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Puchuncaví

Valparaíso21.221 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024299 km² of area71 inh./km²$17.752M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Environment
62 species in conservation status
10th most documented threatened species
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Society
32%
18th highest multidimensional poverty in the country
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Livability
1 m²/hab
10th fewest green areas per inhabitant
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Livability
39.1/100
21st least liveable in the country
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Education
538 pts
21st worst PAES reading comprehension
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Population
+22%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
31,6%
Multidimensional poverty · 18th highest of 346
Finance
$837 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 92 of 346
Environment
18,4 µg/m³
Air below the Chilean standard, above the WHO guideline (PM2.5)
Safety
9.740
cases per 100k inhab. · 13th in the country
Education
537,8 pts
below the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
295th
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: Catastros institucionales

15 School facilities
9 Establecimientos de salud vigentes
5 Pharmacies
4 Cuarteles de Carabineros
3 Compañías de Bomberos
2 Street markets
1 Higher education campuses
1 Instituciones de educación superior
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.

Liveability index · EIU style

39.1 /100
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#326 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety33
Health30
Culture and environment51
Education26
Infrastructure47
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Marcos Morales U.Re-elected
CHILE VAMOS · INDEPENDIENTE
7.486
votes (47.5%)
20.029
Electoral roll
88,71%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 7 terms
MM
Marcos Morales U.
2024-2028 · INDEPENDIENTE
7.486
votes
MA
Marcos Antonio Morales Ureta
2021-2024 · IND
3.482
votes
AV
Agustín Valencia García
2008-2012 · ILC
2.751
votes
AV
Agustín Valencia García
2004-2008 · ILC
2.955
votes
CP
Camilo Perez Vicencio
2000-2004 · ILC
2.831
votes
CP
Camilo Perez Vicencio
1996-2000 · ILDRN
2.634
votes
CP
Camilo Perez Vicencio
1992-1996 · ILD
2.088
votes

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

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

JP
Juan Peña B.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
1.119
votes
AV
Agustin Valencia G.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · INDEPENDIENTE
1.106
votes
BA
Benjamin Angulo V.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · FRENTE AMPLIO
990
votes
JP
Juan Perez H.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · UNION DEMOCRATA INDEPENDIENTE
930
votes
RB
Rosa Berrios L.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
801
votes
AL
Andrea Lodi R.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
481
votes

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

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

Resolutions extracted
269
of 134 minutes read
Money involved
$30.224.397.074
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
182 · Aprueban la Modificación Presupuestaria N°025 para el Área Municipal, que incluye aumento de ingresos por bonificaciones adicionales y otras entidades públicas, así como un aumento en gastos por indemnización de cargo fiscal.Budget amendment$61.905.000unanimidad
181 · Aprueban la Modificación Presupuestaria N°024 para el Área Salud, que incluye disminución de gastos en arrendamientos y aumentos en asignaciones por desempleo, otras asignaciones y trabajo extraordinario.Budget amendment$17.500.000unanimidad
4.3 · Renuncia a Indemnización Junta de Vecinos Cruz del Llano.Settlement—unanimidad
4.2 · Aprobación de Avenimiento en Causa RIT M-27-2024 Caratulada Santos Morales con Servintegral y Municipalidad de Puchuncaví.Settlement$274.000mayoria
4.1 · Modificación al Presupuesto Municipal 2024 N°027, correspondiente al Área Municipal.Budget amendment—unanimidad
4.2 · Mejoramiento baños y camarines del Estadio MunicipalTender$107.524.681unanimidad

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
39
Highly complex
5
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
20247——6—
202010—46—
20199—9——
201813533—

