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Pudahuel (,
Mapudungun Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...
"place of pools/water" or "place where seagulls gather") is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
of
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 ...
located in Santiago Province,
Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region ( es, link=no, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Mos ...
. Santiago's international airport Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez is located there.


Demographics

According to the 2017
census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
of the
National Statistics Institute National Institute of Statistics may refer to: *National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia *National Institute of Statistics of Cambodia *National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica *National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nica ...
, Pudahuel spans an area of and has 230.293 inhabitants (112,412 men and 117,881 women). The population grew by 18% (34,713 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 census.


Stats

*Area: 197.4 km²Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile.
*Population: 256,607 (2021 projection) *Average annual household income: US$19,766 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 7.1% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 71.61, mid-low, 39 out of 52 (2005) *
Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, whi ...
: 0.735, 59 out of 341 (2003)


Administration

As a commune, Pudahuel 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 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, rural counci ...
, 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 ...
(Mayor) who is directly elected every four years. The 2021–2024 mayor is Ítalo Bravo Lizana ( Equality Party). The communal council has the following members: * Cinthya Muñoz Escanilla ( PI) * Sandy Muñoz Poblete ( PI) * Javiera Soto Fuentes ( Ind./ PH) * Esteban Sepúlveda Reyes ( PCCh) * Carolina Seguel Hidalgo ( PCCh) * José Escobar Rodríguez ( RD) * Aldea Magaña Leiva ( PS) * Cristian Véliz Solís ( Ind./ PPD) * Patricio Cisternas Monreal ( PDC) * Gisela Vila Ruz (
UDI Udi may refer to: Places * Udi, Enugu, a local government areas and city in Nigeria * Udi, a place in the Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, India People * Udi Gal (born 1979), Israeli Olympic sailor * Udi Vaks (born 1979), Israeli Olympic judoka ...
) 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 ...
, Pudahuel is part of electoral district No. 8 together with the
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
of Colina, Lampa, Pudahuel, Maipú, Til Til, Cerrillos and
Estación Central Estación Central ((), Spanish for "central station") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its namesake is the Estación Central railway station located in the commune. Demographics According to th ...
. On the other hand, the commune belongs to the VII Senatorial District that represents the entire Metropolitan Region of Santiago.


See also

* Laguna Carén


References


External links

*
Municipality of Pudahuel
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places established in 1897 1897 establishments in Chile