San Miguel, Chile Explained

San Miguel
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:City and commune
Flag Alt:Flag
Shield Alt:Coat of arms
Pushpin Map:Chile
Pushpin Map Narrow:yes
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Alt:Location in Chile
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Chile
Coordinates:-33.4858°N -70.6494°W
Coor Pinpoint:alcalde's office
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Chile
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Santiago Metro.
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Santiago
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:10 August 1896
Government Footnotes:[1] [2]
Government Type:Municipality
Leader Title:Alcalde
Leader Name:Luis Sanhueza Bravo
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[3]
Area Note:As of 2002 Census
Area Total Km2:9.5
Population Total:107954
Population As Of:2017 projection
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Sanmiguelino
Population Blank1 Title:Urban
Population Blank1:107954
Population Blank2 Title:Rural
Population Blank2:0
Demographics Type1:Sex
Demographics1 Title1:Men
Demographics1 Info1:37,836
Demographics1 Title2:Women
Demographics1 Info2:41,036
Timezone:CLT[4]
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:CLST[5]
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Area Code:56 +
Website:Municipality of San Miguel

San Miguel (Spanish for "Saint Michael") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on August 10, 1896.

Administration

As a commune, San Miguel is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The alcalde's office (alcaldía) is located at Gran Avenida No. 3418. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Julio Palestro Velásquez (PS). The communal council has the following members:

San Miguel belongs to the 28th electoral division (together with Pedro Aguirre Cerda and Lo Espejo) and the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago East). It is represented in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress by the deputies Guillermo Teillier del Valle (PCCh) and Pedro Browne Urrejola (RN). It is represented in the Senate by senators Soledad Alvear (PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI).

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Miguel spans an area of 9.5sqkm and has 78,872 inhabitants (37,836 men and 41,036 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 4.8% (3997 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[3] The demonym for a person from San Miguel is sanmiguelino for a man or sanmiguelina for a woman.

Other statistics:

0.765, 31 out of 341 (2003)[8]

Notable sanmiguelinos

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipality of San Miguel . 14 September 2010. es.
  2. Web site: Administrative and Censual Political Division. PDF . 13 September 2010 . es.
  3. Web site: National Statistics Institute . 8 September 2010. es.
  4. Web site: Chile Time . 2010-07-29 . WorldTimeZones.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm . 2007-09-11 .
  5. Web site: Chile Summer Time . 2010-07-29 . WorldTimeZones.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm . 2007-09-11 .
  6. Web site: Regional Information System . Ministry of Planning of Chile . 14 September 2010 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423113455/http://sir.mideplan.cl/ . 23 April 2008 .
  7. Web site: Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region . Ministry of Planning of Chile . PDF . https://web.archive.org/web/20070824153157/http://www.mideplan.cl/final/bajar.php?path=casen2006regional&id=CASEN2006-Metropolitana.pdf . August 24, 2007. es.
  8. Web site: The Trajectories of Human Development in the Communes of Chile (1994-2003) . . Government of Chile, Mideplán . 12 September 2010 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707010209/http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf . 7 July 2011 .