Olmué is a

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an town and commune located in the

Marga Marga Province Marga Marga Province () is one of the eight Provinces of Chile, provinces in the central Chilean Regions of Chile, region of Valparaíso Region, Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of Quilpué. History The province was created by Law 20,368 o ...

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 . Olmué is located 42.8 miles northwest of

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and 42 kilometers east northeast of

Valparaíso Valparaíso () is a major city, Communes of Chile, commune, Port, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castilla–La Mancha, Castile-La Mancha, Spain ...

. Olmué is the site of the Olmué Festival, a folk music contest held the 3rd week of January each year.

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, Olmué has 14,105 inhabitants (7,139 men and 6,966 women). Of these, 10,379 (73.6%) lived in

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s and 3,726 (26.4%) in

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s. The population grew by 11.9% (1,502 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Olmué accounts for 1.10% of the regional population. The demonym for a man from Olmué is ''Olmueíno'' and ''Olmueína'' for a woman.

Administration

As a commune, Olmué 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 current alcalde is Macarena Santelices Cañas ( Ind./Pro- UDI)elected 2012. The communal council has the following members: * Luís Alberto Córdova González ( Ind./Pro- UDI) * Sonia Muñoz Urrutia ( PDC) * Álvaro Zamora Pérez ( PS) * Abelardo Campos Cordero ( RN) * Leonel Gómez Órdenes ( PRSD) * Ramón Donoso Alvarado ( UDI) Within the

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, Olmué is represented in the

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by Marcelo Schilling (PS) and Arturo Squella (UDI) as part of the 12th electoral district, (together with Limache, Villa Alemana and

Quilpué Quilpué is a city and capital of the Marga Marga Province in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It is part of the Greater Valparaíso metropolitan area. It is widely known as "City of the Sun" () and the urban part of it also comprises the ...

). 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 Olmué
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