Catemu is a

city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...

and

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in the

San Felipe de Aconcagua Province San Felipe de Aconcagua Province ( es, Provincia de San Felipe de Aconcagua) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of San Felipe (pop. 64,126). Administration As a province, San Feli ...

of central

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region ( es, Región de Valparaíso, links=no, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , ...

Geography

Catemu spans an area of .

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Catemu commune had 12,112 inhabitants; of these, 6,706 (55.4%) lived in

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s and 5,406 (44.6%) in

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s. At that time, there were 6,172 men and 5,940 women. The population grew by 7.2% (817 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Catemu is a third-level

administrative division of Chile The administrative division or territorial organization of Chile exemplifies characteristics of a unitary state. State administration is functionally and geographically decentralized, as appropriate for each authority in accordance with the law. ...

, administered by a communal council (''consejo comunal''), which is headed by a directly elected

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. The current alcalde is Boris Luksic Nieto. The communal council has the following members: * María Salas Herrera * Pablo Pacheco Delgado * Aurora Medina Carvajal * Luís René Carvajal Leiva * Claudio Núñez Cataldo * María Sánchez Contreas Within the

electoral divisions of Chile Chile has two distinct electoral division systems: * To elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate, Chile is divided into several electoral divisions, namely electoral districts and senatorial constituencies. * To elect members of ...

, Catemu is represented in the

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by Marco Antonio Núñez ( PDC) and Gaspar Rivas ( RN) as part of the 11th electoral district, together with Los Andes, San Esteban,

Calle Larga Calle Larga ("long road" in Spanish) is city and one of four communes in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Administration As a commune, Calle Larga is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered by a ...

Rinconada Rinconada () is a city and commune in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It was created on 18 January 1897 by Federico Errázuriz Echaurren. Since the shrine to house the remains of Saint Teresa of Los Andes was bui ...

, San Felipe,

Putaendo Putaendo is a city and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. History Before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, Putaendo was a very old town of hunters and gatherers. The Spanish were attrac ...

, Santa María,

Panquehue Panquehue () is a Chilean town and commune in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province, Valparaíso Region. Geography Panquehue spans an area of . Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Panquehue spans an area ...

and

Llaillay Llay-Llay is a town and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. History The commune was established on 6 April 1875 during the government of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, A railway station ...

. The commune is represented in the

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by Ignacio Walker Prieto ( PDC) and Lily Pérez San Martín ( RN) as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).

Notable people

Olga Lehmann Olga Lehmann (10 February 1912 – 26 October 2001) was a Chilean-born British visual artist. Early life Born in Catemu, Chile, to Mary Grisel Lehmann (née Bissett) and mining engineer Andrew William Lehmann, Olga Lehmann had one sister, ...

(1912–2001), visual artist born in Catemu * Monica Pidgeon (1913–2009), interior designer born in Catemu

References

External links

Municipality of Catemu
{{Communes in Valparaíso Region Populated places in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province Communes of Chile