Placilla

For other uses, see Placilla (disambiguation).

Placilla
Town and Commune
Flag Coat of arms Map of Placilla commune in O'Higgins Region Placilla Location in Chile
Coordinates (city): 34°38′15″S 71°07′30″W
Country	Chile
Region	O'Higgins
Province	Colchagua
Government [1]
• Type	Municipality
• Alcalde	Marcelo González Farías
Area [2]
• Total	146.9 km^2 (56.7 sq mi)
Elevation	234 m (768 ft)
Population  (2012 Census)[2]
• Total	8,277
• Density	56/km^2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	2,114
• Rural	5,964
Sex [2]
• Men	4,134
• Women	3,944
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT[3])
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST[4])
Area code	(+56) 72
Website	Municipality of Placilla

Placilla is a Chilean town and commune in Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Placilla spans an area of 146.9 km² (57 sq mi) and has 8,078 inhabitants (4,134 men and 3,944 women). Of these, 2,114 (26.2%) lived in urban areas and 5,964 (73.8%) in rural areas. The population grew by 3.6% (279 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.^[2]

Administration

As a commune, Placilla 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 mayor was José Joaquín Latorre Muñoz (PDC); Latorre, however, died as a consequence of a car crash on 22 July 2013. Latorre had previously held the mayoral office between 1992 and 2008.^[5] He was succeeded by Tulio Contreras Álvarez, a member of the local council, who has been reelected until 2024. He died in 2022, during his third term as mayor of Placilla, and was succeeded by Marcelo González, also a Christian Democrat.

References

1. "Municipality of Placilla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
2. "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
3. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
4. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
5. "Falleció alcalde de Placilla luego de protagonizar accidente de tránsito". El Rancagüino (in Spanish). Rancagua, Chile: Sociedad Informativa Regional. 22 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipality of Placilla