Calle Larga

Calle Larga is a city and one of four communes in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region.

Administration

As a commune, Calle Larga is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde, every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Nelson Esteban Venegas Salazar, and the council has the following councilors:

Ruth Sabina Guerra Guzmán
Víctor Manuel Jara Lopez
Manuel Amar Amar
Luis Alberto Gormas Pfeng
José Francisco Leiva Muñoz
Carls Patricio Izquierdo Llanos

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Calle Larga is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as a part of the 11th electoral district. The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 5th senatorial constituency.

Geography

Calle Larga spans an area of. The commune is bordered to the west by the commune of Rinconada, to the north and east by the commune of Los Andes and to the south by the Colina commune of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Calle Larga commune had 10,393 inhabitants; of these, 5,447 lived in urban areas and 4,946 in rural areas. At that time, there were 5,351 men and 5,042 women.