San Ramón, Chile Explained

San Ramón
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:City and Commune
Flag Alt:Flag
Shield Alt:Coat of arms
Map Alt:Map of San Ramón commune within Greater Santiago
Pushpin Map:Chile
Pushpin Map Narrow:yes
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Alt:Location in Chile
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Chile
Coordinates:-33.5333°N -108.5°W
Coor Pinpoint:city
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Chile
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Santiago Metro.
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Santiago
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Municipality
Leader Party:PS
Leader Title:Alcalde
Leader Name:Miguel Ángel Aguilera Sanhueza
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:6.5
Population Total:94906
Population As Of:2002 Census
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Urban
Population Blank1:94906
Population Blank2 Title:Rural
Population Blank2:0
Demographics Type1:Sex
Demographics1 Title1:Men
Demographics1 Info1:46,596
Demographics1 Title2:Women
Demographics1 Info2:48,310
Timezone:CLT[3]
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:CLST[4]
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Area Code:56 +
Website:Municipality of San Ramón

San Ramón (Spanish for "Saint Ramón") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region; part of Greater Santiago.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Ramón spans an area of 6.5sqkm and has 94,906 inhabitants (46,596 men and 48,310 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 5.9% (5,911 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[2]

Stats

0.679, 170 out of 341 (2003)[7]

Administration

As a commune, San Ramón 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 2012-2016 alcalde is Miguel Ángel Aguilera Sanhueza (PS).[1] The communal council has the following members:

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Ramón is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Tucapel Jiménez (PPD) and Mr. Iván Moreira (UDI) as part of the 27th electoral district, (together with El Bosque and La Cisterna). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (PDC) and Pablo Longueira Montes (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipality of San Ramón . 3 December 2010 . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707011622/http://www.msanramon.cl/ . 7 July 2011 .
  2. Web site: National Statistics Institute . 3 December 2010. es.
  3. Web site: Chile Time . 26 September 2010 . WorldTimeZones.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100713071639/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm . 13 July 2010 .
  4. Web site: Chile Summer Time . 26 September 2010 . WorldTimeZones.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm . 11 September 2007 .
  5. Web site: System of Regional Information . 13 September 2010 . Ministry of Planning of Chile . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423113455/http://sir.mideplan.cl/ . 23 April 2008 .
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: The Trajectories of Human Development in the Communes of Chile (1994-2003) . . Government of Chile, Mideplán . PDF . 13 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707010209/http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf . 7 July 2011 .