El Bosque (

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for "the forest") is a

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located in Santiago Province,

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. The commune spans an area of .

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the

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, El Bosque spans an area of and has 175,594 inhabitants (86,435 men and 89,159 women), and the commune is an entirely

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. The population grew by 1.6% (2,740 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. ;Other statistics *Regional quality of life index: 73.65, medium, 28 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.711, 106 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, El Bosque is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a

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, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 major is Sadi Melo Moya ( PS). The communal council has the following members: * Víctor Downey López ( PS) * Patricia Arriagada Núñez (

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) * Margarita Urra Valerio ( PC) * Sebastián Vega Umatino ( DC) * Manuel Zuñiga Aguilar ( PS) * Luis Morales Ramírez ( PPD) * Aliro Rojas Reyes ( PS) * Roberto Larenas Cuellar ( RN) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, El Bosque is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Tucapel Jiménez ( PPD) and Iván Moreira (

) as part of the 27th electoral district, (together with

La Cisterna La Cisterna (, Spanish for "the cistern") is a commune of Chile and census-designated city located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on 30 May 1925. It is part of Greater Santiago. Demographics According to the ...

and San Ramón). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear Valenzuela ( PDC) and Pablo Longueira Montes (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

Transportation

The El Bosque airport is a military airport located in the commune.

References

External links

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Municipality of El Bosque
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