La Ligua (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈliɣwa]) is a city and commune that is the capital of Petorca Province in the Valparaíso Region.

[citation needed] According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, La Ligua had 31,987 inhabitants; of these, 24,214 (75.7%) lived in urban areas and 7,773 (24.3%) in rural areas.

[2] As a commune, La Ligua is a third-level administrative division of Chile which is run by a communal council, and headed by a mayor who is directly elected every four years.

The communal council had the following members:[1] Within the electoral divisions of Chile, La Ligua belongs to the 10th electoral district and 5th senatorial constituency.

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