San Clemente, Chile
San Clemente | |
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 San Clemente | |
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 Location of the San Clemente commune in the Maule Region   San Clemente Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates (city): 35°33′S 71°29′W / 35.550°S 71.483°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Maule |
| Province | Talca |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Oscar Galvez Rebolledo (RN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,503.5 km2 (1,738.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census)[3] | |
| • Total | 39,538 |
| • Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 13,398 |
| • Rural | 23,863 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 18,988 |
| • Women | 18,273 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
| Area code | 56 + 71 |
| Website | Municipality of San Clemente |
San Clemente is a city and commune administered by the municipality of San Clemente, located in the Talca Province of Chile's Maule Region.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Clemente spans an area of 4,503.5 km2 (1,739 sq mi) and has 37,261 inhabitants (18,988 men and 18,273 women). Of these, 13,398 (36%) lived in urban areas and 23,863 (64%) in rural areas. The population grew by 2.3% (847 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[3]
Administration
[edit]As a commune, San Clemente 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 2008–2012 alcalde is Oscar Galvez Rebolledo (RN).[1][2]
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Clemente is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Pablo Lorenzini (PDC) and Pedro Pablo Alvarez-Salamanca (UDI) as part of the 38th electoral district, together with Curepto, Constitución, Empedrado, Pencahue, Maule, Pelarco, Río Claro and San Rafael. The commune is represented in the Senate by Juan Antonio Coloma Correa (UDI) and Andrés Zaldívar Larraín (PDC) as part of the 10th senatorial constituency (Maule-North).
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Armerillo - Endesa, elevation 450 m (1,480 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.0 (57.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
4.4 (39.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
8.9 (47.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.6 (0.85) |
21.2 (0.83) |
43.5 (1.71) |
138.7 (5.46) |
445.8 (17.55) |
567.8 (22.35) |
467.9 (18.42) |
352.3 (13.87) |
223.8 (8.81) |
127.6 (5.02) |
84.2 (3.31) |
47.7 (1.88) |
2,542.1 (100.06) |
| Source: Meteorología Interactiva[6] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Municipality of San Clemente" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "Información climatológica de estaciones chilenas" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
