El Monte is a

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and commune in Talagante Province,

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. As of 2007, it had a population of 29,568.

Geography

El Monte can be found on the north bank of the

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in the

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approximately southwest of the metropolitan area of

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. The commune spans an area of .

Demographics

According to 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, El Monte spans an area of and had 26,459 inhabitants (13,334 men and 13,125 women). Of these, 22,284 (84.2%) lived in

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s and 4,175 (15.8%) in rural areas. The population grew by 20.9% (4,577 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, El Monte 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 alcalde is Francisco Gómez Ramírez ( PS). The communal council has the following members: * Juan Pablo Gómez Ramírez ( PDC) * Rossana Sanhueza Muñoz (IND) * Mario Varela Montero (

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) * Guisela Rosales Reyes (IND) * Andres Maass Reyes ( RN) * Rolando Ortega Valdivia ( PDC) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, El Monte is represented in the

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by Denise Pascal ( PS) and Gonzalo Uriarte (

) as part of the 31st electoral district, (together with Talagante, Peñaflor, Isla de Maipo, Melipilla, María Pinto, Curacaví, Alhué, San Pedro and

Padre Hurtado Padre Hurtado () is a Chilean commune in the Talagante Province, in the Metropolitan Region. Part of the Greater Santiago conurbation and one of the outermost communes of it, the commune is named after Saint Alberto Hurtado, who was popularly kno ...

). 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).

References

External links

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Municipality of El Monte
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region Communes of Chile Populated places in Talagante Province