Recoleta is a commune of

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in the Santiago Province. It is located north of Santiago Centro directly across the

Mapocho River The River Mapocho () ( Mapudungun: ''Mapu chuco'', "water that penetrates the land") is a river in Chile. It flows from its source in the Andes mountains onto the west and divides Chile's capital Santiago in two. Course The Mapocho begins at the ...

. The commune also bordered by Independencia and

Conchalí Conchalí () is a commune of Chile in Santiago Province, within the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is located in the northern part of the city of Santiago. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Conc ...

to its west, Huechuraba to its north and Providencia and

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to its east where the

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forms a natural barrier.

Demographics

According to the 2017

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

of the National Statistics Institute, Recoleta spans an area of and has 157,851 inhabitants (77,709 men and 80,142 women), and the commune is an entirely

urban area An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas originate through urbanization, and researchers categorize them as cities, towns, conurbations or suburbs. In urbani ...

. The population grew by 6.5% (9,631 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 censuses. Its 2024 projected population is 196,856.

Statistics

*Average annual household income: US$4,551 ( PPP, 2006)Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile.
*Population below poverty line: 12.4% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 89.77, high, 4 out of 52 (2005) *

Human Development Index The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, Education Index, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income i ...

: 0.797, 11 out of 341 (2003)Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)
."

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, ''Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán''

Parks and open space

The territory of Recoleta includes the northwest portion of

Santiago Metropolitan Park The Santiago Metropolitan Park is an urban park located within the city of Santiago, capital of Chile. Consisting of the San Cristóbal, Chacarillas and Los Gemelos hills, and the areas of Tupahue, Lo Saldés, Pirámide and Bosque Santiago, the ...

, the Cerro Blanco and the Santiago General Cemetery.

Culture

The bohemian Barrio Bellavista straddles the border between Recoleta and Providencia. Barrio Patronato is a neighbourhood in Recoleta with a commercial district that initially grew with the arrival of Middle Eastern immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The La Vega Central Market also lies in close proximity to the Patronato metro station. Historical churches are located in Recoleta, including the Iglesia de la Recoleta Franciscana and the Iglesia de la Recoleta Dominica.

Administration

As a commune, Recoleta is a third-level

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administered by a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

, headed by an

alcalde ''Alcalde'' (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and Administration (government), administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor (position), corregidor, the presiding officer o ...

that is directly elected every four years. The alcalde for the 2024-2028 term is Fares Jadue Leiva ( PC). The communal council has the following members: * Marta Valera Aranda ( REP) * Silvana Flores Cruz ( DEM) * Marcel Rosse Venegas ( RN) * Alejandra Muñoz Díaz ( UDI) * Karen Garrido Ganga ( PC) * Joceline Parra Delgadillo ( PC) * Cristian Weibel Avendaño ( PC) * Camila Henríquez Lara ( PS) Within the

electoral divisions of Chile This article covers the electoral division of Chile, which involves two distinct systems: # Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Chile, Senate: Chile is divided into electoral districts and senatorial constituencies for ...

, Recoleta is part of electoral district No. 9. On the other hand, the commune belongs to the VII Senatorial District that represents the entire

Metropolitan Region of Santiago Santiago Metropolitan Region () 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. Most commercial and administrative centers are loca ...

References

External links

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Municipality of Recoleta
{{Authority control Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile Geography of Santiago, Chile Communes of Chile Populated places established in 1981