Cerrillos, Chile
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Cerrillos
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = Commune
| image_skyline = Presidente de la República, Gabriel Boric, inaugura la Villa Panamericana que recibirá a los deportistas de los Juegos Panamericano y Parapanamericanos Santiago 2023 - 53187931548.jpg
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| image_caption = Villa Panamericana
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| flag_alt = Flag
| image_shield = Escudo de Cerrillos.svg
| shield_alt = Coat of arms
| image_map = Comuna de Cerrillos.svg
| map_alt = Map of the Cerrillos commune within Greater Santiago
| map_caption = Map of the Cerrillos commune within Greater Santiago
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| pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile
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| subdivision_type = Country
| 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
| area_total_km2 = 21.0
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 517
| 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
| population_blank2 = 0
| demographics_type1 = Sex
| 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}}
- Villa Mexico (small town of cerrillos)
References
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External links
- {{in lang|es}} [http://www.mcerrillos.cl Municipality of Cerrillos]
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region}}
Category:Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile
Category:Geography of Santiago, Chile