El Monte is a
Chile
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an
city
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and
commune in
Talagante Province,
Santiago Metropolitan Region. As of 2007, it had a population of 29,568.
Geography
El Monte can be found on the north bank of the
Mapocho River in the
Chilean Central Valley approximately southwest of the metropolitan area of
Santiago
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. The commune spans an area of .
Demographics
According to 2002
census
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of the
National Statistics Institute, El Monte spans an area of and had 26,459 inhabitants (13,334 men and 13,125 women). Of these, 22,284 (84.2%) lived in
urban area
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s and 4,175 (15.8%) in
rural area
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s. The population grew by 20.9% (4,577 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Administration
As a commune, El Monte is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
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administered by a
municipal council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...
, headed by an
alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Francisco Gómez Ramírez (
PS).
The communal council has the following members:
* Juan Pablo Gómez Ramírez (
PDC)
* Rossana Sanhueza Muñoz (IND)
* Mario Varela Montero (
UDI)
* Guisela Rosales Reyes (IND)
* Andres Maass Reyes (
RN)
* Rolando Ortega Valdivia (
PDC)
Within the
electoral divisions of Chile
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# Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Chile, Senate: Chile is divided into electoral districts and senatorial constituencies for ...
, El Monte is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
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by Denise Pascal (
PS) and Gonzalo Uriarte (
UDI) as part of the 31st electoral district, (together with
Talagante,
Peñaflor,
Isla de Maipo,
Melipilla,
María Pinto,
Curacaví,
Alhué,
San Pedro and
Padre Hurtado). The commune is represented in the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
by Guido Girardi Lavín (
PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
References
External links
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Municipality of El Monte
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region
Communes of Chile
Populated places in Talagante Province