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

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

  • Jd
    Junta de Vecinos 11 de Maitencillo Norte
    Lobby / interest management · 13 audiencias · 2015–2022
  • IE
    Inversiones el Alto S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 10 audiencias · 2017–2025
    Lobby / interest management · 1 audiencia · 2017
  • LE
    Lg Electronics Inc. Chile Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 7 audiencias · 2015–2019
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos los Altos del Sol
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2016–2020
  • Jd
    Junta de Vecinos el Rungue
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2015–2019
  • AD
    Agrupación de Artesanos Calle Viña del Mar
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2015–2017
  • VE
    Valor Estrategico
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2020–2024
  • ys
    Yes S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2017–2021
  • IJ
    Inversiones Juan Pablo Varas SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • JD
    Junta de Adelanto "bellavista"
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2016
  • CA
    Comité Adelanto la Pasarela
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2016–2017
  • IM
    Inmobiliaria Mar de Maitencillo S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2016–2019
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos John Kennedy
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2021
  • CD
    Centro de Madres Brisas Marinas
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2018
  • JD
    Junta de Vecinos Nº 95, Punta de Fraile
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2017
  • PD
    Productora de Eventos Old School Limitada
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2018
  • CD
    Comite de Vivienda Luna de Mar
    Lobby / interest management · 4 audiencias · 2015–2016
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2019–2025
  • JD
    Junat de Vecinos la Chocota
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2017–2019
  • AD
    Agrupación Discapacitados Sayri
    Lobby / interest management · 3 audiencias · 2015–2017
and 194 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

13.582
inhabitants
21.490
inhabitants
20022025

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

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Since 2002
+60%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
26.532
+11% vs. 2035 (23.860)
Over 60 · 2050
36,61%
29,43% in 2035 · +7 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)61,8 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)4,3 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment109 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment100 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)537,8 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)541,5 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo22.539 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)3,3 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)31,6 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples5,85 %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 195 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
24.661
12.889 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
7.730
60% of RSH households
Female-headed households
51%
6.584
Elderly (60+)6.32926% of RSH
Children and adolescents (<18)5.05420% of RSH
Foreign nationals8784% of RSH
Belonging to indigenous peoples5222% of RSH
People with moderate/severe dependency3541% of RSH
Single-person households6.35549%

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
3.731
15 schools · all school types
Publicmunicipal + SLEP
3.498
14 schools
Students per teacher
10,9
341 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
89,7%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
68,4%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 94%Private subsidized 6%
Pass rate
96,1%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
2,39%
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
2
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
2
FONASA enrollees
20.777
98% of the population
Doctors employed
10
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 71Contract staff: 42Fee contracts: 44
Primary-care medical visits · per year
10.810
64.703
20102025
Comprehensive home visits · per year
600
106
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 (20.902 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar PuchuncavíFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal10.58555%
Centro de Salud Familiar VentanasFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal9.10361%
Posta de Salud Rural HorcónRural Health Post (PSR)Municipal84268%
Posta de Salud Rural Maitencillo (Puchuncaví)Rural Health Post (PSR)Municipal37262%

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

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $4.435.530.000 ($213.483/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $3.493.722.000Municipal contribution: $687.539.000

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

Indigenous population
1.319
5.9% of the census population (Census 2024)
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche1.07381.3%
Diaguita796.0%
Aymara644.9%

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
58
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
2.7
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
522
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
110
Social and aid
70
Sports
49
For the elderly
22
Cultural
19
Foundations and corporations
2
Trade associations and cooperatives
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.

2 Local media · ComunitariaSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
OOCEANOComunitaria106.7 FM
CdClub de Ayuda a la Comunidad Social y Cultural Accion y Hermandad · holderComunitaria106.1 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
949
4,2% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
324 people · 34% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
324 Venezuela
191 Colombia
106 Argentina
78 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
14
2 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
399
4,7% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
172
26.630 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
127
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
206
beneficiaries · 2012–2023
Subsidies Rental · DS52
58
paid · 2014–2025

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

25.782homes · by type (2017)
House
15.270 · 87.6%
House
8.230 · 98.6%
Apartment
1.765 · 10.1%
Shack/hut/shanty
222 · 1.3%
Other private
155 · 0.9%
Apartment
60 · 0.7%
Other private
34 · 0.4%
Room in old house/tenement
18 · 0.1%
Shack/improvised dwelling
17 · 0.2%
Mobile
6 · 0%
Room in old house/tenement
3 · 0%
Mobile
2 · 0%
75%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
2.543 · 66.9%
Rented
379 · 10%
Owned, being paid off
323 · 8.5%
Provided for work
302 · 7.9%
Free of charge
254 · 6.7%

