{{Infobox settlement | name = Chimbarongo | native_name = | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} instead --> | settlement_type = City and Commune | image_skyline = Chimbarongo.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Crafts of Chimbarongo. | image_flag = | image_shield = Escudo de Chimbarongo.svg | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Chimbarongo.svg | map_alt = Map of Chimbarongo commune in the O'Higgins Region | map_caption = Map of Chimbarongo commune in the O'Higgins Region | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coordinates = {{coord|34|42|32|S|71|02|35|W|region:CL-LI|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = city | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Chile}} Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|O'Higgins}} O'Higgins | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Colchagua}} Colchagua | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipality | leader_party = | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Marco Contreras Jorquera | unit_pref = Metric | 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=13 December 2010|language=es}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 497.9 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 295 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 33446 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 16889 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 15427 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 16,612 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 15,704 | timezone = CLT<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-28 |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 = CLST<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-28 |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) 72 | website = [http://www.chimbarongo.com/ Municipality of Chimbarongo] | footnotes = }}
'''Chimbarongo''', Chile, is a city and commune located {{convert|160|km|0|abbr=on}} south of Santiago in the Colchagua Province of the O'Higgins Region. Many people in Chimbarongo make their living weaving wickerwork and baskets from mimbre.
==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Chimbarongo spans an area of {{convert|497.9|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 32,316 inhabitants (16,612 men and 15,704 women). Of these, 16,889 (52.3%) lived in urban areas and 15,427 (47.7%) in rural areas. The population grew by 5.4% (1,651 people) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
==Administration== As a commune, Chimbarongo 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 2021-2024 alcalde is Marco Contreras Jorquera.
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.chimbarongo.com/ Municipality of Chimbarongo]
{{Communes in O'Higgins Region}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places established in 1871 Category:Populated places in Colchagua Province Category:1871 establishments in Chile