Putaendo

Coordinates: 32°37′40″S 70°43′00″W / 32.62778°S 70.71667°W / -32.62778; -70.71667
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Putaendo
City and Commune


Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Map of the Putaendo commune in the Valparaíso Region
UTC-3 (CLST[4])
Area codecountry 56 + city 34
WebsiteMunicipality of Putaendo
Putaendo

Putaendo is a

San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region
.

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, Putaendo was a very old town of hunters and gatherers. The Spanish were attracted to gold mines discovered in the outskirts of town in the mid 18th century. Little by little, they formed a population center and constructed the Church of San Antonio. On 20 March 1831, the Assembly of Aconcagua granted the town a title. San Antonio de la Unión de Putaendo was the first town to become a patriotic force in 1817.

In 1485, during the conquest of the Inca

Huayna Cápac crossed the Andean mountains and descended through this valley, camping in Putaendo and incorporating the Aconcagua valley into the Incan civilization. The advancing expedition of Diego de Almagro was stopped here in 1536. The Inca road system (Camino del inca) passed through this valley. This was the fastest route between the tribes of the valleys of La Ligua
, Aconcagua and Mapocho.

The outline of the city extends longitudinally from north to south, and its historic center has been called "Typical Zone" (Zona Típica). Toward the south, there is a commercial area, structured in the form of Calle Larga, with adobe facades from the 18th and 19th centuries. In the extreme north, there is a plaza with large trees, and on either side of town, public buildings can be found.

Geography

Chilon river.
Cactuses in Putaendo.

The Putaendo river valley is located in the northern

Zona Central and is a part of the Aconcagua river watershed located in the transitional zone, with respect to geomorphology (transitioning from the Norte Chico to the longitudinal Chilean Central Valley) and climatology (from semiarid to a temperate Mediterranean). Putaendo spans an area of 1,474.4 km2 (569 sq mi).[2]

Demographics

Rinconada de Silva, rural area in Putaendo.

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Putaendo spans an area of 1,474.4 km2 (569 sq mi) and has 14,649 inhabitants (7,344 men and 7,305 women). Of these, 7,214 (49.2%) lived in urban areas and 7,435 (50.8%) in rural areas. The population grew by 14.4% (1,843 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[2]

Economy

In 2018, the number of companies registered in Internal Revenue Service of Chile for Putaendo was 304.[5] The Economic Complexity Index (ECI) in the same year was -0.32, while the economic activity with the highest comparative advantage index revealed (RCA) were the cultivation of aromatic or medicinal plants (169.37).

Administration

As a commune, Putaendo is a third-level

administrative division of Chile, administered by a municipal council, which is headed by a directly elected alcalde. The current alcalde is Guillermo Reyes. The council has the following members:[1]

  • Silvia Arancibia Abarca
  • Laya Nara Negrete
  • Julio Aravena
  • Enzo Gazzolo
  • Manuel Olivares Leiva
  • Sergio Zamora

Within the

Lily Pérez San Martín (RN) as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).[needs update
]

References

  1. ^ a b "Municipality of Putaendo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Putaendo React App". adalytics.cl. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

External links

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