page_title: Quillota
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Quillota / Administration
caption_attribution_description: Edificio Consistorial de la Municipalidad de Quillota
context_page_description: Quillota is a city located in the Aconcagua River valley in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It is the capital and largest city of Quillota Province where many inhabitants live in the outlying farming areas of San Isidro, La Palma, Pocochay, and San Pedro. It is an important agricultural center, mainly because of the plantations of avocado and cherimoya trees.
  Quillota is connected to the city of La Calera by the small town of La Cruz. The area's agriculture and landscape was described by Charles Darwin in his book The Voyage of the Beagle. In nearby La Campana National Park there is a plaque at a viewpoint commemorating Darwin's visit.
  Quillota is 120 km from the national capital Santiago and 60 km from the regional capital Valparaíso.
context_section_description: As a commune, Quillota 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 2008-2012 alcalde is Luis Alberto Mella Gajardo (DC). The municipal council has the following members:
  Mauricio Javier Ávila Pino (DC)
  María Genoveva Baeza Hermosilla (RN)
  Fernando Alberto Puentes Wasaff (DC)
  José Antonio Rebolar Rivas (RN)
  Víctor Manuel Vergara Flores (PR)
  Alejandro Eduardo Villarroel Castillo (UDI)
  Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Quillota is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Eduardo Cerda (PDC) and Mrs. Andrea Molina (UDI) as part of the 10th electoral district, (together with La Ligua, Petorca, Cabildo, Papudo, Zapallar, Puchuncaví, Quintero, Nogales, Calera, La Cruz and Hijuelas). The commune is represented in the Senate by Ignacio Walker Prieto (PDC) and Lily Pérez San Martín (RN) as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).
caption: Municipality headquarters of the Quillota commune.
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