{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Paredones | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | other_name = | settlement_type = Town and Commune | image_skyline = Vistabucalemu.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Bucalemu, a village of Paredones. | image_flag = | flag_alt = Flag | image_shield = | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Paredones.svg | map_alt = Map of Paredones commune in O'Higgins Region | map_caption = Map of Paredones commune in 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_footnotes = | coor_pinpoint = town | coordinates = {{coord|34|39|05|S|71|53|59|W|region:CL-LI|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Chile}} Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|O'Higgins}} O'Higgins | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon|Cardenal Caro}} Cardenal Caro | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = <ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.comunaparedones.cl/ |title=Municipality of Paredones | accessdate=16 June 2011|language=es}}</ref> | government_type = Municipality | leader_party = | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Antonio Carvacho | 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 = 561.5 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 42 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 6100 | population_as_of = 2022 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 2195 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 4500 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 3,562 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 3,133 | 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archive-date=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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archive-date=2007-09-11 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = (+56) 72 | website = [https://www.comunaparedones.cl/ Municipality of Paredones] | footnotes = }}
'''Paredones''' is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region.
==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Paredones spans an area of {{convert|561.5|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 6,695 inhabitants (3,562 men and 3,133 women). Of these, 2,195 (32.8%) lived in urban areas and 4,500 (67.2%) in rural areas. The population grew by 1.1% (73 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
==Administration== As a commune, Paredones 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 Antonio Carvacho Vargas.<ref name="Official"/>
<!--Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Paredones is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Ramón Barros (UDI) and Juan Carlos Latorre (PDC) as part of the 35th electoral district, together with Placilla, Nancagua, Chépica, Santa Cruz, Lolol, Pumanque, Palmilla, Peralillo, Navidad, Litueche, La Estrella, Pichilemu and Marchihue. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alejandro García-Huidobro (UDI) and Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (PS) as part of the 9th senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).-->
== See also == * Bucalemu * Cabeceras
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://www.comunaparedones.cl/ Municipality of Paredones]
{{Communes in O'Higgins Region}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places in Cardenal Caro Province