Las Condes is a commune of

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located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper middle- to high-income families and is known in the Chilean collective consciousness as home to the country's economic elite. Most of Las Condes' commercial activity is situated along Apoquindo Avenue, which is called colloquially " Sanhattan". It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile.

Demographics

According to the 2017

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of the National Statistics Institute, Las Condes spans an area of and has 294,838 inhabitants (135,917 men and 158,921 women), and the commune is an entirely

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. The population grew by 17.99% (44,945 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 censuses. The 2024 projected population was 343,632. Las Condes is home to a significant and growing

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population. The Jewish community of Las Condes has their own synagogue,

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, and rabbi. Las Condes is also home to the Jewish sports club Estadio Israelita.

Indicators

*Average annual household income: US$67,672 ( PPP, 2006)The State of Housing
Ministry of Planning of Chile. *Population below poverty line (2022) ** By income: 0.9% ** Multidimensional index: 4.4% *Regional quality of life index: 87.42, high, 2 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.933, 2 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, Las Condes is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by a

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as the main executive officer who is directly elected every four years. The 2024–2028 mayor is Daniela Peñaloza Ramos (Ind). The communal council has the following members: Chile Vamos (5) * Guillermo Ureta Larraín ( UDI) * Manuel Melero Abaroa (Ind/ UDI) * Francesca Gorrini Tesser ( Evopoli) * Luis Hadad Acevedo ( RN) * Richard Kouyoumdjian Inglis (Ind- RN) Republican Party (4) * Catalina Ugarte Millán ( REP) * Pamela Hodar Alba ( REP) * Cristóbal de la Maza López ( REP) * Leonardo Prat Fernández ( REP) Frente Amplio (1) * Gema Mahmoud Contreras ( FA) Within the

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, Las Condes is represented in the

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by Gonzalo Fuenzalida ( RN), Karin Luck ( RN), Catalina del Real ( RN), Francisco Undurraga ( Evopoli) and Guillermo Ramírez ( UDI) for the Conservatives, and Tomás Hirsch (PH) for the Frente Amplio (left-wing) as part of the 11th electoral district, (together with Vitacura,

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, La Reina and Peñalolén). The commune is represented in the

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

Economy

LAN Airlines, LATAM Airlines Group, and PAL Airlines have their headquarters in Las Condes.

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Chile's headquarters are in Las Condes, as is Conversica's LATAM headquarters.

Entertainment

Las Condes has over 500 restaurants covering multiple world cuisines. Santiago City FC play in the Tercera A league and are based in Las Condes.

Education

The Deutsche Schule Santiago (or Colegio Alemán de Santiago) maintains two campuses in Las Condes: the Las Condes which has Years 7-12 and the school administration, and the Cerro Colorado campus, which houses preschool. In addition the Scuola Italiana Vittorio Montiglio is located in Las Condes. There are also other private british, american, french and arab schools in the municipality. Numerous universities are also located in this place; Universidad de Los Andes, Universidad del Desarrollo, Universidad Andres Bello and Universidad Mayor are just examples among other schools in the area.

Sister cities

Las Condes is twinned with: * Miraflores,

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Gallery

File:Chile 43 of 245 (4283327582).jpg, Las Condes Town Hall. File:Casa de Asturias N400 V2.jpg, Casa de Asturias 400, Historic Monument of Chile. File:Las Condes (39220418904).jpg, Isidora Goyenechea Avenue. File:LANAirlinesHQ-2.jpg, Headquarters of LATAM Airlines Group and LAN Airlines. File:San Vincente Ferrer y Montañas.JPG, San Vicente de Ferrer Church in Apoquindo. File:EstadioSanCarlosdeApoquindo.jpg, Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo, home of CD Universidad Católica.

References

External links

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Municipality of Las Condes
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