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

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
1
Beds
64
12,2 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
$17.752.486.000
Own revenue
$9.095.286.000
51% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$5.053.432.000
28% of the total
State transfers
$899.173.000
5% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$1.760.394.000
$17.752.486.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

48.9%
12.6%
15.7%
17.4%
Property tax$4.444.541.000
Business licenses$1.143.450.000
Vehicle permits$1.424.829.000
Cleaning fees$501.224.000
Other own revenue$1.581.242.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $13.818.000

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

Revenue by sector · 2025
60.0%
25.1%
14.9%
Municipal$17.752.486.000
Education$7.426.348.000
Health$4.423.347.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $2.603.705.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$860.956.000
$9.095.286.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$432.005.000
$5.053.432.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$50.778.000
$899.173.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$22.486.853.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$17.556.086.000
Execution rate
78.1%
Unexecuted: $4.930.767.000
Low execution: it only executed 78.1% of the budget — $4.930.767.000 unspent.

Accrued spending · trend

$1.608.871.000
$17.556.086.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

70.0%
23.9%
Internal management$12.297.801.000
Community services$4.191.517.000
Social programs$414.985.000
Municipal activities$509.488.000
Recreational programs$74.799.000
Cultural programs$67.496.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$7.365.954.00042.0%
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$4.435.530.00025.3%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$3.944.710.00022.5%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$2.640.354.00015.0%
Investment (works and projects)$969.142.0005.5%
Transfers to health$687.539.0003.9%
Transfers to education$470.421.0002.7%
Electricity (facilities)$390.984.0002.2%
Travel allowances$91.150.0000.5%
Councillor stipends$87.373.0000.5%
Water (facilities)$43.223.0000.2%
Street lighting$36.359.0000.2%

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

22.5%
42.0%
35.6%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$3.944.710.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$7.365.954.000
Others$6.245.422.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

36.6%
17.3%
19.7%
16.6%
9.7%
Permanent staff$1.961.032.000
Contract staff$928.515.000
Fee contracts$1.055.163.000
Labor Code$892.156.000
Community progs.$521.683.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

78.1%
7.3%
14.6%
Permanent staff75
Contract staff7
Fee contracts14
Total: 96 staffFee contracts: 14.6% of the headcountWomen: 46.3%Professionalization: 86.6%
Cost/staffer permanent: $26.590.413/yearCost/staffer contract: $116.398.286/yearCost/staffer fees: $51.259.357/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: $969.142.000 (5.5% of spending)Councillor stipends: $87.373.000Travel allowances: $91.150.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $2.640.354.000Street lighting: $36.359.000Electricity: $390.984.000Water: $43.223.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

1.205
77
20012024

Building permits issued · per year

83
196
20122024

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público ↗
Historic amount
$100.144.108.228
Purchase orders
32.184

Purchase-order amount · trend

$416.469.261
$6.206.746.173
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Pacífico Librerias$6.272.108.83242
Servintegral Servicios Ltda.$4.411.739.2929
Cles Ingeniería en Limpieza$4.328.194.2288
Petroleos Trasandinos Ypf S.A.$3.677.687.76277
Fenix Ingenieria y Servicios Ltda.$2.588.624.25817
Rolando Diaz Cea y Cía Ltda.$2.088.531.73639
Manantial$1.588.988.6541
Lg Electronics$1.525.483.4401

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $4.708.512.42676%
Agile Purchase $1.002.429.49116%
Framework Agreement $360.334.4606%
Direct award discretionary$135.469.7972%

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

Registered companies
2.063
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
5.338

Pyramid by sales bracket

61.9%
14.0%
22.3%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)1.278 companies
Small (≤25k UF)289 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)31 companies
Large (>100k UF)5 companies
No sales/no info460 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Sociedad de Transportes y Movimiento de Tierra las Ventanas-Puchuncavi LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 2277
Constructora Nueva Quilicura SpACONSTRUCCIONLarge 1118
Transportes Bernal e Hijos LimitadaTRANSPORTE Y ALMACENAMIENTOLarge 170
Estacion de Servicio Comercializadora y Distribuidora Perez Silva LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 113
Inmobiliaria Pacifico SpACONSTRUCCIONLarge 14
Constructora Valencia SpACONSTRUCCIONMedium 2265
Administradora Nueva Marbellas aACTIVIDADES DE ALOJAMIENTO Y DE SERVICIO DE CMedium 2112
Marbella Country ClubACTIVIDADES ARTISTICAS, DE ENTRETENIMIENTO Y Medium 272
Santa Fe Servicios Portuarios Sociedad AnonimaEXPLOTACION DE MINAS Y CANTERASMedium 271
Gas Quinta Region Norte LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACMedium 230

