Padre Hurtado () is a

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in the Talagante Province, in the

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. Part of the Greater Santiago conurbation and one of the outermost communes of it, the commune is named after

Saint Alberto Hurtado Alberto Hurtado (; born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga on January 22, 1901 in Viña del Mar, Chile – August 18, 1952 in Santiago, Chile), popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado (Spanish for "Father Hurtado"), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawye ...

, who was popularly known as ''Padre Hurtado'' ("Father Hurtado").

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the

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, Padre Hurtado spans an area of and has 38,768 inhabitants (19,367 men and 19,401 women). Of these, 34,257 (88.4%) lived in

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s and 4,511 (11.6%) in

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s. The population grew by 32% (9,396 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Stats

*Population: 45.529 (2006 projection)Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile. *Average annual household income: US$14,278 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 18.7% (2006)

Administration

As a commune, Padre Hurtado 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 alcalde is José Miguel Arellano Merino ( RN). The communal council has the following members: * Maricel Arellano Merino ( RN) * Paz González Zuñiga ( UDI) * Patricio Muñoz Vegas ( PPD) * Rosa Verdugo Painemal ( PRI) * Alberto Haddad Valech ( RN) * Miguel Ramos Pino ( PS) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Padre Hurtado is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Denise Pascal ( PS) and Gonzalo Uriarte ( UDI) as part of the 31st electoral district, (together with

Talagante Talagante () is a commune and the capital city of the province of the same name in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. The word ''Talagante'' in Quechua comes from ''talacanta'', meaning "Lazo de Hechicero", which was the proper n ...

, Peñaflor, El Monte, Isla de Maipo,

Melipilla Melipilla (Mapudungun for "four Pillans") is a Chilean commune and capital city of the province of the same name, located in the Santiago Metropolitan Region southwest of the nation's capital. The commune spans an area of . Demographics Acco ...

, María Pinto,

Curacaví Curacaví () is a city and commune in the Melipilla Province of central Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its climate is temperate Mediterranean with a long dry season, experiencing high temperatures in summer and low temperatures in winter. ...

, Alhué and San Pedro). The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín ( PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

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Municipality of Padre Hurtado
{{Authority control Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places in Talagante Province 1891 establishments in Chile