San Ramón (

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for "Saint Ramón") is a

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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 east a ...

located in Santiago Province,

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; part of Greater Santiago.

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, San Ramón spans an area of and has 94,906 inhabitants (46,596 men and 48,310 women), and the commune is an entirely

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. The population fell by 5.9% (5,911 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Stats

*Average annual household income: US$23,878 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 16.7% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 70.19, mid-low, 42 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.679, 170 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, San Ramón is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a

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, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Miguel Ángel Aguilera Sanhueza ( PS). The communal council has the following members: * Mónica Aguilera Sanhueza ( PS) * Genaro Balladares Schwaner ( DC) * Claudia Lange Farias ( UDI) * Sylvia Reyes Terán ( DC) * Max Pardo Ramirez ( PC) * Julio Soto Martinez ( PRI) * Roxana Riquelme Tabach ( PS) * Manuel Arzola Bustamante ( PPD) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Ramón is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Tucapel Jiménez ( PPD) and Mr. Iván Moreira ( UDI) as part of the 27th electoral district, (together with El Bosque and La Cisterna). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (PDC) and Pablo Longueira Montes (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

References

External links

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Municipality of San Ramón
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