Colina is a
Chilean
city
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and
commune,
capital
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of the
Chacabuco Province, in the northern part of the
Santiago Metropolitan Region, approximately 30 kilometers north of Santiago Centro.
Demographics
According to the 2002
census of the
National Statistics Institute, Colina spans an area of and has 77,815 inhabitants (41,004 men and 36,811 women). Of these, 62,811 (80.7%) lived in
urban areas and 15,004 (19.3%) in
rural areas. The population grew by 47.5% (25,046 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Average household income: US$19,783 (PPP, 2006).
Administration
As a
commune, Colina is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
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...
administered by a
municipal council, headed by an
alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Mario Olavarría Rodríguez (
UDI).
The communal council has the following members:
* Gonzalo Torres Ferrari (
RN)
* Alejandra Bravo Hidalgo (
PRI
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)
* Andrés Vásquez Medina (
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)
* Máximo Larraín Geisse (
UDI)
* Jorge Boher Ferrada (
UDI)
* Pablo Atenas Valenzuela (
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)
The regional
intendant
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, appointed by the
president, is Fernando Echeverría.
Belonging to Province of Chacabuco, whose actual governor is Mrs. Angélica Antimán.
Within the
electoral divisions of Chile
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* To elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate, Chile is divided into several electoral divisions, namely electoral districts and senatorial constituencies.
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, Colina is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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by Mr. Patricio Melero (
UDI) and Mr. Gabriel Silber (
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) as part of the 16th electoral district (together with
Lampa,
Tiltil,
Quilicura and
Pudahuel). The commune is represented in the
Senate
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by Guido Girardi Lavín (
PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
Education
The Chamisero campus of the ''
Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago
''Lycée Français Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago'' (LAFASE) is a French international school in Vitacura and in Colina, Chile, Colina, both in Greater Santiago.
The school serves levels ''maternelle'' (preschool) through ''lycée'' (senio ...
'' is in Colina. The campus officially opened on May 21, 2013 although the ''maternelle'' (kindergarten) opened in February of that year.
[Historique]
." ''Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago''. Retrieved on 19 January 2015.
References
External links
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Municipality of Colina
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region
Communes of Chile
Capitals of Chilean provinces
Populated places in Chacabuco Province
1891 establishments in Chile