Pudahuel (,

Mapudungun Mapuche ( , ; from 'land' and 'people', meaning 'the people of the land') or Mapudungun (from 'land' and 'speak, speech', meaning 'the speech of the land'; also spelled Mapuzugun and Mapudungu) is either a language isolate or member of the s ...

"place of pools/water" or "place where seagulls gather") is a commune of

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located in Santiago Province,

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. Santiago's Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport is located in Pudahuel.

Demographics

According to the 2017

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

of the National Statistics Institute, Pudahuel spans an area of and has 230.293 inhabitants (112,412 men and 117,881 women). The population grew by 18% (34,713 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 census.

Statistics

*Area: 197.4 km²Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile. *Population: 256,607 (2021 projection) *Average annual household income: US$19,766 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 7.1% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 71.61, mid-low, 39 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.735, 59 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, Pudahuel is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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(Mayor) who is directly elected every four years. The 2021–2024 mayor is Ítalo Bravo Lizana ( Equality Party). The communal council has the following members: * Cinthya Muñoz Escanilla ( PI) * Sandy Muñoz Poblete ( PI) * Javiera Soto Fuentes ( Ind./ PH) * Esteban Sepúlveda Reyes ( PCCh) * Carolina Seguel Hidalgo ( PCCh) * José Escobar Rodríguez ( RD) * Aldea Magaña Leiva ( PS) * Cristian Véliz Solís ( Ind./ PPD) * Patricio Cisternas Monreal ( PDC) * Gisela Vila Ruz ( UDI) Within the

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, Pudahuel is part of electoral district No. 8 together with the commune of Colina, Lampa, Pudahuel, Maipú, Til Til, Cerrillos and Estación Central. On the other hand, the commune belongs to the VII Senatorial District that represents the entire Metropolitan Region of Santiago.

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Municipality of Pudahuel
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places established in 1897 1897 establishments in Chile

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