| Official Name: | Villa Alemana |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | City and commune |
| Flag Alt: | Flag |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms |
| Map Alt: | Map of the Villa Alemana commune in the Valparaíso Region |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Map Narrow: | yes |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location in Chile |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Coordinates: | -33.0422°N -71.3733°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | city |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Valparaíso |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Marga Marga |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | November 8, 1894 |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Javiera Toledo Muñoz |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 96.5 |
| Elevation M: | 143 |
| Population Total: | 126548 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 125327 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 1221 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 59,756 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 66,792 |
| Timezone: | CLT[3] |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[4] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | (country) 56 + (city) 32 |
| Website: | Official website |
Villa Alemana (pronounced as /es/; "German Village" in English) is a city and commune in Chile's Zona Central. It was founded in 1896 by Italian and German immigrants. Villa Alemana is a part of the urban area known as Greater Valparaiso.
Villa Alemana's flag is notable for having the flag of the German Empire banded on it, along with the Flag of Germany.
Villa Alemana was founded at the beginning of a Chilean railway development. Its climate is so temperate that the slogan is "The City of Eternal Youth" ("La ciudad de la eterna juventud" in Spanish) or "City of the Mills" ("Ciudad de los Molinos" in Spanish).
There was originally nothing but fields as well as a small vineyard, trees and flowers, dominated by hawthorn trees (Crataegus). Where the Theater Pompeya stands today, land was offered for 20 cents per meter. And that was where Don Buenaventura Joglar had the idea to buy land and build a population which he named Villa Alemana, as German emigrants were the first to buy these sites.
On 8 November 1894, it was founded under the name of Viña Miraflores. The property was owned by Don Buenaventura Joglar, who divided the land into lots and set the name of Villa Alemana.
On 5 January 1918, the commune of Villa Alemana was established, but in 1928 it was incorporated in Quilpué. On 7 June 1933, Villa Alemana separated from Quilpué, recreating the commune of Villa Alemana. Today, it is a bedroom community for Viña del Mar and Valparaíso.
According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute, Villa Alemana spans an area of 96.5sqkm and has 126,548 inhabitants (59,756 men and 66,792 women). Of these, 125,327 (99%) lived in urban areas and 1221 (1%) in rural areas. The population grew by 32.34% (30,925 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 censuses.[2]
As a commune, Villa Alemana 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 2021-2024 alcalde is Javiera Toledo Muñoz. The council has the following members:[1]
Within the electoral divisions of Chile Villa Alemana is part of the 6th electoral district, represented in the Chamber of Deputies by the deputies:
As part of the 6th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso), the commune is represented in the Senate by the senators:
Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Villa Alemana.[5]