Cabildo is a

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and commune located in the

Petorca Province Petorca Province () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of La Ligua. Administration As a province, Petorca is a second-level administrative division, governed by a provincial delega ...

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region (, ) is one of Chile's 16 Regions of Chile, first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , the region is Chile's sec ...

. The commune spans an area of .

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, Cabildo had 18,916 inhabitants; of these, 12,453 (65.8%) lived in

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s and 6,463 (34.2%) in

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s. At that time, there were 9,466 men and 9,450 women. The population grew 8.0% (1,396 persons) from the 1992 census count of 17,520.

Administration

As a commune, Cabildo is a third-level

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administered by a communal council, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Eduardo Cerda Lecaros. The communal council has the following members: * Fernando Rodrigo Olmos Saavedra: ( RN) * Alberto Patricio Aliaga Díaz ( DC) * Margarita Mora Olivares (DC) * Ricardo Abel Altamirano Olguín * Sonia María Aguilera Sánchez (RN) * Juana Isabel Zamora Olmos (RN) Within the

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, Cabildo is represented in the

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by Eduardo Cerda (PDC) and Andrea Molina ( UDI) as part of the 10th electoral district, (together with La Ligua,

Petorca Petorca is a Chilean town and commune located in the Petorca Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of . Since 2010 Petorca has been affected by a long-term drought aggravated by poor water administration that have allowed lim ...

, Papudo, Zapallar,

Puchuncaví Puchuncaví is a town and commune in the Valparaíso Province of central Chile's fifth region of Valparaíso. It spans a coastal area of . History The history of Puchuncaví and its surroundings goes back over 500 years, being one of the oldest ...

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 Al ...

, Nogales, Calera, La Cruz, Quillota and

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). The commune is represented in the

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

References

External links

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Municipality of Cabildo
{{Communes in Valparaíso Region Populated places in Petorca Province Communes of Chile