Buin is a List of cities in Chile, city and Communes of Chile, commune of Chile, in the Maipo Province, Metropolitan Region of Santiago, which forms part of Greater Santiago, Chile, Greater Santiago. It is a city composed of the towns of Maipo, Chile, Maipo, Viluco, Linderos, Valdivia de Paine, Alto Jahuel, Los Guindos and El Recurso. Buin is located about south of Santiago, Chile, Santiago in the Maipo Valley wine region.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute (Chile), National Statistics Institute, Buin spans an area of and has 63,419 inhabitants (31,440 men and 31,979 women). Of these, 53,506 (84.4%) lived in urban areas and 9,913 (15.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 20.1% (10,627 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Buin is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Ángel Bozán Ramos (IND). The communal council has the following members: * Patricio Silva Gonzalez (Party for Democracy (Chile), PPD) * Hernán Henriquez Parrao (Social Democrat Radical Party, PRSD) * Miguel Araya Lobos (Independent Democratic Union, UDI) * Ramon Calderón Hormazábal (Christian Democratic Party (Chile), PDC) * Sandra Meneses Tapia (Party for Democracy (Chile), PPD) * Nicolás Romo Contreras (Independent Democratic Union, UDI) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Buin is represented in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies by Ramón Farías (Party for Democracy (Chile), PPD) and José Antonio Kast (UDI) as part of the 30th electoral district, (together with San Bernardo, Chile, San Bernardo, Paine, Chile, Paine and Calera de Tango). The commune is represented in the Senate of Chile, Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

References

External links

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Official site of City of Buin
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Second site of Buin
{{Authority control Communes of Chile Populated places in Maipo Province 1844 establishments in Chile