Peñaflor () is a

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and

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of the Talagante Province in central

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Geography

It can be found in the

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approximately southwest of the metropolitan area of

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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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, Peñaflor spans an area of and has 66,619 inhabitants (32,671 men and 33,948 women). Of these, 63,209 (94.9%) lived in

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s and 3,410 (5.1%) in

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s. The population grew by 32.8% (16,471 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Peñaflor 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 Manuel Fuentes Rosales ( UDI), and his council members are: * Jorge Kellendonk Numhauser ( UDI) * Teresita Acevedo Lara (IND) * Guillermo Donoso Aguilar ( UDI) * Jorge Navarrete Urzua ( PS) * Juan Plaza Núñez (IND) * Juan Caroca Suarez ( PDC) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Peñaflor 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 ...

, 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, San Pedro and

Padre Hurtado Padre Hurtado () is a Chilean commune in the Talagante Province, in the Metropolitan Region. Part of the Greater Santiago conurbation and one of the outermost communes of it, the commune is named after Saint Alberto Hurtado, who was popularly k ...

). 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).

References

External links

Official link
- Municipality of Peñaflor {{DEFAULTSORT:Penaflor, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places in Talagante Province