Calle Larga ("long road" in Spanish) is

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and one of four

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s in the Los Andes Province of central

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Administration

As a

, Calle Larga is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered by a

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, headed by a directly elected alcalde, every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Nelson Esteban Venegas Salazar, and the council has the following councilors: * Ruth Sabina Guerra Guzmán ( PDC) * Víctor Manuel Jara Lopez ( PRSD) * Manuel Amar Amar ( RN) * Luis Alberto Gormas Pfeng (

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) * José Francisco Leiva Muñoz ( PH) * Carls Patricio Izquierdo Llanos (PDC) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Calle Larga is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as a part of the 11th electoral district (together with Los Andes, San Esteban, San Ignacio,

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 bu ...

, San Felipe, Putaendo, Santa María, Panquehue, Llaillay,

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). The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).

Geography

Calle Larga spans an area of . The commune is bordered to the west by the commune of

, to the north and east by the commune of Los Andes and to the south by the Colina commune of the

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Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Calle Larga commune had 10,393 inhabitants; of these, 5,447 (52.4%) lived in

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s and 4,946 (47.6%) in

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s. At that time, there were 5,351 men and 5,042 women.

References

External links

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Municipality of Calle Larga
{{Authority control Populated places in Los Andes Province Communes of Chile