Lampa is a

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and

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in the

Chacabuco province Chacabuco Province ( es, Provincia de Chacabuco) is one of six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in central Chile. It is located north of the Province of Santiago, which is entirely urbanized and part of the Santiago conurbation. T ...

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region ( es, link=no, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Mos ...

. Lampa is situated near the Chicauma mountain range, part of which was added to the

La Campana National Park La Campana National Park is located in the Cordillera de la Costa, Quillota Province, in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. La Campana National Park and the Vizcachas Mountains lie northwest of Santiago. This national park covers approximately and ...

. Lampa (in

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: Lampa, ‘the miner’s shovel’) is a

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located in the rural zone northwest of

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. It belongs to the administrative providence of Chacabuco, in the

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. According to the census of 2017, Lampa has a population of 201,034 inhabitants, being the community with the greatest growth in comparison with the census before (2002), when it only had 40228 inhabitants. In the trimester of the year 2016, Lampa was selected as first place as the community with the most sales in living area, reaching 28%, with respect to Colina and

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. The community of Lampa adjoins the communities of Til Til, Colina,

Pudahuel Pudahuel (, Mapudungun "place of pools/water" or "place where seagulls gather") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Santiago's international airport Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez is located there. ...

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and

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Demographics

Lampa appears in the official census records as early at 1788. According to the 2002

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of the

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, Lampa spans an area of and has 40,228 inhabitants (20,571 men and 19,657 women). Of these, 28,229 (70.2%) lived in

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...

s and 11,999 (29.8%) in

rural area In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are descri ...

s. The population grew by 60.7% (15,195 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. It is a community where the land, is for the most part plains, with certain rolling hills in the northern part. Like most of the communities in the region it has a Mediterranean type of vegetation, resulting in a green landscape almost year-round, even though in the

summer Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wit ...

there tend to be hot spots. The climate is for the most part is a temperate,

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even though in the zone there are registered extremes throughout the majority of the region. For that reason it can reach temperatures below 0 °C in

winter Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultures ...

at the lowest, with frequent frosts, and in summer it can reach 30 °C. In the year 2013, Lampa was the coldest community of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, reaching -8.4 °C. The commerce is gradually progressing, above all in downtown, which is very close to the

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and is connected by highway Américo Vespucio Express and Costanera Norte with all the neighborhoods of the Great Santiago. Demographically, it is a growing community, more and more housing complexes are built due to its proximity to

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through the Autopista Central, Costanera Norte and Amémerico Vespucio Norte Express. Soon the Highway Norponiente will be built which will connect

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with Lampa from the Enlace Carrascal to the Costanera Sur.

Administration

As a

, Lampa is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Graciela Ortúzar Novoa ( RN). Lampa belongs to the

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number eight and to the seventh Senatorial District (Santiago Poniente.) It is represented in the

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by the deputies Joaquín Lavín León de la IDU, Gabriel Silber Romo del CDP, Pepe Auth Stewart of PRSD, Patricio Melero Abaroa of the IDU, Claudia Mix Jiménez of Citizen Power, Mario Desbordes Jiménez of NR, Carmen Hertz Cádiz of the PCCh and Pbalo Vidal Rojas of DR. At the same time, it is represented in the

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by the senators Guido Girardi Lavín of PPD and

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of NR. The well-known municipality of Lampa is directed by the

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Graciela Ortúzar Novoa ( NR), who is advised by the councilors: * Juan Amigo Astudillo (IND) * Rodrigo Plaza Muñoz ( PDC) * Carmen Gloria Ruminot Jorquera (

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) * Felipe González Pino (IND) * Marcos Álvarez Tobar ( PPD) * Marcelo Jaque Peña ( PRI) The regional

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, appointed by the

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, is Fernando Echeverría. Within the

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, Lampa is represented in the

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by Mr. Patricio Melero (UDI) and Mr. Gabriel Silber (PDC) as part of the 16th electoral district, (together with Colina,

Tiltil Tiltil or Til-Til is a Chilean municipality and city, in the Chacabuco Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Tiltil is most known for being an execution place for rebels during Chile's independence war against Spain. Manuel Rodríguez was exec ...

and

). The commune is represented in the

by Guido Girardi Lavín ( PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West). Mayors of Lampa * Graciela Ortuzar Novoa (2008- 2012) (2012 - 2016) (2016 - current) * Carlos Escobar Paredes (1992-1996) (1996-2000) (2000-2004) (2004-2008) * Jose Raul Rodriguez Rodriguez (1989-1992) * Mario Aguilera Valenzuela (1987-1988) * Jorge Lira Montes (1989)

References

* C. Michael Hogan. 2008
''Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
* Lyman De Platt. 1998. ''Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States'', Genealogical Publishing Com, , , 198 pages

External links

Aerial view of Lampa

. Google maps {{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region Communes of Chile Populated places in Chacabuco Province 1888 establishments in Chile