Litueche

Litueche
(El) Rosario (Lo Solís)

Town and Commune

View of Litueche, looking forward to its main square, on March 1, 2011.

Map of Litueche commune in O'Higgins Region

Litueche

Location in Chile

Coordinates (city): 34°07′0″S 71°44′15″W / 34.11667°S 71.73750°WCoordinates: 34°07′0″S 71°44′15″W / 34.11667°S 71.73750°W

Chile

Government

• Type

Municipality

• Alcalde

René Acuña Echeverría

Area

• Total

618.8 km² (238.9 sq mi)

Elevation

269 m (883 ft)

Population (2012 Census)

• Total

6,118

• Density

9.9/km² (26/sq mi)

• Urban 2002

2,479

• Rural 2002

3,047

Sex 2002

• Men

2,932

• Women

2,594

Time zone

CLT (UTC-4)

• Summer (DST)

CLST (UTC-3)

Area code(s)

(+56) 72

Website

Municipality of Litueche

Litueche (Mapudungun: land of the white lands; originally called El Rosario, Rosario Lo Solís or simply Rosario) is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region.

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Litueche spans an area of 618.8 km² (239 sq mi) and has 5,526 inhabitants (2,932 men and 2,594 women). Of these, 2,479 (44.9%) lived in urban areas and 3,047 (55.1%) in rural areas. The population grew by 1.1% (60 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

As a commune, Litueche is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is René Acuña Echeverría.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Litueche is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Ramón Barros (UDI) and Mr. Juan Carlos Latorre (PDC) as part of the 35th electoral district, (together with Placilla, Nancagua, Chépica, Santa Cruz, Lolol, Pumanque, Palmilla, Peralillo, Navidad, La Estrella, Pichilemu, Marchihue and Paredones). The commune is represented in the Senate by Andrés Chadwick Piñera (UDI) and Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (PS) as part of the 9th senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).

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