Quinta Normal is a commune of

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located in Santiago Province,

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. It is named after Quinta Normal Park, which lies directly on the border between Quinta Normal and Santiago Centro, although the park itself is located within the Santiago commune.

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, Quinta Normal spans an area of and has 104,012 inhabitants (50,509 men and 53,503 women), and the commune is an entirely

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. The population fell by 10.6% (12337 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Statistics

*Population: 95,597 (2006 projection)Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile. *Average annual household income: US$17,919 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 10.8% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 77.01, mid-high, 19 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.723, 87 out of 341 (2003)Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)
."

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, ''Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán''.

Administration

As a commune, Cerro Navia 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 2024-2028 alcalde is Karina Delfino Mussa ( PS). The communal council has the following members: * Valentina Tapia Escobar ( FA) * Javier Robles Bernal ( FA) * Yohanna Cáceres Lloncon ( PS) * Antonieta Flores Miranda ( PS) * Nicolás Jaramillo Méndez ( UDI) * Carla Salazar Tapia ( UDI) * Hilda Landeros Gallardo ( RN) * Alex Muñoz Viscarra ( REP) Within the

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, Quinta Normal was dissolved as a district. Its last representatives in the

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were Nicolás Monckeberg ( RN) and Cristina Girardi ( PPD).

References

External links

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Municipality of Quinta Normal
{{Authority control Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places established in 1915 1915 establishments in Chile