Quintero
{{other uses|Quintero (disambiguation)}}
{{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|Quintero|date=August 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Quintero
| settlement_type = City and Commune
| image_skyline = Ilustre Municipalidad de Quintero.jpg
| image_caption = Quintero town hall
| image_seal =
| image_map = Comuna de Quintero.svg
| map_alt = Map of the Quintero commune in the Valparaíso Region
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Chile
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| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile
| coordinates_footnotes = city
| coordinates = {{coord|32|47|S|71|32|W|region:CL-VL|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Chile
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Valparaíso
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Valparaíso
| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.muniquintero.cl/ |title=Municipality of Quintero |access-date=10 August 2010|language=es}}
| government_type = Municipality
| leader_party = Ind
| leader_title = Alcalde
| leader_name = Mauricio Carrasco Pardo
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1536
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 147.5
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 5
| population_as_of = 2012 Census
| population_total = 25299
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Quinterano
| population_blank1_title = Urban
| population_blank1 = 18719
| population_blank2_title = Rural
| population_blank2 = 2455
| demographics_type1 = Sex
| demographics1_title1 = Men
| demographics1_info1 = 10,390
| demographics1_title2 = Women
| demographics1_info2 = 10,784
| timezone = CLT{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |access-date=2010-08-10 |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=September 11, 2007 }}
| utc_offset = -4
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| footnotes =
| area_code = 56 + 32
| website = [http://www.muniquintero.cl/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}
}}
Quintero is a Chilean city and commune in Valparaíso Province, in the Valparaíso Region, 30 kilometers north of Valparaíso. The commune spans an area of {{convert|147.5|sqkm|0|abbr=on}}. It was the first port in the country, created during the expedition of Diego de Almagro. Fundición Ventanas and other heavy industries are located in the commune of Quintero.{{Cite news |title=Cierre de fundición Ventanas: El intrincado debate por dónde instalar una nueva planta y los costos asociados |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2022/06/24/1064886/codelco-ventanas-instalar-nueva-fundicion.html |last=Toro |first=Daniela |date=2022-06-25 |access-date=2022-06-26 |work=Emol |last2=Munita |first2=Ignacia |language=Spanish}}
History
{{see also|Cueva del Pirata}}
The name of the city comes from Alonso Quintero, the Spanish navigator who discovered the bay in 1536 when he arrived on the ship Santiaguillo.
In the early years of 21st century, Quintero has become famous as a symbol of insufficient environmental policies. Since the beginnings of 20th century when an industrialization politics started,{{cite web|url=https://pras.mma.gob.cl/desarrollo_historico_ventanas/|title=Historia ambiental de Quintero y Puchuncaví.|access-date=November 13, 2019|website=PRAS Programa para la Recuperación Ambiental y Social|quote=El Programa para la Recuperación Ambiental y Social PRAS, es una estrategia de trabajo multisectorial, liderada por el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente de Chile.|archive-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117003038/https://pras.mma.gob.cl/desarrollo_historico_ventanas/|url-status=dead}} in the zone were built a thermoelectric coal plant by Chilectra (currently Enel Américas) and the copper smelter Fundición Ventanas by Codelco in the nearby town of the same name; arriving to this date (2019) to be a zone informally known as Industrial Park Quintero-Puchuncaví, including oil industries, liquefied gas terminals, and chemical industries among others, which has caused the bay and surroundings to be considered a "sacrifice zone".{{cite web|url=https://www.elciudadano.com/medio-ambiente/quintero-y-puchuncavi-la-zona-de-sacrificio-que-no-logra-respirar-tranquila/07/24/|title=Quintero y Puchuncaví, la zona de sacrificio que no logra respirar tranquila.|date=July 24, 2019|access-date=November 14, 2019|website=El Ciudadano|last=Labbé|first=Daniel|quote=Quintero y Puchuncaví son consideradas zonas de sacrificio. Industrias como ENDESA, COPEC, SHELL, EPOXA, ENAP, GNL, GASMAR, OXIQUIM, CODELCO, CEMENTOS BIO BIO, PUERTO VENTANAS y AES GENER se encuentran emplazados a pocos kilómetros entre Quintero, Ventanas y La Greda, además de las termoeléctricas Ventana I, Ventana II, Nueva Ventanas y Campiche.}} Multiple protests about the gradual environmental destruction were unsuccessful, until a serious episode of mass poisoning in August 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2018/08/29/combinacion-fatal-mezclas-de-contaminantes-ausencia-de-normativas-y-lobby-empresarial/|title=Combinación fatal en Quintero: mezcla de contaminantes, ausencia de normativas y lobby empresarial.