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Vitacura is a
commune
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** Communes of ...
of
Chile
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located in
Santiago Province,
Santiago Metropolitan Region
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. It is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of
Santiago
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. Inhabitants are primarily high income families. It belongs to the
Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile
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.
There is an abundance of elite private schools in Vitacura and
Las Condes, including
Saint George's College, Colegio Santa Úrsula, Alliance Francaise, Colegio La Maisonette, Colegio Tabancura, Colegio Los Andes, Colegio Sagrados Corazones de Manquehue and Colegio San Benito.
The
Costanera Norte
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toll-way connects Vitacura with the
international airport
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and
subway stations are located in the neighbor municipality of
Las Condes.
Vitacura is the site of
ECLAC
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, known as ECLAC, UNECLAC or in Spanish and Portuguese CEPAL, is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 46 member States (2 ...
headquarters, home to the
European Southern Observatory
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(ESO) headquarters in Chile, and home to Santiago's most exclusive shopping street, ''Avenida Alonso de Córdova''.
The Gliders Club of Vitacuracan be located in this commune. With a privileged location, the area is considered to have ideal climate conditions for such types of flights.
Demographics
According to the 2002
census
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of the
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, Vitacura spans an area of and has 81,499 inhabitants (35,118 men and 46,381 women), and the commune is an entirely
urban area
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. The population grew by 2.7% (2,124 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
;Stats
*Area:
[Sistema de Información Regional](_blank)
Ministry of Planning of Chile.
*Population: 80,598 (2009 projection)
*Autonomous household income per capita: US$86,155 (
PPP, 2006)
[Casen poll, 2006](_blank)
, Ministry of Planning.
*Population below poverty line: 4.4%
(±2.5%) (2006)
*Regional quality of life index: 86.74, high, 3 out of 52 (2005)
*
Human Development Index
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: 0.949, 1 out of 341 (2003)
Administration
As a commune, Vitacura 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
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, headed by a
mayor
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(''alcalde'', in Spanish) who is directly elected every four years. The 2021 mayor is
Camila Merino (
Evópoli
Political Evolution (), also known in Spanish by its shorthand Evópoli, is a Chilean centre-right political party, founded in 2012. The party defines itself as a liberal platform for the people who look for a "modern centre-right who proposes as ...
).
The communal council has the following members:
* Maximiliano del Real Mihovilovic (
RN)
* Felipe Ross Correa (
REP
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)
* Tomás Kast Sommerhoff (
Evópoli
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)
* Paula Domínguez Risopatron (
Evópoli
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)
* Macarena Bezanilla Montes (
RN)
* Matías Bascuñán Montaner (
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...
)
* Felipe Irarrázaval Ovalle (
RN)
* Verónica del Real Card (
REP
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)
Vitacura belongs to Electoral District No. 11 together with the communes of
Lo Barnechea,
Las Condes,
La Reina
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La Re ...
and
Peñalolén
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History
The commune was founded on November 15, 1984.
Drug arrests
During 2019, Ch ...
and to the VII Senatorial District (
Santiago Metropolitan Region
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).
It is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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of the
National Congress for the period 2022-2026 by the following deputies:
* Guillermo Ramírez Diez (
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People
* Udi Gal (born 1979), Israeli Olympic sailor
* Udi Vaks (born 1979), Israeli Olympic judoka
...
)
*
Gonzalo de la Carrera Correa (
REP
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)
*
Cristían Araya (politician) (
REP
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)
* Catalina del Real Mihovilovic (
RN)
*
Francisco Undurraga Gazitúa (
Evópoli
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)
*
Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt (Humanist Action)
Shopping
This commune is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of
Santiago
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and boutiques of many world's leading luxury retailers are located in Vitacura. These stores include
Louis Vuitton
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,
Armani
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,
Tommy Hilfiger
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After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upst ...
,
Swarovski
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The company is split into three major industry areas: the Swarovski Crystal ...
,
Salvatore Ferragamo
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,
Ermenegildo Zegna
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,
Brooks Brothers
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,
Hermès
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,
MaxMara,
Bang & Olufsen
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, and
Hugo Boss
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, as well as many others.
Education
The main campus of the ''
Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago'', a French international school, is in Vitacura.
The ''
Deutsche Schule Santiago
''Deutsche Schule Santiago'' (DS; es, Colegio Alemán de Santiago) is a German international school in Santiago. Years 7 through 12 and the school administration are at the Las Condes campus. Years one through six are at the Vitacura Campus. P ...
'' (or ''Colegio Alemán de Santiago'') maintains the Vitacura campus, which houses students in years one through six.
[Dirección y Contacto]
"
Adresse und Kontakt
" ''Deutsche Schule Santiago
''Deutsche Schule Santiago'' (DS; es, Colegio Alemán de Santiago) is a German international school in Santiago. Years 7 through 12 and the school administration are at the Las Condes campus. Years one through six are at the Vitacura Campus. P ...
''. Retrieved on March 17, 2015. Spanish: "Central Dirección: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes" and "Sede Las Condas (7º EB a IV EM) Dirección: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes" and "Sede Vitacura (1º a 6º EB) Dirección: Av. Kennedy 6150, Vitacura " and "Sede Cerro Colorado (Pre-Escolar) Dirección: Cerro Colorado 6340, Las Condes " - German: "Zentrale Adresse: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes " and "Abteilung Las Condes (Jgst. 7 bis 12) Adresse: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes" and "Abteilung Vitacura (Jgst. 1 bis 6) Adresse: Av. Kennedy 6150, Vitacura" and "Abteilung Cerro Colorado (Vorschule) Adresse: Cerro Colorado 6340, Las Condes "
''
Chartwell International School'', Preschool and Primary school located in the Lo Curro region of Vitacura.
References
External links
*
Municipality of Vitacura
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Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile
Geography of Santiago, Chile
Communes of Chile
Populated places established in 1946
1946 establishments in Chile