La Cisterna (,

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for "the cistern") is a

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Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and census-designated city located in Santiago Province,

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. It was founded on 30 May 1925. It is part of

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Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, La Cisterna spans an area of and has 85,118 inhabitants (40,651 men and 44,467 women), and the commune is an entirely

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, ...

. The population fell by 10.1% (9594 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 78,402.

Stats

*Average annual household income: US$38,305 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 8.6% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 81.78, high, 8 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.775, 24 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, La Cisterna is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Santiago Rebolledo Pizarro ( PPD). The communal council has the following members: * Patricio Ossandón Ortiz ( PS) * Maria Angelica Pinedo ( DC) * Orlando Morales Becerra ( PPD) * Patricia Acevedo González ( UDI) * Alexis Flores Ahumada ( UDI) * Bernardo Suárez Ortiz ( RN) * Marcelo Luna Campillay ( PPD) * Ximena Tobar Vásquez ( PS) Within the

electoral divisions of Chile Chile has two distinct electoral division systems: * 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. * To elect members of t ...

, La Cisterna is represented in the

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by Tucapel Jiménez (PPD) and Iván Moreira ( UDI) as part of the 27th electoral district, (together with El Bosque and San Ramón). The commune is represented in the

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Soledad Alvear María Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (born September 17, 1950), is a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democrat politician, who was a cabinet member of the Aylwin, Frei and Lagos administrations. She was president of the Christian Democrat Party (PDC) f ...

( PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

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Municipality of La Cisterna
{{Authority control Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places established in 1925 1925 establishments in Chile

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