Cerrillos, Chile

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Cerrillos

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| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = Commune

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| flag_alt = Flag

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| shield_alt = Coat of arms

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| map_alt = Map of the Cerrillos commune within Greater Santiago

| map_caption = Map of the Cerrillos commune within Greater Santiago

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| subdivision_name = Chile

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Santiago Metro.

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Santiago

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 17 March 1991

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| government_footnotes = {{cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/territorio/division_politico_administrativa/pdf/DPA_COMPLETA.pdf |format= PDF |accessdate= 13 September 2010 |title= Administrative and Censual Political Division |language= es |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101114052159/http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/territorio/division_politico_administrativa/pdf/DPA_COMPLETA.pdf |archivedate= 14 November 2010 }}{{Cite web |url = http://www.mcerrillos.cl |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=27 January 2011|language=es}}{{Cite web |url = http://www.mcerrillos.cl |title=Municipality of Cerrillos | accessdate=27 January 2011|language=es}}

| government_type = Municipality

| leader_title = Alcalde

| leader_party = PS

| leader_name = Arturo Aguirre Gacitúa

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 21.0

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| elevation_m = 517

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| population_total = 89520

| population_as_of = 2023 projection

| population_density_km2 = 4262

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| population_demonym = Cerrillano

| population_blank1_title = Urban

| population_blank1 = 89520

| population_blank2_title = Rural

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| demographics_type1 = Sex

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| demographics1_title1 = Men

| demographics1_info1 = 44,272

| demographics1_title2 = Women

| demographics1_info2 = 45,248

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| area_code = 56 +

| website = [http://www.mcerrillos.cl Municipality of Cerrillos]

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Cerrillos (English: Hillocks) is a commune of Chile located in a midtown area of Santiago and the southwest of the city — in the Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region — as a spot of the conurbation of Santiago. The commune was created in 1991 from a subdivision of Maipú.

Administration

As a commune, Cerrillos is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 mayor is Arturo Aguirre Gacitúa (PS), and the council has the following members:

  • Juan De Dios Jiménez Retamal (RN)
  • Orfilia Castro Tobar (PPD)
  • María Luisa Figueroa Garrido (PS)
  • Cecilia Foncea Astudillo (DC)
  • Felipe Martinez Calderón (IND)
  • Guillermo Reeves Iriarte (RN)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Cerillos is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as a part of the 20th electoral district (together with Estación Central and Maipú). The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, the commune spans an area of {{convert|21|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has a population of 71,906 living in 19,811 households, giving it a population density of {{convert|3424.1|PD/sqkm|0|abbr=on}}. At that time, there were 34,961 men and 36,945 women. The population fell 1.0% (743 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

;Other statistics

  • Average annual household income: US$22,234 (PPP, 2006){{cite web |url=http://sir.mideplan.cl/ |title=System of Regional Information |accessdate=12 September 2010 |work=Ministry of Planning of Chile |language=es |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823144707/http://sir.mideplan.cl/ |archivedate=23 August 2010 }}{{Failed verification|date=September 2010}}
  • Population below poverty line: 8.3% (2006){{cite web |url=http://www.mideplan.cl/final/bajar.php?path=casen2006regional&id=CASEN2006-Metropolitana.pdf |title=Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region |work=Ministry of Planning of Chile |format=PDF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824153157/http://www.mideplan.cl/final/bajar.php?path=casen2006regional&id=CASEN2006-Metropolitana.pdf |archivedate=August 24, 2007|language=es}}
  • Regional quality of life index: 72.93, medium, 32 out of 52 (2005){{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
  • Human Development Index: 0.743, 54 out of 341 (2003){{cite web |url=http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf |title=The Trajectories of Human Development in the Communes of Chile (1994-2003) |publisher=UNDP |work=Government of Chile, Mideplán |accessdate=12 September 2010 |language=es |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707010209/http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf |archivedate=7 July 2011 }}

See also

{{Commons category|Cerrillos|position=left}}

References

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