Cerrillos (English: Hillocks) is a
commune of
Chile
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located in a midtown area of
Santiago
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and the southwest of the city — in the
Santiago Province,
Santiago Metropolitan Region
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— as a spot of the conurbation of Santiago. The commune was created in 1991 from a subdivision of
Maipú.
Administration
As a commune, Cerrillos is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
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...
administered by a
municipal council
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, headed by an
alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 mayor 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
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* To elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate, Chile is divided into several electoral divisions, namely electoral districts and senatorial constituencies.
* To elect members of t ...
, Cerillos is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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as a part of the 20th electoral district (together with
Estación Central
Estación Central ((), Spanish for "central station") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its namesake is the Estación Central railway station located in the commune.
Demographics
According to th ...
and
Maipú). The commune is represented in the
Senate
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as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
Demographics
According to the 2002
census
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of the
National Statistics Institute, the commune spans an area of and has a population of 71,906
living in 19,811 households,
giving it a population density of . 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
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: 0.743, 54 out of 341 (2003)
See also
*
Villa Mexico (small town of cerrillos)
References
External links
*
Municipality of Cerrillos
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region
Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile
Communes of Chile
Geography of Santiago, Chile
1991 establishments in Chile