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
3
US$ 202 M declared
Approved last 5 years
9
US$ 2.376 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
230
+ 20 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
1.693
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
Desarrollo Urbano Habitacional Maratué de PuchuncavíEIAInmobiliaria el Refugio Ltda.Approved2.000650
Modificación Terminal GNL Quintero: Construcción Planta DesalinizadoraEIAGnl Quintero S.A.Under Review400260
Planta Fotovoltaica VernazzaDIAVernazza SpAApproved285330
Modificación Proyecto Aconcagua, ajustes al emisario e inmisario y aumEIAAguas Pacifico SpAApproved280571
Solar Ray 1DIASolar Ray 1 SpAApproved40138
Hidrógeno Verde Bahía de QuinteroEIAGnl Quintero S.A.Approved3090
Proyecto Redes Primarias y Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas LocDIAEsval S.A.Approved24,786372
Planta Fotovoltaica ManarolaDIAManarola SpAApproved1940
Parque Fotovoltaico Los Maquis SolarDIALos Maquis Solar SpAApproved11,7540
Transporte terrestre de ácido sulfúrico entre la región de Arica y ParDIAAsociación Gremial de Dueños de CamApproved9,72—
Logística y transporte de Sustancias peligrosas en las Regiones XV, I,DIASociedad de Servicios y TransportesUnder Review6,3—
Condominio El Refugio MaitencilloDIAInmobiliaria el Refugio SpAUnder Review2100

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
112 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

MP2,5 · annual average
18,4µg/m³· above the WHO guideline, below the Chilean standard
OMS 5
CL standard 20
3,7× the WHO 2021 guideline · 0,9× the Chilean standard · 1 days above daily standard (50 µg/m³)
MP10 · annual average
45,8µg/m³· above the WHO guideline, below the Chilean standard
OMS 15
CL standard 50
3,1× the WHO 2021 guideline · 0,9× the Chilean standard · 0 days above daily standard (150 µg/m³)
7monitoring stations· measures MP2,5; MP10; O3; SO2; NO2; CO· stations: Campiche, La Greda, Los Maitenes, Meteorológica Principal, Puchuncaví, Terminal Concentrados, Ventanas
vigenteindustrial-mineroSO2; MP2,5
PPDA Concón, Quintero y Puchuncaví
DS 105/2018 · published 2019 · see plan →

Zone with decontamination plan PPDA Concon-Quintero-Puchuncavi · critical pollutant SO2 / MP

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

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2024); 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)
La CampanaNational Parkat 32.2 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.

