San Felipe (; "St. Philip" in Spanish) is a

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and the

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of the

San Felipe de Aconcagua Province San Felipe de Aconcagua Province ( es, Provincia de San Felipe de Aconcagua) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of San Felipe (pop. 64,126). Administration As a province, San Feli ...

in central

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. Until

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, it was the capital of Aconcagua province, a first-level administrative division. It is located north of the national capital of

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. The commune spans an area of .

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the San Felipe commune had 64,126 inhabitants; of these, 57,760 (90.1%) lived in

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s and 6,366 (9.9%) in

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s. At that time, there were 31,036 men and 33,090 women. The

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for a man from San Felipe is ''sanfelipeño'' and ''sanfelipeña'' for a woman.

Administration

As a commune, San Felipe is a third-level

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, administered by a communal council (''consejo comunal''), which is headed by a directly elected

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. The current city mayor is Patricio Freire Canto. The communal council has the following members: * Eugenio Cornejo Correa ( RN) * Leonel Alegría Ibáñez (RN) * Juan Manuel Millanao Calvin (

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) * Dante Rodríguez Vásquez ( PS) * Ricardo Covarrubias Covarrubias ( PC) * Mario Sotolicchio Urquiza ( PPD) Within the

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, San Felipe is represented in the

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by Marco Antonio Núñez ( PDC) and Gaspar Rivas ( RN) as part of the 11th electoral district, together with Los Andes, San Esteban, Calle Larga,

Rinconada Rinconada () is a city and commune in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It was created on 18 January 1897 by Federico Errázuriz Echaurren. Since the shrine to house the remains of Saint Teresa of Los Andes was bu ...

, Putaendo, Santa María, Panquehue,

Llaillay Llay-Llay is a town and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. History The commune was established on 6 April 1875 during the government of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, A railway station ...

and

Catemu Catemu is a city and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Geography Catemu spans an area of . Demographics According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Catemu commune h ...

. The commune is represented in the

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by Ignacio Walker Prieto ( PDC) and Lily Pérez San Martín ( RN) as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).

Universities

* Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación * Universidad de Valparaiso * Universidad de Viña del Mar (''private'') * Universidad del Aconcagua (''private'')

References

External links

Municipality of San Felipe
{{Authority control Populated places in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province Communes of Chile Populated places established in 1740 Capitals of Chilean provinces 1740 establishments in the Spanish Empire