Colina is a

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and

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, capital of the

Chacabuco Province Chacabuco Province ( es, Provincia de Chacabuco) is one of six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in central Chile. It is located north of the Province of Santiago, which is entirely urbanized and part of the Santiago conurbation. ...

, in the northern part of the

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, approximately 30 kilometers north of Santiago Centro.

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the

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, 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

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s and 15,004 (19.3%) in

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s. The population grew by 47.5% (25,046 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Average household income: US$19,783 (PPP, 2006). Autopista Los Libertadores

Administration

As a

, Colina is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a

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, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Mario Olavarría Rodríguez (

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). The communal council has the following members: * Gonzalo Torres Ferrari ( RN) * Alejandra Bravo Hidalgo ( PRI) * Andrés Vásquez Medina ( PDC) * Máximo Larraín Geisse (

) * Jorge Boher Ferrada (

) * Pablo Atenas Valenzuela ( PDC) The regional intendant, appointed by the

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, is Fernando Echeverría. Belonging to Province of Chacabuco, whose actual governor is Mrs. Angélica Antimán. Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Colina is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Patricio Melero (

) and Mr. Gabriel Silber ( PDC) as part of the 16th electoral district (together with Lampa,

Tiltil Tiltil or Til-Til is a Chilean municipality and city, in the Chacabuco Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Tiltil is most known for being an execution place for rebels during Chile's independence war against Spain. Manuel Rodríguez was exec ...

Quilicura Quilicura ( ; ) is a commune of Chile located in capital Santiago. Founded in 1901, it was originally a satellite city on what were then the outskirts of the city of Santiago, but as urban sprawl has set in it is now quickly urbanizing from what w ...

and

Pudahuel Pudahuel (, Mapudungun "place of pools/water" or "place where seagulls gather") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Santiago's international airport Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez is located there. ...

). The commune is represented in the Senate 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'' 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