{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Canela | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = [[Communes of Chile|Commune]] | image_skyline = Canela baja.jpg | image_alt = Canela Baja | image_caption = Canela Baja | image_flag = Logo canelas.jpg | | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Canela.svg | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Canela.svg | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coordinates_footnotes = | coor_pinpoint = city | coordinates = {{coord|31|23|56|S|71|27|22|W|region:CL-CO|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Chile}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Chile|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Coquimbo}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Choapa Province|Choapa]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = 1891 | founder = | named_for = [[Quechua languages|Quechua]]: ''sun sparkling'' | seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]] | seat = [[Canela Baja]] | government_footnotes = <ref name="Official">{{cite web |url=http://www.canela.cl/ |title=Municipality of Canela |accessdate=7 September 2010|language=es}}</ref><ref name="SUBDERE">{{cite web|url=http://www.subdere.gov.cl/1510/article-67514.html |accessdate=1 September 2010 |title=Government of Chile: SUBDERE - Alcaldes and Councilors |language=es |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606075458/http://www.subdere.gov.cl/1510/article-67514.html#top |archivedate=June 6, 2007 }}</ref> | government_type = [[Municipality]] | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Alcalde]] | leader_name = Juan Bernardo Leyton Lemus | unit_pref = Metric | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = <ref name="INE">{{cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |accessdate=1 May 2010|language=es}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 2196.6 | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 295 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 9182 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Canelino/a | population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]] | population_blank1 = 1744 | population_blank2_title = [[Rural area|Rural]] | population_blank2 = 7635 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 4,737 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 4,642 | timezone = [[Time in Chile|CLT]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}</ref> | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = [[Time in Chile|CLST]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = 56 + 53 | website = {{URL|http://www.canela.cl}} | footnotes = }}
'''Canela''' is one of four [[Communes of Chile|communes]] in the [[Choapa Province]] of [[Chile]]'s north-central [[Coquimbo Region|IV Coquimbo Region]]. The [[capital (political)|capital]] is the town of [[Canela Baja]].
==Administration== [[File:Municipalidad canela.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Municipal building at Luis Infante Nº 520 in Canela Baja.]] As a [[Communes of Chile|commune]], Canela is administered by a [[municipal council]], headed by a directly elected [[alcalde]]. The municipal building (''alcaldía'') is located at Luis Infante Nº 520 in Canela Baja.<ref name="SUBDERE"/> The commune is administered by alcalde Juan Bernardo Leyton Lemus (Independent-PC) from 2012 to 2016, who won the election with 50,21% of the vote against 41,15% of his nearest rival, former mayor [[Norman Araya Araya]] (Independent). The commune has a total of six councilors:<ref name="Official"/> # Manuel Ángel Navarro Vega (PC) # Ana Margarita Vega Flores ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]) # Miguel Pereira Bugueño ([[RN, Chile|RN]]) # Darwin Cortés Palma ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]]) # Néstor Valle Tapia (PC-[[Independent (politician)|Ind.]]) # Gustavo Gallardo Trigo ([[Christian Democrat Party|PDC]])
Canela belongs to the 9th [[Electoral division of Chile|electoral district]] and the 4th Senate District (for that of the Coquimbo Region). It is represented in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] of the [[National Congress of Chile|National Congress]] by the Members [[Jorge Insunza Gregorio de las Heras]] (PPD) and [[Luis Lemus]] (PS). Currently, Coquimbo is represented in the [[Senate of Chile|Senate]] by [[Jorge Pizarro]] (PDC) and [[Adriana Muñoz (politician)|Adriana Muñoz]] ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]).
==Geography== Canela spans an area of {{convert|2196.6|km|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="INE"/> The commune is bordered to the west by the [[Pacific Ocean]] and to the north by three communes of the [[Limarí Province]]: [[Ovalle]], [[Punitaqui]], and [[Combarbalá]] to the north and east. To the southeast lies the commune of [[Illapel]], and [[Los Vilos]] borders on the south. Canela Baja is located approximately {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} east of the [[Panamerican Highway]], [[Chile Route 5|Route 5]], at kilometer 299.
==Climate== The waters of the Canela stream flow into the [[Choapa River]], which drains into the Pacific Ocean. The area's climate is steppe or semiarid. The average annual precipitation is about {{convert|169.51|mm|0|abbr=on}}.
==Demographics== According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Canela commune had 9,379 inhabitants; of these, 1,744 (18.9%) lived in [[urban area]]s and 7,635 (81.4%) in [[rural area]]s. Thus, the Canela population represents 1.5% of regional population and 11.4% of the provincial population.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.canela.cl/ Municipality of Canela]
{{Communes in Coquimbo Region}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Communes of Chile]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1891]] [[Category:Populated places in Choapa Province]] [[Category:1891 establishments in Chile]]