Cerrillos (English: Hillocks) is a
commune of
Chile located in a midtown area of
Santiago and the southwest of the city — in the
Santiago Province,
Santiago Metropolitan Region — as a spot of the conurbation of Santiago. The commune was created in 1991 from a subdivision of
Maipú.
Administration
As a commune, Cerrillos is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
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administered by a
municipal council, headed by an
alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 mayor is Arturo Aguirre Gacitúa (
PS), and the council has the following members:
* Juan De Dios Jiménez Retamal (
RN)
* Orfilia Castro Tobar (
PPD)
* María Luisa Figueroa Garrido (
PS)
* Cecilia Foncea Astudillo (
DC)
* Felipe Martinez Calderón (IND)
* Guillermo Reeves Iriarte (
RN)
Within the
electoral divisions of Chile
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* To elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate, Chile is divided into several electoral divisions, namely electoral districts and senatorial constituencies.
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, Cerillos is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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as a part of the 20th electoral district (together with
Estación Central and
Maipú). The commune is represented in the
Senate
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as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
Demographics
According to the 2002
census of the
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, the commune spans an area of and has a population of 71,906
living in 19,811 households,
giving it a population density of . At that time, there were 34,961 men and 36,945 women. The population fell 1.0% (743 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
;Other statistics
*Average annual household income: US$22,234 (
PPP, 2006)
*Population below poverty line: 8.3% (2006)
*Regional quality of life index: 72.93, medium, 32 out of 52 (2005)
*
Human Development Index: 0.743, 54 out of 341 (2003)
See also
*
Villa Mexico (small town of cerrillos)
References
External links
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Municipality of Cerrillos
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region
Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile
Communes of Chile
Geography of Santiago, Chile
1991 establishments in Chile