Lampa, Chile
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Lampa is a Chilean commune and city in the Chacabuco province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Lampa is situated near the Chicauma mountain range, part of which was added to the La Campana National Park.[5]
Lampa (in
According to the census of 2017, Lampa has a population of 201,034 inhabitants, being the community with the greatest growth in comparison with the census before (2002), when it only had 40228 inhabitants.
In the trimester of the year 2016, Lampa was selected as first place as the community with the most sales in living area, reaching 28%, with respect to Colina and Puente Alto.
The community of Lampa adjoins the communities of Til Til, Colina, Pudahuel, Curacaví, Quilicura and Quilpué.
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Demographics
Lampa appears in the official census records as early at 1788.[6] According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Lampa spans an area of 451.9 km2 (174 sq mi) and has 40,228 inhabitants (20,571 men and 19,657 women). Of these, 28,229 (70.2%) lived in urban areas and 11,999 (29.8%) in rural areas. The population grew by 60.7% (15,195 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[2]
It is a community where the land, is for the most part plains, with certain rolling hills in the northern part.[7] Like most of the communities in the region it has a Mediterranean type of vegetation, resulting in a green landscape almost year-round, even though in the summer there tend to be hot spots. The climate is for the most part is a temperate, Mediterranean climate[8] even though in the zone there are registered extremes throughout the majority of the region. For that reason it can reach temperatures below 0 °C in winter at the lowest, with frequent frosts, and in summer it can reach 30 °C. In the year 2013, Lampa was the coldest community of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, reaching -8.4 °C. The commerce is gradually progressing, above all in downtown, which is very close to the
Administration
As a
Lampa belongs to the
- Juan Amigo Astudillo (IND)
- Rodrigo Plaza Muñoz (PDC)
- Carmen Gloria Ruminot Jorquera (UDI)
- Felipe González Pino (IND)
- Marcos Álvarez Tobar (PPD)
- Marcelo Jaque Peña (PRI)
The regional intendant, appointed by the president, is Fernando Echeverría.[9]
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Lampa is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Patricio Melero (UDI) and Mr. Gabriel Silber (PDC) as part of the 16th electoral district, (together with Colina, Tiltil, Quilicura and Pudahuel). The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
Mayors of Lampa
- Graciela Ortuzar Novoa (2008- 2012) (2012 - 2016) (2016 - current)
- Carlos Escobar Paredes (1992-1996) (1996-2000) (2000-2004) (2004-2008)
- Jose Raul Rodriguez Rodriguez (1989-1992)
- Mario Aguilera Valenzuela (1987-1988)
- Jorge Lira Montes (1989)
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- Lyman De Platt. 1998. Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States, Genealogical Publishing Com, ISBN 978-0-8063-1555-3, 198 pages
- ^ a b "Municipality of Lampa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008
- ^ Lyman De Platt. 1998
- ^ "Ubicación geográfica".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Gobierno de Chile: Intendentes" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2010.
External links
- Aerial view of Lampa, Chile. Google maps