337
Species
210
Flora
126
Fauna
1
Funga
94
In conservation status
61
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Belloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVU★Belloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaEN★QueuleGomortega keuleEN★RuilNothofagus alessandriiEN★Huillipatagua, naranjillo, pataguaCitronella mucronataVU★PitaoPitavia punctataEN★Palma chilena, palmera chilena, palmera de coquitos, palma de miel, palma de vino de chile, can – canJubaea chilensisEN★Patagua, patahuaCrinodendron pataguaVU★Paramela de til-tilAdesmia resinosaEN★Sapo de ruloRhinella aruncoVU★Lagartija de schröederLiolaemus schroederiVU★GuayacánPorlieria chilensisVU★PochaCheirodon pisciculusVU★Roble de santiago, roble blanco, roble, hualle, pellín,hualoNothofagus macrocarpaVU★UvilloMonttea chilensisEN★Rana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVU★Sandillón, asiento de la suegraEriosyce aurataVU★Gruñidor de valeriaPristidactylus valeriaeEN★Pejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVU★Lagartija de gravenhorstLiolaemus gravenhorstiVU★Vaquita de la isla choros, vaquita del desiertoGyriosomus granulipennisVU★Vaquita del desierto de paposoGyriosomus angustusEN★Cascarudo de las docasCallyntra multicostaEN★Lamprea de agua dulceMordacia lapicidaEN★Lagarto gruñidor de álvaroPristidactylus alvaroiCR★PancoraAegla laevisEN★Tollo de agua dulceDiplomystes chilensisEN★Bagre grandeNematogenys inermisEN★AñañucaPhycella scarlatinaVU★Araucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUChungungo, nutria marina, gato de mar, chinchiménLontra felinaENLinguePersea lingueVUPingüino de humboldt, pingüino, pájaro niño, patranka, humboldt penguin (inglés), peruvian penguin (inglés)Spheniscus humboldtiENAlerceFitzroya cupressoidesENRatón topo del matorralChelemys megalonyxVUGuanacoLama guanicoeVUCanelo, boique, voigue, fuñe, choólDrimys winteriENGüiñaLeopardus guignaVUPiuquén, piquén, guayataChloephaga melanopteraENOlivillo, teque, tique, palo muerto, aceitunilloAextoxicon punctatumVUTricahueCyanoliseus patagonusENGaviota garumaLeucophaeus modestusVUPidencitoLaterallus jamaicensisENTarántula chilena rosada, araña pollitoGrammostola roseaVUPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUAbejorro, abejorro colorado, moscardón, duillin, diwmeñ, abejorro gigante de la patagonia, don basilioBombus dahlbomiiENBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUBallena de aleta, rorcual comúnBalaenoptera physalusCRBallena sei, rorcual bacalao, rorcual de rudolphiBalaenoptera borealisCRChinchilla cordilleranaChinchilla chinchillaCRComadrejita trompudaRhyncholestes raphanurusVUPingüino reyAptenodytes patagonicusENDelfín naríz de botellaTursiops truncatusENYuncoPelecanoides garnotiiENPetrel de westlandProcellaria westlandicaENCiprés de cordillera, lenAustrocedrus chilensisVUChorlo de doble collar, chorlito de doble collarCharadrius falklandicusVUChorlo nevadoCharadrius nivosusVUZarapito de pico recto, aguja café, becasina de mar, hudsonian godwit (inglés)Limosa haemasticaVU
and 34 more

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.

11 Wetlands · 10 urban · 519 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-05-93Estero Mala Caraurban256 /477
HUR-05-06Estero Puchuncavi - Campicheurban218 /232
HUR-05-05Laguna Zapallarurban33 /148
HUR-05-126Humedal Sector El Altourban5
HPU-05-02Humedales Sector Los Maitenes5
HUR-05-127Humedal sin identificarurban1
HUR-05-134Laguna Sector Marbellaurban1
HUR-05-104Playa El Abanicourban1
HUR-05-94Piscina 3urban0
HUR-05-157Estero Quirillucaurban0
HUR-05-158Sector Rungueurban0

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. 40 projects totaling US$ 5.170 million, approved between 1997 and 2026. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Real estate10 projects · US$ 3.287 M · 2000–2024
Inmobiliaria el Refugio Ltda. — Desarrollo Urbano Habitacional Maratué de Puchuncaví · COSTAMAI TRES (e-seia)
Energy11 projects · US$ 1.102 M · 1997–2025
Interchile S.A. — Plan de Expansión Chile LT 2x500 kV Cardones - Polpaico · Gasoducto Trasandino y Distribución de Gas Natural en Chile
Port Infrastructure4 projects · US$ 376 M · 2007–2017
Gnl Quintero S.A. — Aumento de Capacidad Fase 2 del Terminal GNLQ · Descarga Almacenamiento y Regasificación de Gas Natural Licuado (GNL)
Hydraulic Infrastructure1 project · US$ 140 M · 2026
Aguas Pacifico SpA — Modificación Proyecto Aconcagua, ajustes al emisario e inmisario y aumento capacidad de la Planta Desalinizadora
Others8 projects · US$ 93 M · 1999–2017
Terquim S.A. — Construcción Depósitos de Graneles Líquidos · Terminal de Asfaltos y Combustibles Cordex
Environmental Sanitation2 projects · US$ 79 M · 2018–2024
Aguas Pacifico SpA — Proyecto Aconcagua · Proyecto Redes Primarias y Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas Localidad de Maitencillo
Miscellaneous industrial facilities3 projects · US$ 78 M · 2005–2013
Oxiquim S.A. — Ampliación Terminal Marítimo Quintero Oxiquim S.A. · Planta Industrial de Molienda de Cemento, Ventanas, V Región (e-seia)
Mining1 project · US$ 15 M · 1997
Compañía Minera Tocopilla S.A. — Planta de Flotación Los Maitenes

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
Chilquinta · also CGE
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
Aguas Santiago Norte · also Servicios Sanitarios el Molino Uno y Compania Limitada, ESVAL
Higher education
1 campus in the comuna

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.

