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`!Codegua`! (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈðeɣwa]) is a `F33f`_`[Chilean`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Chile]`_`f `F33f`_`[commune`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Communes_of_Chile]`_`f and city in `F33f`_`[Cachapoal Province`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Cachapoal_Province]`_`f, `F33f`_`[O'Higgins Region`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=O'Higgins_Region]`_`f. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 10,796 and has an area of 286.9 km2.`:cite-ref-ine-5-0[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-ine-5]`_`f]

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[Demographics`#demographics]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Administration`#administration]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>Demographics

According to the 2002 `F33f`_`[census`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Census]`_`f of the `F33f`_`[National Statistics Institute`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=National_Statistics_Institute_(Chile)]`_`f, Codegua has 10,796 inhabitants (5,551 men and 5,245 women). Of these, 5,253 (48.7%) lived in `F33f`_`[urban areas`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Urban_area]`_`f and 5,543 (51.3%) in `F33f`_`[rural areas`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Rural_area]`_`f. The population fell by 12.5% (1,196 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.`:cite-ref-ine-2-3[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-ine-2]`_`f]

>>Administration

As a commune, Codegua is a third-level `F33f`_`[administrative division of Chile`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Administrative_division_of_Chile]`_`f administered by a `F33f`_`[municipal council`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Municipal_council]`_`f, headed by an `F33f`_`[alcalde`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Alcalde]`_`f who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Ana María Silva Gutierrez.`:cite-ref-official-1-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-official-1]`_`f]

Within the `F33f`_`[electoral divisions of Chile`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Electoral_divisions_of_Chile]`_`f, Codegua is represented in the `F33f`_`[Chamber of Deputies`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile]`_`f by Eugenio Bauer (`F33f`_`[UDI`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Independent_Democratic_Union]`_`f) and Ricardo Rincón (`F33f`_`[PDC`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Christian_Democratic_Party]`_`f) as part of the 33rd electoral district, together with `F33f`_`[Mostazal`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Mostazal]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Graneros`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Graneros]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Machalí`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Machalí]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Requínoa`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Requínoa]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Rengo`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Rengo]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Olivar`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=El_Olivar,_Chile]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Doñihue`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Doñihue]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Coinco`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Coínco]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Coltauco`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Coltauco]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Quinta de Tilcoco`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Quinta_de_Tilcoco]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Malloa`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Malloa]`_`f. The commune is represented in the `F33f`_`[Senate`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Senate_of_Chile]`_`f by `F33f`_`[Andrés Chadwick Piñera`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Andrés_Chadwick]`_`f (UDI) and Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (`F33f`_`[PS`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Socialist_Party_of_Chile]`_`f) as part of the 9th senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).

>>References

`:cite-note-official-1`!1.`! "Municipality of Codegua" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2010.

`:cite-note-ine-2`!2.`! "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 November 2010.

`:cite-note-3`!1.`! "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

`:cite-note-4`!2.`! "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

`:cite-note-ine-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-ine-5-0]`_`f 2002 Census

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