industrial sites; SERNAGEOMIN’s registry of active mining operations (by mineral and type of operation) is a layer not yet incorporated.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
CGE
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSBIO
Higher education
No campus · nearest in Santa Cruz at 18.1 km

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
5 m²
50% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
PTAS - NANCAGUAPTAS · lagunas aireadasESSBIO S.A. · discharges into río tinguiririca
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Parque El Guanaco (Teno) · 7.245 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
3
Area affected
2 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
28 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
42
At high or very high risk
31
2 very high
Main threat
Inundación por desborde de c…
Inundación por desborde de cauce

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Water scarcitySource: DGA · MOP (scarcity-zone decrees)

No scarcity decree in force today.
Years under decree since 2008
4
latest: 2022 · drought chronicity

DGA water-scarcity zone decrees (by comuna, province or region; basin decrees are not counted here, so chronicity is a floor). The decree enables extraordinary water redistribution measures. At the megadrought's peak (2021) 286 comunas were under decree; today 26.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
14,6°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,19°C
Annual precipitation
609 mm
projection: -3%
Hot days>30°C
48
projection: +29 days
Frost days
10

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
1.186
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
6.013
Police cases · trend
914
1.186
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Domestic violence2821.430
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces2091.060
Threats140710
Property damage115583
Larceny69350
Burglary of an uninhabited place58294
Minor injuries53269
Burglary of an inhabited place44223
Robbery with violence or intimidation33167
Weapons-related crimes30152
Drug-related crimes25127
Crimes and offenses under the arms law20101

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 26.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
50
Guards and inspectors
11
1 per 1.793 hab
Patrol fleet
2
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Pickups: 2
Surveillance cameras · trend
15
50
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
110
Deaths
2
10,1 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
90
7 serious
Pedestrian collisions
5

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.