San Clemente is a

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and commune administered by the

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of San Clemente, located in the Talca Province of

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Maule Region The Maule Region ( es, Región del Maule, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region derives its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a ...

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the

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, San Clemente spans an area of and has 37,261 inhabitants (18,988 men and 18,273 women). Of these, 13,398 (36%) lived in

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s and 23,863 (64%) in

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s. The population grew by 2.3% (847 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, San Clemente is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2008–2012 alcalde is Oscar Galvez Rebolledo ( RN). Within the

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, San Clemente is represented in the

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by Pablo Lorenzini ( PDC) and Pedro Pablo Alvarez-Salamanca (

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) as part of the 38th electoral district, together with

Curepto Curepto is a town and commune in the Chilean Province of Talca, located in the VII Maule Region. The commune spans an area of . Culture The town has many examples of Chilean rural colonial architecture. Its parish church is a quintessential exam ...

, Constitución, Empedrado,

Pencahue Pencahue () is a town and commune in Chile, located in Talca Province, in the seventh region of Maule. The commune spans and area of . Also there are another three places called Pencahue, near to San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Sexta Región, Chile. ...

, Maule,

Pelarco Pelarco is a town and commune in Talca Province, Maule Region of Chile. The commune spans an area of . Demographics According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, Pelarco had 7,266 inhabitants; of these, 1,822 (25.1%) lived in ...

Río Claro Río Claro is a commune of the Talca Province in Chile's Maule Region. The municipal seat is the town of Cumpeo. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Río Claro spans an area of and has 12,698 inhabit ...

and San Rafael. The commune is represented in the

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by Juan Antonio Coloma Correa (UDI) and Andrés Zaldívar Larraín (PDC) as part of the 10th senatorial constituency (Maule-North).

References

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