Paine is a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

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, forming part of

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, and a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

in the

Maipo Province Maipo Province ( es, Provincia de Maipo) is one of six provinces in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. Its capital is San Bernardo. Administration As a province, Maipo is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed b ...

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Demographics

According to the 2002

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

of the National Statistics Institute, Paine spans an area of and has 50,028 inhabitants (25,571 men and 24,457 women). Of these, 31,622 (63.2%) lived in

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities ...

s and 18,406 (36.8%) in

rural area In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descr ...

s. The population grew by 33.3% (12,499 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Paine is a third-level

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administered by a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counc ...

, headed by an

alcalde Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) ...

who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Diego Vergara Rodríguez ( RN). The communal council has the following members: * Patricio Achurra Garfias ( PDC) * Maximiliano Bernstein Llona (

UDI Udi may refer to: Places * Udi, Enugu, a local government areas and city in Nigeria * Udi, a place in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, India People * Udi Gal (born 1979), Israeli Olympic sailor * Udi Vaks (born 1979), Israeli Olympic judoka ...

) * Juan Maureira Carreño ( PPD) * Luis Canales Canales ( RN) * Mario Campo Arias (IND) * Bárbara Kast Sommerhoff (

) Within the

electoral divisions of Chile Chile has two distinct electoral division systems: * 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 ...

, Paine is represented in the

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by Ramón Farías ( PPD) and José Antonio Kast (

) as part of the 30th electoral district, (together with San Bernardo, Buin and

Calera de Tango Calera de Tango is a Chilean commune in the Maipo Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Calera de Tango spans an area of and has 18,235 inhabitants (9,243 men and ...

). The commune is represented in the

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by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

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Municipality of Paine

Paine Web
{{Authority control Communes of Chile Populated places in Maipo Province 1927 establishments in Chile

Demographics

Administration

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