Padre Hurtado () is a Chilean commune in the Talagante Province, in the Metropolitan Region. Part of the

Greater Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

conurbation and one of the outermost communes of it, the commune is named after Saint Alberto Hurtado, who was popularly known as ''Padre Hurtado'' ("Father Hurtado").

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Padre Hurtado spans an area of and has 38,768 inhabitants (19,367 men and 19,401 women). Of these, 34,257 (88.4%) lived in urban areas and 4,511 (11.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 32% (9,396 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Stats

*Population: 45.529 (2006 projection)Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile. *Average annual household income: US$14,278 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 18.7% (2006)

Administration

As a commune, Padre Hurtado is a third-level

administrative division of Chile The administrative division or territorial organization of Chile exemplifies characteristics of a unitary state. State administration is functionally and geographically decentralized, as appropriate for each authority in accordance with the law. ...

administered by a municipal council, headed by an

alcalde Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) a ...

who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is José Miguel Arellano Merino ( RN). The communal council has the following members: * Maricel Arellano Merino ( RN) * Paz González Zuñiga ( UDI) * Patricio Muñoz Vegas ( PPD) * Rosa Verdugo Painemal ( PRI) * Alberto Haddad Valech ( RN) * Miguel Ramos Pino ( 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 ...

, Padre Hurtado is represented in the

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by Denise Pascal ( PS) and Gonzalo Uriarte ( UDI) as part of the 31st electoral district, (together with Talagante, Peñaflor,

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Isla de Maipo Isla de Maipo is a town and commune of the Talagante Province in central Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region. Geography Isla de Maipo can be found in the Chilean Central Valley approximately southwest of the metropolitan area of Santiago and ab ...

, Melipilla,

María Pinto María Pinto is a town and commune of the Melipilla Province in central Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region. Administration As a commune, María Pinto is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, head ...

, Curacaví,

Alhué Alhué () is a Chilean town and commune located in Melipilla Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Alhué spans an area of and has 4,435 inhabitants (2,343 men an ...

and San Pedro). The commune is represented in the

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by Guido Girardi Lavín ( PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

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Municipality of Padre Hurtado
{{Authority control Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places in Talagante Province 1891 establishments in Chile