Maipú, Chile

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Maipú

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = City and Commune

| image_skyline = Montaje Maipú.png

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Top left:A Santiago Metro train arriving in Maipú, Top middle: Battle of Bailén Memorial, Top right: April 5th Avenue, Middle left: Maipú Main Square, Middle right: Maipu Municipal Theater, Bottom left: Votive Temple, Bottom middle: Mall Arauco Maipú, Bottom right: Santiago Bueras Stadium

| image_flag = Flag of Maipu, Chile.svg

| flag_alt = Flag

| image_shield = Escudo de Maipú (Chile).svg

| shield_alt = Coat of arms

| image_map = Comuna de Maipú.svg

| map_alt = Map of Maipú commune within Greater Santiago

| map_caption = Map of Maipú commune within Greater Santiago

| pushpin_map = Chile

| pushpin_map_narrow = yes

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile

| coordinates = {{coord|33|31|S|70|46|W|region:CL-RM|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint = city

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Chile}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Santiago Metro.

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Santiago

| established_title =

| established_date =

| seat =

| government_footnotes = {{Cite web |url = http://portal.maipu.cl |title = Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades |access-date = 27 January 2011 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060715124359/http://portal.maipu.cl/ |archive-date = 15 July 2006 |url-status = dead }}

{{Cite web |url = http://portal.maipu.cl |title = Municipality of Maipú |access-date = 27 January 2011 |language = es |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060715124359/http://portal.maipu.cl/ |archive-date = 15 July 2006 |url-status = dead }}

| government_type = Municipality

| leader_title = Alcalde

| leader_party = FA

| leader_name = Tomás Vodanovic

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |access-date=13 December 2010|language=es}}

| area_total_km2 = 133

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 468390

| population_as_of = 2002 Census

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym =

| population_blank1_title = Urban

| population_blank1 = 464882

| population_blank2_title = Rural

| population_blank2 = 3508

| demographics_type1 = Sex

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Men

| demographics1_info1 = 227,285

| demographics1_title2 = Women

| demographics1_info2 = 241,105

| timezone = CLT{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |access-date=26 September 2010 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007 }}

| utc_offset = -4

| timezone_DST = CLST{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |access-date=26 September 2010 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007 }}

| utc_offset_DST = -3

| postal_code_type =

| postal_code =

| area_code_type =

| area_code =56 +

| website = [http://www.municipalidadmaipu.cl Municipality of Maipú]

}}

Maipú is a commune of Chile, located in Santiago Province, within the Santiago Metropolitan Region and forming part of the Greater Santiago conurbation. It was founded on 16 February 1821 and is historically significant as the site of the Battle of Maipú (5 April 1818), where Chile's independence was consolidated. Maipú is the second largest commune in the country and is predominantly inhabited by a middle-class population.