Vitacura is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago. Inhabitants are primarily high income families. It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile. There is an abundance of elite private schools in Vitacura and

Las Condes Las Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid- to high income families, and known in the Chilean collective consciousness as home to the country's economi ...

, 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 toll-way connects Vitacura with the

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and subway stations are located in the neighbor municipality of

. Vitacura is the site of ECLAC headquarters, home to the

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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 Vitacura
can 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 of the National Statistics Institute, 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. The population grew by 2.7% (2,124 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. ;Stats *Area: Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile. *Population: 80,598 (2009 projection) *Autonomous household income per capita: US$86,155 ( PPP, 2006)Casen poll, 2006
, 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: 0.949, 1 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, Vitacura is a third-level

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administered by a municipal council, headed by a mayor (''alcalde'', in Spanish) who is directly elected every four years. The 2021 mayor is Camila Merino ( Evópoli). The communal council has the following members: * Maximiliano del Real Mihovilovic ( RN) * Felipe Ross Correa ( REP) * Tomás Kast Sommerhoff ( Evópoli) * Paula Domínguez Risopatron ( Evópoli) * Macarena Bezanilla Montes ( RN) * Matías Bascuñán Montaner ( UDI) * Felipe Irarrázaval Ovalle ( RN) * Verónica del Real Card ( REP) Vitacura belongs to Electoral District No. 11 together with the communes of

Lo Barnechea Lo Barnechea is a commune located in the northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile, northeastern sector of the province of Santiago and its area corresponds to 48% of this province. Its urban boundaries are: to the north with Los Andes, Chile, Los An ...

, La Reina and Peñalolén and to the VII Senatorial District ( Santiago Metropolitan Region). It is represented in the

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of the

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for the period 2022-2026 by the following deputies: * Guillermo Ramírez Diez ( UDI) * Gonzalo de la Carrera Correa ( REP) * Cristían Araya (politician) ( REP) * Catalina del Real Mihovilovic ( RN) * Francisco Undurraga Gazitúa ( Evópoli) * Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt (Humanist Action)

Shopping

This commune is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago and boutiques of many world's leading luxury retailers are located in Vitacura. These stores include Louis Vuitton, Armani, Tommy Hilfiger,

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, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna, Brooks Brothers, Hermès,

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, and Hugo Boss, as well as many others.

Education

The main campus of the ''

Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago ''Lycée Français Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago'' (LAFASE) is a French international school in Vitacura and in Colina, Chile, Colina, both in Greater Santiago. The school serves levels ''maternelle'' (preschool) through ''lycée'' (senio ...

'', a French international school, is in Vitacura. The '' Deutsche Schule Santiago'' (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''. 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

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Municipality of Vitacura
{{Authority control Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places established in 1946 1946 establishments in Chile