Cerrillos (municipality)
Encyclopedia
Cerrillos is a census-designated commune of Chile
in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region
, integrated into the Greater Santiago
conurbation.
, headed by an alcalde
who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Alejandro Almendares Calderón (RN
), and the council has the following members:
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Cerillos is represented in the Chamber of Deputies
as a part of the 20th electoral district (together with Estación Central
and Maipú). The commune is represented in the Senate
as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
of the National Statistics Institute
, the commune spans an area of 21 sqkm and has a population of 71,906 living in 19,811 households, giving it a population density of 3424.1 PD/sqkm. At that time, there were 34,961 men and 36,945 women. The population fell 1.0% (743 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Other statistics
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region or simply Metropolitan Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago...
, integrated into the Greater Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
conurbation.
Administration
As a commune, Cerrillos is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal councilMunicipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
, headed by an alcalde
Alcalde
Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town...
who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Alejandro Almendares Calderón (RN
National Renewal (Chile)
National Renewal , is a liberal conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Coalition for Change in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union and the Chile First movement...
), and the council has the following members:
- Teresa Herrera León (RN)
- Juan De Dios Jiménez Retamal (RN)
- Hernán Ortiz Moraga (RN)
- Guillermo Reeves Iriarte (RN)
- Guacolda Torres Verdejo (PPDParty for DemocracyThe Party for Democracy is a political party in Chile; it is social democratic in its political orientation. It was founded in December 1987 by Ricardo Lagos, who aimed at forming a legal social democratic party . The party continued to function after the defeat of Pinochet...
) - Arturo Aguirre Gacitúa (PSSocialist Party of ChileThe Socialist Party of Chile is a political party, that is part of the center-left Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. Its historical leader was the late President of Chile Salvador Allende Gossens, who was deposed by General Pinochet in 1973...
)
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Cerillos is represented in the Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of Chile
The Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution....
as a part of the 20th electoral district (together with Estación Central
Estación Central
Estación Central is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its name comes from the Estación Central railway station located in the commune.-Demographics:...
and Maipú). The commune is represented in the Senate
Senate of Chile
The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile.-Composition:...
as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
Demographics
According to the 2002 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of the National Statistics Institute
National Statistics Institute (Chile)
The National Statistics Institute of Chile is a state-run organization of the Government of Chile, created in the second half of the 19th century and tasked with performing a general census of population and housing, then collecting, producing and publishing official demographic statistics of...
, the commune spans an area of 21 sqkm and has a population of 71,906 living in 19,811 households, giving it a population density of 3424.1 PD/sqkm. At that time, there were 34,961 men and 36,945 women. The population fell 1.0% (743 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Other statistics
- Average annual household income: US$22,234 (PPPPurchasing power parityIn economics, purchasing power parity is a condition between countries where an amount of money has the same purchasing power in different countries. The prices of the goods between the countries would only reflect the exchange rates...
, 2006) - Population below poverty line: 8.3% (2006)
- Regional quality of life index: 72.93, medium, 32 out of 52 (2005)
- Human Development IndexHuman Development IndexThe Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...
: 0.743, 54 out of 341 (2003)