San Clemente is a city and commune administered by the municipality of San Clemente, located in the Talca Province of Chile's Maule Region.

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Clemente spans an area of 4,503.5 km2 (1,739 sq mi) and has 37,261 inhabitants (18,988 men and 18,273 women).

[3] As a commune, San Clemente is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.

[1][2] Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Clemente is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Pablo Lorenzini (PDC) and Pedro Pablo Alvarez-Salamanca (UDI) as part of the 38th electoral district, together with Curepto, Constitución, Empedrado, Pencahue, Maule, Pelarco, Río Claro and San Rafael.

The commune is represented in the Senate by Juan Antonio Coloma Correa (UDI) and Andrés Zaldívar Larraín (PDC) as part of the 10th senatorial constituency (Maule-North).