{{Infobox settlement |name = Coltauco | settlement_type = Town and Commune | other_name = | native_name = | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_shield = | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Coltauco.svg | map_alt = Map of Coltauco in the O'Higgins Region | map_caption = Map of Coltauco 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|18|0|S|71|06|0|W|region:CL-LI|display=inline,title}} | 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.coltauco.cl/ |title=Municipality of Coltauco | accessdate=10 November 2010|language=es}}</ref> | government_type = Municipality | leader_party = | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Ruben Jorquera Vidal |established_title = |established_date = | 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 = 224.7 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 244 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 17918 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 6958 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 9270 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 8,239 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 7,989 | 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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=11 September 2007 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = (+56) 72 |website = [http://www.coltauco.cl/ Municipality of Coltauco] |footnotes = }}
'''Coltauco''' is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 16,228 and has an area of {{cvt|224.7|km2}}.<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, Coltauco spans an area of {{convert|224.7|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 16,228 inhabitants (8,239 men and 7,989 women). Of these, 6,958 (42.9%) lived in urban areas and 9,270 (57.1%) in rural areas. The population grew by 6.7% (1,023 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
==Administration== As a commune, Coltauco 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 2012-2016 alcalde is Ruben Jorquera Vidal.<ref name="Official"/>
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Coltauco 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, Codegua, Machalí, Requínoa, Rengo, Olivar, Doñihue, Coinco, 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}}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.coltauco.cl/ Municipality of Coltauco]
{{Communes in O'Higgins Region}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places in Cachapoal Province