San Clemente is a

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and

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administered by the

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of San Clemente, located in the

Talca Province Talca Province ( es, Provincia de Talca) is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). Its capital is the city of Talca. Administration As a province, Talca is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed b ...

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's Maule Region.

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 administrative division of Chile administered by a

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, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008–2012 alcalde is Oscar Galvez Rebolledo ( RN). Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Clemente is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Pablo Lorenzini ( PDC) and Pedro Pablo Alvarez-Salamanca (

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) as part of the 38th electoral district, together with Curepto, Constitución, Empedrado, Pencahue, Maule, Pelarco, Río Claro and San Rafael. The commune is represented in the Senate 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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