# Paredones

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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Paredones
| native_name             = 
| native_name_lang        = es
| other_name              = 
| settlement_type         = [Town](/source/List_of_towns_in_Chile) and [Commune](/source/Communes_of_Chile)
| image_skyline           = Vistabucalemu.JPG
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = [Bucalemu](/source/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](/source/Chile)
| subdivision_type1       = [Region](/source/Regions_of_Chile)
| subdivision_name1       = {{flagicon|O'Higgins}} [O'Higgins](/source/O'Higgins_Region)
| subdivision_type2       = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Chile)
| subdivision_name2       = {{flagicon|Cardenal Caro}} [Cardenal Caro](/source/Cardenal_Caro_Province)
| 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](/source/Municipality)
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            = [Alcalde](/source/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](/source/Urban_area)
| population_blank1       = 2195
| population_blank2_title = [Rural](/source/Rural_area)
| 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](/source/Time_in_Chile)<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](/source/Time_in_Chile)<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 [Chile](/source/Chile)an [town](/source/List_of_towns_in_Chile) and [commune](/source/Communes_of_Chile) in [Cardenal Caro Province](/source/Cardenal_Caro_Province), [O'Higgins Region](/source/O'Higgins_Region).

==Demographics==
According to the 2002 [census](/source/census) of the [National Statistics Institute](/source/National_Statistics_Institute_(Chile)), 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 area](/source/urban_area)s and 4,500 (67.2%) in [rural area](/source/rural_area)s. 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](/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 2021-2024 alcalde is Antonio Carvacho Vargas.<ref name="Official"/>

<!--Within the [electoral divisions of Chile](/source/electoral_divisions_of_Chile), Paredones is represented in the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile) by Ramón Barros (UDI) and Juan Carlos Latorre (PDC) as part of the 35th electoral district, together with [Placilla](/source/Placilla), [Nancagua](/source/Nancagua), [Chépica](/source/Ch%C3%A9pica), [Santa Cruz](/source/Santa_Cruz%2C_Chile), [Lolol](/source/Lolol), [Pumanque](/source/Pumanque), [Palmilla](/source/Palmilla), [Peralillo](/source/Peralillo), [Navidad](/source/Navidad%2C_Chile), [Litueche](/source/Litueche), [La Estrella](/source/La_Estrella%2C_Chile), [Pichilemu](/source/Pichilemu) and [Marchihue](/source/Marchihue). The commune is represented in the [Senate](/source/Senate_of_Chile) by Alejandro García-Huidobro (UDI) and Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (PS) as part of the 9th senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).-->

== See also ==
* [Bucalemu](/source/Bucalemu)
* [Cabeceras](/source/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

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