{{other uses}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Placilla | native_name = <!-- if different from the English name --> | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = Town and Commune | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Placilla, Chile.svg | flag_alt = Flag | image_shield = Escudo de Placilla.svg | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Placilla.svg | map_alt = Map of Placilla commune in O'Higgins Region | map_caption = Map of Placilla 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 = city | coordinates = {{coord|34|38|15|S|71|07|30|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|Colchagua}} Colchagua | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = <ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidadplacilla.cl/ |title = Municipality of Placilla |accessdate = 13 December 2010 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160110181931/http://municipalidadplacilla.cl/ |archive-date = 10 January 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref> | government_type = Municipality | leader_party = | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Marcelo González Farías | 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 = 146.9 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 234 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 8277 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 2114 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 5964 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 4,134 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 3,944 | 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713071639/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archive-date=2010-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archive-date=2007-09-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = (+56) 72 | website = [http://www.municipalidadplacilla.cl/ Municipality of Placilla] | footnotes = }}
'''Placilla''' is a Chilean town and commune in Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region.
==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Placilla spans an area of {{convert|146.9|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 8,078 inhabitants (4,134 men and 3,944 women). Of these, 2,114 (26.2%) lived in urban areas and 5,964 (73.8%) in rural areas. The population grew by 3.6% (279 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
==Administration== As a commune, Placilla 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 mayor was José Joaquín Latorre Muñoz (PDC); Latorre, however, died as a consequence of a car crash on 22 July 2013. Latorre had previously held the mayoral office between 1992 and 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elrancaguino.cl/rancaguino/noticias.php?cod=4778|title=Falleció alcalde de Placilla luego de protagonizar accidente de tránsito|date=22 July 2013|work=El Rancagüino|publisher=Sociedad Informativa Regional|language=Spanish|location=Rancagua, Chile|accessdate=22 July 2013|url-status=live|archivedate=22 October 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022032423/http://www.elrancaguino.cl/rancaguino/noticias.php?cod=4778}}</ref> He was succeeded by Tulio Contreras Álvarez, a member of the local council, who has been reelected until 2024. He died in 2022, during his third term as mayor of Placilla, and was succeeded by Marcelo González, also a Christian Democrat.
<!-- Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Placilla 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 Nancagua, Chépica, Santa Cruz, Lolol, Pumanque, Palmilla, Peralillo, Navidad, Litueche, La Estrella, Pichilemu, Marchihue and Paredones. 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== <references/>
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20160110181931/http://municipalidadplacilla.cl/ Municipality of Placilla]
{{Communes in O'Higgins Region}}
Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places in Colchagua Province