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| name                    = Longaví
| native_name             =
| native_name_lang        = es
| settlement_type         = [[List of cities in Chile|City]] and [[Communes of Chile|Commune]]
| image_skyline           = Vista Longavi.jpg
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           = A view of Longaví City
| image_flag              = Bandera Longaví.png
| flag_alt                = Flag
| image_shield            = Escudo de Longaví.png
| shield_alt              = Coat of arms
| image_map               = Comuna de Longaví.svg
| map_alt                 = Location in the Maule Region
| map_caption             = Location in the Maule Region
| pushpin_map             = Chile
| pushpin_map_narrow = yes
| pushpin_label_position  = bottom
| pushpin_map_alt         = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Chile
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| coor_pinpoint           =
| coordinates_footnotes   =
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Chile]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Chile|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Maule Region|Maule]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Linares Province|Linares]]
| established_title       = Founded
| established_date        = 1937
| founder                 =
| named_for               =
| seat_type               =
| seat                    =
| government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.asemuch.cl/ |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=7 February 2011|language=es}}</ref>
<ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidadlongavi.cl/ |title=Municipality of Longaví | accessdate=7 February 2011|language=es}}</ref>
| government_type         = [[Municipality]]
| leader_title            = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_party = [[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]
| leader_name = Mario Briones Araice
| 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=18 July 2010|language=es}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 1453.8
| area_rank               = 1
| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 133
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="INE"/>
| population_total        = 28499
| population_as_of        = 2012 Census
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_rank         =
| population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| population_blank1       = 6206
| population_blank2_title = [[Rural area|Rural]]
| population_blank2       = 21955
| demographics_type1      = Sex
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/>
| demographics1_title1    = Men
| demographics1_info1     = 14649
| demographics1_title2    = Women
| demographics1_info2     = 13512
| timezone = [[Time in Chile|CLT]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2007-05-05 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}</ref>
| utc_offset = -4
| timezone_DST = [[Time in Chile|CLST]]<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm
|accessdate=2007-05-05
|title=Chile Summer Time
|publisher=WorldTimeZones.org
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm
|archivedate=2007-09-11
}}</ref>
| utc_offset_DST = -3
| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 3620000
| area_code_type          =
| area_code               = 56 + 732
| website                 = {{URL|http://www.municipalidadlongavi.cl/}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Longaví''' (in [[Mapudungun]]: ''snake's head'') is a [[Chile]]an [[List of cities in Chile|city]] and [[Communes of Chile|commune]] located in [[Linares Province]], one of the four [[Provinces of Chile|province]]s that make up the [[Maule Region]], in the geographical center of Chile.
==Geography==
The commune has a surface of {{convert|1453.8|sqkm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="INE"/> and is bordered by [[Linares, Chile|Linares]] in the north, [[Retiro, Chile|Retiro]] and [[Parral, Chile|Parral]] in the south, [[San Javier, Chile|San Javier]] in the west and [[Colbún]] in the east. The [[Achibueno River]] separates Longaví from Linares while the [[Longaví River]] separates it from Retiro. The city of Longaví lies on the left margin of the Liguay River, in the fertile [[Chilean Central Valley|central plain]], and is located {{convert|316|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south of [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], the nation's capital, and {{convert|18|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south of Linares, the provincial [[Capital (political)|capital]]. Longaví is linked with the rest of the country by the [[Pan-American Highway]] (''[[Chile Route 5|Ruta 5 Sur]]'').
The [[foothills]] of the [[Andes]] occupy the eastern part of the commune. The terrain there is mountainous and hilly, with beautiful landscapes, a well-developed hydrographic network and dense woods on the hills. Among the snow-covered mountains, the mountain Longaví ([[Nevado de Longaví]]), a [[stratovolcano]], stands for its beauty and characteristic conical shape. It is a scenic spot seen from virtually every point of the central plain nof the province and its neighboring ones.
==Demography==
According to the 2002 [[census]] of the [[National Statistics Institute (Chile)|National Statistics Institute]], the Longaví commune has 28,161 inhabitants (14,649 men and 13,512 women). Of these, 21,955 (78.0%) lived in [[rural]] areas, while the city of Longaví had a population of 6,206 (22.0%). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 0.5% (143 persons).<ref name= "INE"/>
===Notable people born in Longaví===
* [[Arturo Alessandri Palma]]: politician, statesman and twice the President of Chile
==History==
Most of what is today the commune of Longaví occupies what was formerly a vast [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] estate, The land had been granted to the [[Society of Jesus]] in 1639. After the Jesuits' expulsion from South America in 1767, the estate passed to the hands of Mateo Sotomayor. In 1904, the village of Longaví was officially created and the commune was founded in 1937.
==Economy==
Agriculture, in particular the cultivation of [[rice]] and other [[cereal]]s, constitutes the main economic activity of Longaví.
==Administration==
As a commune, Longaví 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 alcalde is Mario Briones Araice ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]).The municipal council has the following members:<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/>
* Matusalen Villar Morales([[Christian Democratic Party|DC]])
* Manuel San Martín Romero ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]])
* Robín Araya Acevedo ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]])
* Luis Briones Araice  ([[Social Democrat Radical Party|PRSD]])
* Gonzalo Jara Reyes ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]])
* Lisandro Villalobos Tapia ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]])
Within the [[electoral divisions of Chile]], Longaví is represented in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] by [[Guillermo Ceroni]] ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]) and [[Ignacio Urrutia]] ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]]) as part of the 40th electoral district, together with [[Retiro, Chile|Retiro]], [[Parral, Chile|Parral]], [[Cauquenes]], [[Pelluhue]] and [[Chanco, Chile|Chanco]]. The commune is represented in the [[Senate of Chile|Senate]] by [[Hernán Larraín]] [[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]] and [[Manuel Matta]] ([[Christian Democratic Party|PDC]]) as part of the 11th senatorial constituency (Maule-South).
==References==
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{{Communes in Maule Region}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Linares Province]]
[[Category:Communes of Chile]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1937]]
[[Category:1937 establishments in Chile]]