San Miguel (
Spanish
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for "
Saint Michael
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") is a
commune
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of
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located in
Santiago Province,
Santiago Metropolitan Region
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. It was founded on August 10, 1896.
Administration
As a
commune
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, San Miguel is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
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...
administered by a
municipal council
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, headed by an
alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The alcalde's office (''alcaldía'') is located at ''Gran Avenida No. 3418''. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Julio Palestro Velásquez (
PS). The communal council has the following members:
* Francia Palestro Contreras (
PS)
* Luis Sanhueza Bravo (
RN)
* Erika Martinez Osorio (
PC)
* Carolina Onofri Salinas (
RN)
* David Navarro Carachi (
PRSD)
* Felipe Von Unger Valdés (
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...
)
* Rodrigo Iturra Becerra (
PDC)
* Ernesto Balcázar Gamboa (
PS)
San Miguel belongs to the 28th
electoral division
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(together with
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (; February 6, 1879 – November 25, 1941) was a Chilean political figure, educator, and lawyer who served as the 22nd president of Chile from 1938 until his death in 1941. A member of the Radical Party since 1906, ...
and
Lo Espejo
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Demographics
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) and the 8th
senatorial constituency (Santiago East). It is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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of the
National Congress by the deputies
Guillermo Teillier del Valle (
PCCh) and Pedro Browne Urrejola (RN). It is represented in the Senate by senators
Soledad Alvear
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(PDC) and
Pablo Longueira
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(UDI).
Demographics
According to the 2002
census
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of the
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, San Miguel spans an area of and has 78,872 inhabitants (37,836 men and 41,036 women), and the commune is an entirely
urban area
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. The population fell by 4.8% (3997 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
The
demonym
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for a person from San Miguel is ''sanmiguelino'' for a man or ''sanmiguelina'' for a woman.
;Other statistics:
*Average annual household income: US$39,670 (
PPP, 2006)
*Population below poverty line: 2.5% (2006)
*Regional quality of life index: 82.17, high, 6 out of 52 (2005)
*
Human Development Index
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: 0.765, 31 out of 341 (2003)
Notable ''sanmiguelinos''
*
Los Prisioneros
Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners") were a Chilean rock/pop band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, in 1983. They are considered one of the most important Chilean bands, and arguably the strongest musical influences that Chile has made to Latin Ame ...
*
Gepe
Daniel Alejandro Riveros Sepúlveda (born September 28, 1981), known as Gepe, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released five solo albums in addition to one album as a member of the band Taller Dejao. He has been d ...
*
Paulina Urrutia
Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández (born 15 January 1969) is a Chilean actress, academic, director, trade union leader, and politician. She was a State Minister of the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.
Biography
Born into a middle- ...
*
Ruben Palma
*
Themo Lobos
Themístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre (December 3, 1928 – July 24, 2012), better known as Themo Lobos, was a Chilean cartoonist. He created the characters ''Máximo Chambónez'', ''Ferrilo'', ''Nick Obre'', and ''Alaraco'', with his most famous wo ...
*
Francisco Dominguez
*
Daniela Vega
Daniela Vega Hernández (born June 3, 1989) is a Chilean actress and mezzo-soprano singer. She is best known for her critically acclaimed performance in the Academy Award-winning film ''A Fantastic Woman'' (2017). At the 90th Academy Awards in ...
References
External links
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Municipality of San Miguel
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region
Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile
Geography of Santiago, Chile
Communes of Chile
Populated places established in 1896
1896 establishments in Chile