{{Infobox settlement | name = Codegua | settlement_type = Commune | other_name = | native_name = | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Comuna de Codegua.svg | map_caption = Map of the Codegua commune in the O'Higgins Region | map_alt = Map of the Codegua 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 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = O'Higgins Region | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Cachapoal Province | government_footnotes = <ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidaddecodegua.cl/ |title=Municipality of Codegua | accessdate=10 November 2010|language=es}}</ref> | government_type = Municipality | leader_party = | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Ana María Silva Gutierrez | coordinates = {{coord|34|02|05|S|70|40|07|W|region:CL-LI|display=inline,title}} | 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=10 November 2010|language=es}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 286.9 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 536 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 12495 | population_as_of = 2002 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 5253 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 5543 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 5,551 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 5,245 | timezone = CLT<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=26 September 2010 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007 }}</ref> | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=26 September 2010 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = (+56) 72 | website = [http://www.municipalidaddecodegua.cl/ Municipality of Codegua] | footnotes = }}
'''Codegua''' ({{IPA|es|koˈðeɣwa}}) is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 10,796 and has an area of 286.9 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="ine">[http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php 2002 Census]</ref>
==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Codegua has 10,796 inhabitants (5,551 men and 5,245 women). Of these, 5,253 (48.7%) lived in urban areas and 5,543 (51.3%) in rural areas. The population fell by 12.5% (1,196 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
==Administration==
thumb|left|Municipality As a commune, Codegua 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 2008-2012 alcalde is Ana María Silva Gutierrez.<ref name="Official"/>
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Codegua is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Eugenio Bauer (UDI) and Ricardo Rincón (PDC) as part of the 33rd electoral district, together with Mostazal, Graneros, Machalí, Requínoa, Rengo, Olivar, Doñihue, Coinco, Coltauco, Quinta de Tilcoco and Malloa. 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).
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Communes in O'Higgins Region}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places in Cachapoal Province