Lo Espejo
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lo Espejo
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| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = City and Commune
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| flag_alt = Flag
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| image_map = Comuna de Lo Espejo.svg
| map_alt = Map of Lo Espejo commune in Greater Santiago
| map_caption = Map of Lo Espejo commune in Greater Santiago
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| pushpin_map_alt = 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
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| government_footnotes = {{Cite web |url = http://www.loespejo.cl |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=27 January 2011|language=es}}
| government_type = Municipality
| leader_title = Alcalde
| leader_party = PCCh
| leader_name = Javiera Reyes Jara
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 7.2
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| population_total = 112800
| population_as_of = 1999 Census
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_blank1_title = Urban
| population_blank1 = 112800
| population_blank2_title = Rural
| population_blank2 = 0
| demographics_type1 = Sex
| demographics1_title1 = Men
| demographics1_info1 = 55,478
| demographics1_title2 = Women
| demographics1_info2 = 57,322
| timezone = CLT{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=26 September 2010 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=11 September 2007 }}
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| area_code = 56 +
| website = [http://www.loespejo.cl Municipality of Lo Espejo]
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Lo Espejo is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, southwest of Santiago Centro. It is the most population density commune in the country.
Demographics
According to the 1999 census of the National Statistics Institute, Lo Espejo spans an area of {{convert|7.2|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 112,800 inhabitants (55,478 men and 57,322 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 6.1% (7,275 persons) between the 1990 and 1999 censuses. The 2006 population was projected at 106,819 persons, a 5.3% decline.{{cite web|url=http://sir.mideplan.cl/ |title=System of Regional Information |accessdate=13 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}}
=Statistics=
- Average annual household income: US$23,881 (PPP, 2006){{Failed verification|date=September 2010}}
- Population below poverty line: 20.1% (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: 71.90, mid-low, 36 out of 52 (2005){{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
- Human Development Index: 0.657, 226 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 }}
Administration
As a commune, Lo Espejo 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 2024-2028 alcaldesa is Javiera Reyes Jara (PCCh).{{Cite web |title=Alcaldesa |url=https://www.loespejo.cl/alcaldesa/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Municipalidad Lo Espejo |language=es}} The communal council has the following members:{{Cite web |title=Concejo Municipal |url=https://www.loespejo.cl/concejo-municipal/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Municipalidad Lo Espejo |language=es}}
- Carolina Sagredo Ugarte (PCCh)
- Elizabeth Henríquez Leiva (PCCh)
- Francisca Ganga Zúñiga (Ind/PCCh)
- Javiera López Layana (FA)
- Cecilia Benavides León (UDI)
- Carolina Sagredo Ugarte (FRVS)
- Carlo Acosta de la Fuente (RN)
- Lorena Galleguillos Oliva (Ind/PS)
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Lo Espejo is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Pedro Browne (RN) and Guillermo Teillier (PC) as part of the 28th electoral district (together with Pedro Aguirre Cerda and San Miguel). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear (PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).
References
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External links
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- {{in lang|es}} [http://www.loespejo.cl/ Municipality of Lo Espejo]
{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region}}