Pomaire

picture info	Pomaire Pomaire is a Chilean town in the commune of Melipilla in Melipilla Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Abundant natural clay in the hills surrounding the town bolstered a thriving pottery industry in the community. In the village there is a tradition of giving Chanchitos, little pig statuettes to friends and family members to bring good luck. See also * List of towns in Chile References http://www.southamerica.cl/Chile/Pomaire.htm Populated places in Melipilla Province {{Santiago-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pomaire 106 Pomaire is a Chilean town in the commune of Melipilla in Melipilla Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Abundant natural clay in the hills surrounding the town bolstered a thriving pottery industry in the community. In the village there is a tradition of giving Chanchitos, little pig statuettes to friends and family members to bring good luck. See also * List of towns in Chile References http://www.southamerica.cl/Chile/Pomaire.htm Populated places in Melipilla Province {{Santiago-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Towns In Chile This article contains a list of towns in Chile. A town is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an urban entity possessing between 2,001 and 5,000 inhabitants—or between 1,001 and 2,000 inhabitants if 50% or more of its population is economically active in secondary and/or tertiary activities. This list is based on a June 2005 report by the INE based on the 2002 census, which registered 274 towns across the country, however only 269 of them are shown here. (''Note'': The higher number is based on the number given in the regional summary provided by the INE report. The lower number is based on a manual count of the report. The discrepancies are found in the Valparaíso Region (report: 31 / manual count: 28), the O'Higgins Region (report: 39 / manual count: 38) and the Los Ríos and Los Lagos Region combined (report: 31 / manual count: 30).) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Melipilla Melipilla (Mapudungun for "four Pillans") is a Chilean commune and capital city of the province of the same name, located in the Santiago Metropolitan Region southwest of the nation's capital. The commune spans an area of . Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute , it has 108,540 inhabitants. An approximate population of 116,680 inhabitants is estimated in 2015. Melipilla spans an area of . Of these, 60,898 (64.4%) lived in urban areas and 33,642 (35.6%) in rural areas. Administration As a commune, Melipilla 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 2016-2020 alcalde is Ivan Campos. The council has the following members: * Darío Jeréz Jeréz (PPD) * Juan Manuel González Alarcón (PDC) * José Guerra Silva (PPD) * Javier Ramírez González (UDI) * Daniel Domínguez (PDC) * Claudio Martínez Medina (PS) * Fernando Pérez Aguirr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Melipilla Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region Melipilla Province ( es, Provincia de Melipilla) is one of six Provinces of Chile, provinces in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. The provincial Capital (political), capital is the city of Melipilla. Administration As a province, Melipilla is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial delegate who is appointed by the President of Chile, president. The current delegate is Sandra Saavedra, who was appointed by president Gabriel Boric. Communes The province comprises five Communes of Chile, communes (Spanish: ''comunas''), each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council: Curacaví María Pinto Melipilla San Pedro, Chile, San Pedro Alhué Geography and demography The province spans an area of , the second largest in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. According to the 2002 census, Melipilla was the fifth most populous province in the region with a total population of 141,165. At that time, there were 80 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]