Concón is a

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and commune in Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region. It is a major tourist center known for its beaches, ''

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s'' (beachside resorts) and night life.

Geography

The commune of Concón spans an area of . It is located on the Pacific coast north of

Reñaca Reñaca or ''Reñaca Bajo'', is a seaside neighborhood in the commune of Viña del Mar, Chile. The city is located along the coast in between the city of Viña del Mar and the town of Concón. Since the commune of Concón was created in 1995 Reñ ...

Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city w ...

and south of

Quintero Quintero is a Chilean city and commune in Valparaíso Province, in the Valparaíso Region, 30 kilometers north of Valparaíso. The commune spans an area of . It was the first port in the country, created during the expedition of Diego de Almagr ...

. The Aconcagua river ends at the north of the town. Its three main beaches are Playa Negra, Amarilla and Boca. 50 hectares of dunes stretch along and above the coast, though only about 20 are protected, the rest being increasingly encroached by highrise apartment buildings.

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the commune of Concón had 32,273 inhabitants; of these, 31,558 (97.8%) lived in

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s and 715 (2.2%) in

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s. At that time, there were 15,713 men and 16,560 women. Since then, the city has been one of the fastest growing in the country, The population grew by 71% (13,401 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2010 population was more than 50,000. The

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for a person from Concón is ''Conconino'' for a man, or ''Conconina'' for a woman.

History

This location was first mentioned by

Pedro de Valdivia Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, whe ...

in 1541. It was created as a municipality in 1899 but became part of Viña del Mar in 1927. A 1995 law again turned it into its own municipality.

Administration

As a commune, Concón administered by a

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, which is headed by a directly elected

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. The current mayor is Oscar Sumonte González. The municipal council has the following members: Jorge Valdovinos Gómez, Maria José Aguirre Neuenschwander, Rodolfo Moya Spuler, Marcial Ortiz Flores, Gabriela Orfali Abud y Adriana Marinetti García. 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 ...

, Concón is represented in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

by Edmundo Eluchans (

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) and Rodrigo González as part of the 14th electoral district, together with Viña del Mar. The commune is represented in the

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by Francisco Chahuán Chahuán ( RN) and

Ricardo Lagos Weber Ricardo Andrés Lagos Weber (born February 21, 1962), son of former Chilean President of Chile, president Ricardo Lagos, is a politician who served as the Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile), Ministry General Secretariat of Governm ...

( PPD) as part of the 6th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Coast).

References

External links

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Municipality of Concón
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