Catemu is a

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and

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in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central

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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

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, 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 t ...

, 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,

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 and Llaillay. The commune is represented in the

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Ignacio Walker Prieto Ignacio is a male Spanish and Galician name originating either from the Roman family name Egnatius, meaning born from the fire, of Etruscan origin, or from the Latin name "Ignatius" from the word "Ignis" meaning "fire". This was the name of se ...

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

Notable people

* Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), visual artist born in Catemu *

Monica Pidgeon Monica Pidgeon (29 September 1913 – 17 September 2009) was a British interior designer and architectural writer best known as the editor of ''Architectural Design'' from 1946 to 1975. Early life Pidgeon was born Monica Lehmann in 1913 in Catem ...

(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