Padre Hurtado () is a

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in the

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, in the

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. Part of the

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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

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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

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s and 4,511 (11.6%) in

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s. 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

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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 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 t ...

, 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

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, Peñaflor, El Monte,

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, María Pinto,

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, Alhué 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).

References

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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