Environmental conflictsSource: SNIFA · SMA + Environmental Search · Environmental Courts

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
2
Sanctioned entities
2
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
132 UTA
1 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Puerto Ventanas S.A. ↗PUERTO VENTANASPort Infrastructure132
Ilustre Municipalidad de Puchuncaví ↗PLAN REGULADOR COMUNAL DE PUCHUNCAVIOther categories—

Environmental sanctions final from the SMA (no pending appeals) whose auditable unit sits in the comuna: companies, individuals and institutions (including the municipality). Fine in UTA (Annual Tax Unit). Source: Public Sanctions Registry, SNIFA.

Appeals before the Environmental Courts

Appeals
5
on projects in the comuna
Upheld
2
the court sided with the claimant
Case no.Parties / projectSubjectDecision
R-528-2025 ↗
2TA
Montecarmelo S.A. y otro / Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente
Procesamiento de Sales Metálicas
Environmental sanction proceedingPartially upheld
3363-2023 ↗
2TA
Alonso Raggio Katta Beatriz / Comité de Ministros
Desarrollo Urbano Habitacional Maratué de Puchuncaví
Environmental assessment - Citizen participationRejects
R-240-2020 ↗
2TA
Organización Comunitaria Funcional Vecinos Los Nogales / Director Ejecutivo del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental
Plan de Expansión Chile LT 2x500 kv Cardones-Polpaico
Administrative invalidationRejects
R-124-2016 ↗
2TA
Millones Chirino Manuel Jesús en contra del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de la Región de Valparaíso (Res. Ex. N° 246/2016, de 25 de julio de 2016).
Aumento de Capacidad Fase 2 del Terminal GNLQ
Administrative invalidationRejects
16263-2015 ↗
2TA
Junta de Vecinos N°11 Maitencillo Norte en contra del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental de la Región de Valparaíso
Proyecto Inmobiliario Costa Laguna
Administrative invalidation - AdmissibilityUpheld

Appeals resolved by the Environmental Courts (Law 20.600) on the comuna's projects or facilities, geolocated by the associated project (SEIA) or sanctioned facility (SMA). Partial coverage: Supreme Court appeals and cases without a locatable act are excluded. Source: 1st Environmental Court's Environmental Search.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2024)

Green space per capita
1 m²
10% 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.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
1
Historic monuments
1

Monuments declared by decree (official CMN roster). Excludes archaeological and public monuments. Declaration entails legal protection and intervention restrictions.

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

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
PTAS - PUCHUNCAVÍPTAS · lagunas aireadasESVAL S.A. · discharges into estero puchuncaví
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario San Pedro (Quillota) · 13.600 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
8
Area affected
7 ha
mostly shrubland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
42 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
52
At high or very high risk
44
17 very high
Main threat
Interrupción de caminos

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
6
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
14,25°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,02°C
Annual precipitation
390 mm
projection: -5%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +2 days
Frost days
1

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
2.067
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
9.740
Police cases · trend
2.054
2.067
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Domestic violence3051.437
Threats3001.414
Property damage199938
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces194914
Burglary of an inhabited place182858
Theft of items from vehicles171806
Minor injuries162763
Larceny154726
Burglary of an uninhabited place87410
Robbery with violence or intimidation48226
Motor vehicle theft40189
Sexual abuse36170

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 28.

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
10
Guards and inspectors
0
1 per 21.221 hab
Patrol fleet
16
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 5Pickups: 3Motorcycles: 2Bicycles: 6
Surveillance cameras · trend
0
10
20202024

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
92
Deaths
2
9,4 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
76
15 serious
Pedestrian collisions
4

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.