La Reina ( Spanish: "The Queen") is a commune of

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located in Santiago Province,

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created in 1963 from an eastern portion of the Ñuñoa commune. It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile. La Reina is a residential commune inhabited by mostly mid to upper-mid income families and high-income groups. The Eulogio Sánchez Airport and Military Hospital are both located in the southern part of the commune.

Demographics

According to the 1999

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of the National Statistics Institute, La Reina spans an area of and has 96,762 inhabitants (44,293 men and 52,469 women), and the commune is an entirely

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. The population grew by 4.7% (4,352 persons) between the 1990 and 1999 censuses. The 2003 projected population was 96,551. *Average annual household income: US$42,248 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 7.8% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 86.23, high, 4 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.883, 5 out of 341 (2003)

Notable residents

* Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile * Fernando Castillo Velasco, architect, former mayor of La Reina and former governor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region * Amanda de Negri Quintana, lawyer and former political prisoner under Pinochet's regime * Mónica Echeverría Yáñez, writer * Fernando González, retired tennis player *

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, former president of

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, who spent the last years of his life (1993–1994) in La Reina * Margot Honecker, former Education Minister of East Germany, wife of Erich Honecker * Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile

Government

As a commune, La Reina is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2020 mayor is José Manuel Palacios Parra (

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). The communal council has the following members: * Pamela Gallegos Mengoni (

) * Manuel José Covarrubias Cerda (

) * María Olivia Gazmuri Schleyer ( RN) * Rodolfo del Real Mihovilovic ( RN)
María Catalina Rubio Salinas
( RD) * Álvaro Andrés Delgado Martínez ( PDC) * Sara Campos Sallato ( PDC) * Adriana Muñoz Barrientos ( PPD) La Reina is represented in the

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by Jaime Pilowsky ( PDC) and José Antonio Kast (

) as part of the 24th electoral district (together with Peñalolén). The commune is represented in the

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by Carlos Montes ( PS) and Manuel José Ossandón ( RN) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

Schools

Private

* The Grange School * Andrée English School *Saint John's Villa Academy *British Royal School *Colegio de La Salle *Colegio Santo Domingo

Public

*Educational Complex of La Reina (Complejo Educacional de La Reina) *Swiss Confederation School (Colegio Confederación Suiza) *Yangtsé School (Colegio Yangtsé) *Palestinian School (Escuela Palestina) *San Constantino School (Colegio San Constantino) *Eugenio María de Hostos School (Liceo Eugenio María de Hostos) *Developmental School for Special Needs (Escuela Especial de Desarrollo)

References

External links

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Municipality homepage
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News about La Reina
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