El Tabo is a Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an commune located in the San Antonio Province

San Antonio Province

San Antonio Province is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso . Its capital is the port city of San Antonio San Antonio Province is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the port city of San Antonio San Antonio Province...

, Valparaíso Region

Valparaíso Region

The V Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's third highest population of 1,539,852 million in 2002 and third smallest area of , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region...

. The commune spans an area of 98.8 sqkm.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census

Census

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 of the National Statistics Institute

National Statistics Institute (Chile)

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, El Tabo has 7,028 inhabitants (3,537 men and 3,491 women). Of these, 6,604 (94%) lived in urban area

Urban area

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s and 424 (6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 55.7% (2,515 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, El Tabo is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council

Municipal council

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, headed by an alcalde

Alcalde

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 who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Emilio Jorquera Romero (PPD

Party for Democracy

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). The council has the following members:

• Edgardo Gómez Bravo (PPD
  Party for Democracy
  The Party for Democracy is a political party in Chile; it is social democratic in its political orientation. It was founded in December 1987 by Ricardo Lagos, who aimed at forming a legal social democratic party . The party continued to function after the defeat of Pinochet...
  
  )
• Fernando García Jofré (PDC
  Christian Democratic Party
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  )
• Osvaldo Román Arellano (UDI)
• Arturo Aravena Cisternas (RN
  National Renewal (Chile)
  National Renewal , is a liberal conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Coalition for Change in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union and the Chile First movement...
  
  )
• Richard Copier Garrido (PH
  Humanist Party (Chile)
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  )
• José Muñoz Osorio (PRSD
  Social Democrat Radical Party
  The Social Democratic Radical Party is a social democratic party in Chile.The party is a member of Socialist International....
  
  )

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, El Tabo is represented in the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Chile

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 by Mrs. María José Hoffmann (UDI) and Mr. Víctor Torres (PDC) as part of the 15th electoral district, (together with San Antonio

San Antonio, Chile

San Antonio, meaning "Saint Anthony", is a major Chilean port and a commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region...

, Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, Chile

Santo Domingo is an exclusive Chilean coastal city and commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region. It was founded as Rocas de Santo Domingo .-Demographics:...

, Cartagena

Cartagena, Chile

Cartagena is a Chilean commune located in the San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of .-History:In the seventeenth century the area surrounding the town became a major producer of wheat, which was shipped to Peru and Spain via the port of...

, El Quisco

El Quisco

El Quisco is a Chilean city and commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region. Located in the country's central coast, it serves as a popular summer resort for the population of Santiago...

, Algarrobo

Algarrobo

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 and Casablanca

Casablanca, Chile

Casablanca, meaning "white house", is a Chilean city and commune located in Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region.- Geography :The city of Casablanca is located on Route 68 between Santiago and the city of Valparaíso, at about 30 minutes southeast of Valparaíso and 50 minutes northwest of Santiago...

). The commune is represented in the Senate

Senate of Chile

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by Francisco Chahuán Chahuán (RN) and Ricardo Lagos Weber (PPD) as part of the 6th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Coast).

External links

Municipality of El Tabo