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Cerrillos, Chile

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Country
  
Province
  
Demonym(s)
  
Cerrillano

Area
  
21 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 7:52 AM

Region
  
Santiago Metro.

Founded
  
17 March 1981

Time zone
  
CLT (UTC-4)

Elevation
  
517 m

Area code
  
56

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 59% Humidity

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Cerrillos (Spanish for "hillocks") is a census-designated commune of Chile in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, integrated into the Greater Santiago conurbation.

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Map of Cerrillos, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Administration

As a commune, Cerrillos is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 major is Arturo Aguirre Gacitúa (PS), and the council has the following members:

  • Juan De Dios Jiménez Retamal (RN)
  • Orfilia Castro Tobar (PPD)
  • María Luisa Figueroa Garrido (PS)
  • Cecilia Foncea Astudillo (DC)
  • Felipe Martinez Calderón (IND)
  • Guillermo Reeves Iriarte (RN)
  • Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Cerillos is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as a part of the 20th electoral district (together with Estación Central and Maipú). The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

    Demographics

    According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, the commune spans an area of 21 km2 (8 sq mi) and has a population of 71,906 living in 19,811 households, giving it a population density of 3,424.1/km2 (8,868/sq mi). At that time, there were 34,961 men and 36,945 women. The population fell 1.0% (743 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

    Other statistics
  • Average annual household income: US$22,234 (PPP, 2006)
  • Population below poverty line: 8.3% (2006)
  • Regional quality of life index: 72.93, medium, 32 out of 52 (2005)
  • Human Development Index: 0.743, 54 out of 341 (2003)
  • References

    Cerrillos, Chile Wikipedia