|date=August 29, 2018|access-date=November 14, 2019|website=El Mostrador|last=Fajardo|first=Marco|quote=La crisis ambiental en la zona es fruto de largos años de emisiones por encima de la norma internacional de poderosas empresas (públicas y privadas) en la bahía, que han hecho un intenso y exitoso lobby para seguir funcionando así, y la desidia del Estado, que ha sido incapaz de imponer una ley con estándares internacionales. Así de categórica es la opinión de la comunidad científica que pronostica, que de no actuar seria y drásticamente, las emergencias, cada vez más graves en la zona, serán pan de cada día.}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/english/business/quintero-the-chilean-town-sacrificed-to-pollution/50000265-3781394|title=Quintero, the Chilean town sacrificed to pollution.|last=Valdés Gómez|first=Alberto|date=October 15, 2018|website=EFE|access-date=November 16, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/environmental-scandal-casts-a-cloud-in-chile/a-46324933|title=Environmental scandal casts a cloud in Chile.|date=November 16, 2018|website=Deutsche Welle|access-date=November 16, 2019}} put a spotlight on the city's situation and its surroundings in Quintero Bay causing investigations by the Senate of Chile.{{cite web|url=https://senado.cl/contaminacion-en-quintero-puchuncavi-exigen-a-codelco-gener-y-enap/senado/2019-08-20/210841.html|title=Contaminación en Quintero-Puchuncaví: exigen a Codelco, Gener y Enap someterse a estudios de impacto ambiental.|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|website=senado.cl|quote=Los senadores de la Comisión de Medio Ambiente y de la Región de Valparaíso, junto organizaciones civiles de Zona de Sacrificio Quintero-Puchuncaví exigieron a Codelco División Ventanas someterse de manera voluntaria a un Estudio de Impacto Ambiental y denunciaron amenazas de la empresa a los trabajadores que han alertado el incremento de “gases fugitivos”.}} By October 2019, the situation remains unresolved.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/quintero-estudiantes-problemas-salud-contaminacion_20191016/|title=Jóvenes de Quintero deben cerrar el año escolar por problemas de salud tras episodios de contaminación.|date=October 16, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|website=CNN Chile|quote=La contaminación en la zona ha obligado a los adolescentes a dejar de estudiar o cambiar de ciudad para ingresar en otros colegios. Además de presentar malestares físicos, las víctimas también se ven afectadas por la depresión.}}
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quintero had 21,174 inhabitants (10,390 men and 10,784 women). Of these, 18,719 (88.4%) lived in urban areas and 2,455 (11.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 19% (3,378 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The demonym for a man from Quintero is Quinterano and Quinterana for a woman.
Administration
As a commune, Quintero is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a communal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is José Varas Zuñiga.
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Quintero is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Eduardo Cerda (PDC) and Andrea Molina (UDI) as part of the 10th electoral district, together with La Ligua, Petorca, Cabildo, Papudo, Zapallar, Puchuncaví, Nogales, Calera, La Cruz, Quillota and Hijuelas.{{Update after|2021|8|18}} 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).{{Update after|2021|9|5}}
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Quintero has a warm-summer mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=34558&cityname=Quintero%2C+Valparaiso%2C+Chile&units= Climate Summary for Quintero, Chile]
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|location = Quintero
|Jan high C = 20.3
|Feb high C = 20.3
|Mar high C = 19.0
|Apr high C = 17.4
|May high C = 16.2
|Jun high C = 14.9
|Jul high C = 14.4
|Aug high C = 14.8
|Sep high C = 15.4
|Oct high C = 16.5
|Nov high C = 17.9
|Dec high C = 19.4
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 16.0
|Feb mean C = 15.6
|Mar mean C = 14.3
|Apr mean C = 12.7
|May mean C = 11.6
|Jun mean C = 10.3
|Jul mean C = 10.0
|Aug mean C = 10.4
|Sep mean C = 11.0
|Oct mean C = 12.3
|Nov mean C = 13.8
|Dec mean C = 15.1
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 11.3
|Feb low C = 11.2
|Mar low C = 10.1
|Apr low C = 8.5
|May low C = 7.7
|Jun low C = 6.5
|Jul low C = 6.5
|Aug low C = 6.7
|Sep low C = 7.1
|Oct low C = 8.1
|Nov low C = 9.4
|Dec low C = 10.5
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 0.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 0.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 2.3
|Apr precipitation mm = 11.4
|May precipitation mm = 48.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 78.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 106.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 53.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 21.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 9.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 7.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 1.4
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = Meteorología Interactiva{{cite web
|url = http://www.atmosfera.cl/HTML/climatologia/DATOS/CHILECENTRO.HTM
|title = Información climatológica de estaciones chilenas
|language = es
|access-date = 27 May 2024
|url-status = dead
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|archive-date = 5 December 2022}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.muniquintero.cl/ Municipality of Quintero] {{in lang|es}}
{{Communes in Valparaíso Region}}
Category:Populated places in Valparaíso Province
Category:Populated places established in 1865