# Freirina

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Town and Commune in Atacama, Chile

Freirina Santa Rosa Town and Commune Church of Santa Rosa de Lima Coat of arms Map of the commune of Freirina in the Atacama Region Freirina Location in Chile Coordinates: 28°30′31″S 71°04′43″W / 28.50861°S 71.07861°W / -28.50861; -71.07861 Country Chile Region Atacama Province Huasco Government [1] • Type Municipality • Alcalde Roberto Bruzzone Galeb Area [2] • Total 3,577.7 km2 (1,381.4 sq mi) Elevation 102 m (335 ft) Population (2012 Census)[2] • Total 6,038 • Density 1.688/km2 (4.371/sq mi) Sex [2] • Men 2,800 • Women 2,866 Time zone UTC-4 (CLT[3]) • Summer (DST) CLST[4] utc_offset_DST = -3 Area code (+56) 51 Website imfreirina.cl

**Freirina** is a [Chilean](/source/Chile) [commune](/source/Communes_of_Chile) and [town](/source/List_of_towns_in_Chile) in [Huasco Province](/source/Huasco_Province), [Atacama Region](/source/Atacama_Region). The commune spans an area of 3,577.7 km2 (1,381 sq mi).[2] Freirina is both an agricultural and a mining town.

Prior to the founding of Vallenar in 1789 Freirina, then known as Santa Rosa, was the main town of [Huasco Valley](/source/Huasco_Valley).[5] The town was renamed to Freirina in honor of [Supreme Director](/source/Supreme_Director_of_Chile) [Ramón Freire](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Freire) in 1824 when it was raised in settlement category from *asiento* a *villa*.[5]

From the 1930s to the 1950s there was significant [gold mining](/source/Gold_mining_in_Chile) in [Capote](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capote,_Chile&action=edit&redlink=1) 25 km north of Freirina.[6] For much of the 19th centuiry and then again from 1952 to 1973 [El Morado](/source/El_Morado), 40 km south of Freirina, was an important copper mining center.[7][8]

## Demographics

According to the 2002 [census](/source/Census) by the [National Statistics Institute](/source/National_Statistics_Institute_(Chile)), Freirina had 5,666 inhabitants; of these, 3,469 (61.2%) lived in [urban areas](/source/Urban_area) and 2,107 (38.8%) in [rural areas](/source/Rural_area). At that time, there were 2,800 men and 2,866 women. The population grew by 8.5% (445 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[2]

## Administration

As a commune, Freirina is a third-level [administrative division of Chile](/source/Administrative_division_of_Chile) administered by a [municipal council](/source/Municipal_council), headed by an [alcalde](/source/Alcalde) who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Roberto Bruzzone Galeb.

Within the [electoral divisions of Chile](/source/Electoral_divisions_of_Chile), Freirina is represented in the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile) by Mr. Alberto Robles ([PRSD](/source/Social_Democrat_Radical_Party)) and Mr. Giovanni Calderón ([UDI](/source/Independent_Democratic_Union)) as part of the 6th electoral district, (together with [Caldera](/source/Caldera%2C_Chile), [Tierra Amarilla](/source/Tierra_Amarilla%2C_Chile), [Vallenar](/source/Vallenar), [Huasco](/source/Huasco%2C_Chile) and [Alto del Carmen](/source/Alto_del_Carmen)). The commune is represented in the [Senate](/source/Senate_of_Chile) by Isabel Allende Bussi ([PS](/source/Socialist_Party_of_Chile)) and Baldo Prokurica Prokurica ([RN](/source/National_Renewal_(Chile))) as part of the 3rd senatorial constituency (Atacama Region).

## Notable people

- [Nicolasa Montt](/source/Nicolasa_Montt) (1857-1924), poet

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Official_1-0)** ["Municipality of Freirina"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130603160512/http://imfreirina.cl/) (in Spanish). Archived from [the original](http://imfreirina.cl/) on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2013-09-11.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-INE_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-INE_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-INE_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-INE_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-INE_2-4) ["National Statistics Institute"](http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2013-09-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Chile Time"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm). WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm) on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Chile Summer Time"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm). WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm) on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZambra2018167_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZambra2018167_5-1) [Zambra 2018](#CITEREFZambra2018), p. 167.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZambra2018175_6-0)** [Zambra 2018](#CITEREFZambra2018), p. 175.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Álvarez Gómez, Oriel](/source/Oriel_%C3%81lvarez_G%C3%B3mez) (1995). *Huasco de cobre* (in Spanish). Ediciones de la Universidad de Atacama. pp. 158–162.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-geotur_8-0)** Castillo Jorquera, Nicoll; Tapia Viera, Miguel, eds. (2016). [*“Geoturismo en el Valle del Huasco: Un aporte de las geociencias al desarrollo y crecimiento del turismo tradicional”*](https://goreatacama.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/Universidad-de-Atacama-Geoturismo-en-el-valle-del-Huasco.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 13–16.

**Bibliography**

- Zambra, Jorge Eduardo (2018). *Huasco Esencial* [*Essential Huasco*] (in Spanish). Ediciones Mediodía en Punto. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-956-9170-35-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-956-9170-35-5).

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