San Fabián


San Fabián is the easternmost of 21 communes in the Punilla Province of central Chile's. Ñuble Region. The capital is the town of San Fabián de Alico. The commune spans an area of.

Administration

As a commune, San Fabián is administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde. For 2024-2028 term, the alcalde is Cristofer Valdés González, and the council members are:
  • Evelyn Troncoso Sepúlveda
  • Maximiliano Quiñones Ceballos
  • Jaime Meriño Constanzo
  • Samuel Muñoz Muñoz
  • Carlos Orellana Orellana
  • César Palavecino Morales
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Fabián is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Marta Bravo Salinas, Frank Sauerbaum Muñoz, Cristóbal Martínez Ramírez, Sara Concha Smith, and Felipe Camaño Cárdenas for the 2022–2026 term, as a part of the 19th electoral district. The commune is represented in the Senate by Loreto Carvajal Ambiado and Gustavo Sanhueza Dueñas for the 2022–2030 term, as part of the 16th senatorial constituency.

Demographics

According to data from the 2017 Census of Population and Housing, the San Fabián commune had 4,308 inhabitants. The population density of San Fabian is 2,7/km2

Cities

Cities with there respective inhabitants according to the 2002 census.
San Fabian, Capital of the commune, 1452 inhabitants
Paso Ancho, 302 inhabitants
La Vega, 176 inhabitants
Los Puquios, 102 inhabitants
La Montaña, 94 inhabitants
La Punilla, 81 inhabitants
Trabuncura, 80 inhabitants
El Macal, 55 inhabitants
Bullielo, 47 inhabitants
El Palo, 37 inhabitants
Las Guardias, 12 inhabitants

Socioeconomic inequality

According to the data from the Casen 2006 survey has the highest Gina coefficient in Chile, 0.607, followed by the commune of San Pedro de la Paz, in the Bibío Region, with an index of 0,54. This index measures the inequality in the existing income level, with 0 being the minimum and 1being the maximum.