La Granja (

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for "the farm") is a commune of

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located in Santiago Province,

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Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, La Granja spans an area of and has 132,520 inhabitants (64,750 men and 67,770 women), and the commune is an entirely

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. The population fell by 0.6% (765 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 129,707.

Statistics

*Average annual household income: US$24,662 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 14.2% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 77.93, mid-high, 18 out of 52 (2005) *

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: 0.689, 158 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, La Granja 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 2024-2028 alcalde is Claudio Arriagada (Ind). The communal council has the following members: * María de la Jara Frias ( RN) * Tamara Osorio Peralta ( REP) * Nancy Nicul Loncoleo ( PAVP) * Juan Valdés Valdés ( PS) * Bernardita Aguirre Cabezas ( PS) * Sergio Urbina Núñez ( DC) * Ximena Palacios Orellana ( FA) * Andrés Moreno Barrios ( PL) Within the

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, La Granja is represented in the

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by Felipe Salaberry ( UDI) and Ximena Vidal ( PPD) as part of the 25th electoral district, (together with

Macul Macul ( Quechua: "to stretch out right hand") is a commune of Chile located in the central-eastern part of the Greater Santiago area, bordered by the communes of Ñuñoa to the north, San Joaquín to the west, Peñalolén to the east and L ...

and San Joaquín). The commune is represented in the

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by Soledad Alvear (PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

References

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