Quinta Normal is a commune of

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located in Santiago Province,

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. It is named after a

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in the area.

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.

Stats

*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, Quinta Normal is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Carmen Gloria Fernández Valenzuela (

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). The communal council has the following members: * Karina Delfino Mussa ( PS) * Pablo García Ramírez ( PPD) * Luis Díaz Espinoza ( PC) * Katherine Martorell Awad ( RN) * Javier Lagos Rosales (

) * Francisco Duarte Díaz (

) * Elizabet Rudzajs Corbalán ( UDI) * Lorenzo Mora Moraga ( UDI) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Quinta Normal is represented in the

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by Nicolás Monckeberg ( RN) and Cristina Girardi ( PPD) as part of the 18th electoral district, (together with Cerro Navia and Lo Prado). The commune is represented in the

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by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Andrés Allamand (RN) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

References

External links

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Municipality of Quinta Normal
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