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Rengo

FieldValue
nameRengo
native_name_langes
settlement_typeCity and Commune
image_skylineCorreoRengo.jpg
flag_altFlag
image_shieldEscudo de Rengo.svg
shield_altCoat of arms
image_mapComuna de Rengo.svg
map_altMap of Rengo commune in O'Higgins Region
map_captionMap of Rengo commune in O'Higgins Region
pushpin_map_narrowyes
pushpin_mapChile
pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_map_altLocation in Chile
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Chile
coordinates
coor_pinpointcity
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChile
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1O'Higgins
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Cachapoal
established_titleFounded
established_date1695
founderTomás Marín González de Poveda
government_typeMunicipality
government_footnotes
leader_titleAlcalde
leader_nameCarlos Soto
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2591.5
elevation_m570
population_footnotes
population_total55757
population_as_of2012 Census
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleUrban
population_blank137075
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank213755
population_demonymRenguino,-a
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info125,311
demographics1_title2Women
demographics1_info225,519
timezoneCLT
utc_offset-4
timezone_DSTCLST
utc_offset_DST-3
area_code+56 72
website

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 28 km south of the city of Rancagua and 114 km south of the national capital Santiago. It was named after the courageous Toqui Rengo for his particular bravery at the Battle of Lagunillas.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Rengo spans an area of 591.5 sqkm and has 50,830 inhabitants (25,311 men and 25,519 women). Of these, 37,075 (72.9%) lived in urban areas and 13,755 (27.1%) in rural areas. The population grew by 16.5% (7,213 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Rengo is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Rengo is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Felipe Letelier (PPD) and Ricardo Rincón (PDC) as part of the 33rd electoral district, together with Mostazal, Graneros, Codegua, Machalí, Requínoa, Olivar, Doñihue, Coinco, Coltauco, Quinta de Tilcoco and Malloa. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alejandro Garcia-Huidobro (UDI) and Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (PS) as part of the 9th senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).

Notable people

  • Hermes Ahumada (1911-2004), president of the Senate of Chile
  • Patricio Pérez Díaz (born 1980), Chilean footballer

Climate

| access-date = 27 May 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091122225453/http://www.ecolyma.cl/documentos/bioclimatografia_de_chile.pdf |archive-date = 22 November 2009

References

References

  1. "Municipality of Rengo".
  2. "National Statistics Institute".
  3. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  4. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
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