San Vicente de Tagua Tagua

San Vicente de Tagua Tagua
City and Commune
Northeast of "Plaza de San Vicente" in 2005
Map of the commune of San Vicente in O'Higgins Region San Vicente de Tagua Tagua Location in Chile
Coordinates: 34°26′22″S 71°04′34″W
Country	Chile
Region	O'Higgins
Province	Cachapoal
Founded	1845
Founded by	Carmen Gallegos de Robles
Government [1]
• Type	Municipality
Area [2]
• Total	475.8 km^2 (183.7 sq mi)
Elevation	206 m (676 ft)
Population  (2012 Census)[3]
• Total	44,046
• Density	93/km^2 (240/sq mi)
• Urban 2002	21,965
• Rural 2002	18,288
Sex (2002) [2]
• Men	20,095
• Women	20,158
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT[4])
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST[5])
Area code	(+56) 72
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, or simplified as San Vicente, is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Vicente spans an area of 475.8 km² (184 sq mi) and had 40,253 inhabitants (20,095 men and 20,158 women). Of these, 21,965 (54.6%) lived in urban areas and 18,288 (45.4%) in rural areas. The population grew by 14.5% (5,086 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.^[2] The 2012 census reported 44,046 inhabitants, an increase of 9.4% from 2002 to 2012.^[3]

Administration

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

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Vicente is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Alejandra Sepúlveda (PRI) and Javier Macaya (UDI) as part of the 34th electoral district, together with San Fernando, Chimbarongo, Peumo, Pichidegua and Las Cabras. 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).

Archaeology

Tagua-Tagua represents a very early Paleo-Indian archaeological site, and it is dated to 11,380 ±380 ¹⁴C yr BP (before present).^[6]

This is an ancient pleistocene site where humans butchered large animals that they hunted. The site was discovered in the 1860s.

An upper, younger stratum is about 1 m below the surface. The older stratum is about 2.4 m below the surface, and contains chipped stone tools. Horse and mastodon remains are represented, as well as smaller animals.^[6]

Notes and references

1. "Municipality of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
2. "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2010.
3. Codigo 6117, San Vicente, Comisión Externa Revisora del Censo 2012 (August 2013). "Anexo 1. Población Reportada a Nivel Comunal" (PDF). Al Informe Final: Anexos (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute (INE). p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2014.
4. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
5. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
6. "53. Relatives in South America". Andaman.org. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2011-03-27.

External links

• (in Spanish) Municipality of San Vicente de Tagua Tagua Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine