Santiago (commune)

Coordinates: 33°26′14″S 70°39′02″W / 33.43722°S 70.65056°W / -33.43722; -70.65056
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Santiago
The Skyline of Santiago Commune Financial and Commercial Center
The Skyline of Santiago Commune Financial and Commercial Center
Flag of Santiago
Coat of arms of Santiago
Location of Santiago
UTC-3 (CLST[6])
WebsiteMunicipality of Santiago

The Commune of Santiago is the central

Greater Santiago
, a larger entity which includes Santiago Commune along with other 36 communes.

History

The

La Moneda.[7]

Demographics

According to the 2002

]

The commune is subdivided into 29 census districts.

Administration

As a commune, Santiago is a third-level

administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by a mayor who is directly elected every four years. Since 2021 the mayoress is Irací Hassler (PCCh).[2][3] The communal council has the following members:[8]

  • Dafne Concha Ferrando (PCCh)
  • Camila Davagnino Reyes (PCCh)
  • Virginia Palma Erpel (PCCh)
  • Rosario Carvajal Araya (Ind-PI)
  • Yasna Tapia Cisternas (
    COM
    )
  • Ana María Yáñez Varas (RD)
  • Marcela Urquiza Díaz (Ind-PEV)
  • Paola Melo Cea (PS)
  • Juan Mena Echeverría (RN)
  • Santiago Mekis Arnolds (RN)

Within the

COM), Alejandra Placencia (PCCh), Helia Molina (PPD), Jorge Alessandri Vergara (UDI), María Luisa Cordero (Ind-RN) and Johannes Kaiser (PLR) as part of the 10th electoral district.[9] The commune is represented in the Senate by Fabiola Campillai Rojas (Ind), Claudia Pascual (PCCh), Luciano Cruz Coke (EVO), Manuel José Ossandon (RN) and Rojo Edwards (PLR) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago Metropolitan Region).[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Administrative and Censual Political Division" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Municipality of Santiago" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "INE 2002 Census of Population and Housing" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  7. ^ "Santiago NATIONAL CAPITAL, CHILE".
  8. ^ "Concejo". Ilustre Municipalidad de Santiago (in Spanish). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados - Chile". www.camara.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  10. ^ "1º Circunscripción". www.senado.cl (in Spanish). República de Chile Senado. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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