Olivar is a commune in

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, located in the

O'Higgins Region The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region (, ), often shortened to O'Higgins Region (), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is subdivided into three provinces. It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquel ...

, 10 km south of

Rancagua Rancagua () is a city and commune in central Chile and part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago. It was originally named Sa ...

, and administered by the municipality of Olivar. The main economic activities range from

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and food production, especially

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s for exportation.

Demographics

According to the 2002

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

of the National Statistics Institute, Olivar spans an area of and has 12,335 inhabitants (6,244 men and 6,091 women). Of these, 7,898 (64%) lived in

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s and 4,437 (36%) in

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s. The population grew by 8.9% (1,003 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Olivar is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an ''

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'' (mayor) who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 mayor is Maria Estrella Montero Carrasco. Within the

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, Olivar is represented in the

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by Ricardo Rincón ( PDC) and

Felipe Letelier Felipe Rudecindo Letelier Norambuena (born 11 May 1956) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy. References External links BCN Profile 1956 births Living people Party for Democracy (Chile) politicians National Autonomous University o ...

( PPD) as part of the 33rd electoral district, together with

Mostazal Mostazal () is a Chilean commune in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. The capital of the commune is the city of San Francisco de Mostazal. Geography The commune spans an area of . The ''Plaza de San Francisco'' has an elevation of . Demog ...

Graneros Graneros is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Graneros spans an area of and has 25,961 inhabitants (12,992 men and 12,969 women) ...

, Codegua,

Machalí Machalí is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Machalí spans an area of and has 28,628 inhabitants (14,297 men and 14,331 women) ...

, Requínoa,

Rengo Rengo is a city and commune located in the Zona Central of Chile, situated in the Cachapoal Province of the O'Higgins Region at a distance of south of the city of Rancagua and south of the national capital Santiago. It was named after the c ...

, Doñihue, Coinco, Coltauco, Quinta de Tilcoco and Malloa. The commune is represented in the

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Alejandro García-Huidobro Alejandro García-Huidobro Sanfuentes (born 19 April 1952) is a Chilean politician who served as a member of the Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name come ...

(UDI) and Juan Pablo Letelier ( PS) as part of the 9th senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).

Notable people

José Hipólito Salas y Toro José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

(1812-1883), bishop of Concepción.

References

External links

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Municipality of Olivar
{{Authority control Communes of Chile Populated places in Cachapoal Province