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San Ramón, Chile

San Ramón (Spanish for "Saint Ramón") is a commune in the Santiago Province, within the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile. It is part of the urban area of Greater Santiago.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Ramón spans an area of 6.5 km2 (3 sq mi) and is entirely an urban area. The commune had 94,906 inhabitants (46,596 men and 48,310 women), with its population falling by 5.9% (5,911 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[2]

Statistics

Administration

As a commune, San Ramón 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 alcalde is Gustavo Eduardo Toro Quintana (DC). The communal council has the following members:

  • Cristóbal Escobar Salinas (RN)
  • Mario Alarcón León (REP)
  • Maricel Araya Peñaloza (Ind-DC)
  • Fidel Contreras Cespedes (PPD)
  • Claudio Tapia Díaz (PAVP)
  • Fidel Castro Solís (PH)
  • Estefany Ñanculef Beltrán (Ind-FA)
  • Jacqueline Sandoval Rozas (PC)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Ramón is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Tucapel Jiménez (PPD) and Mr. Iván Moreira (UDI) as part of the 27th electoral district, (together with El Bosque and La Cisterna). The commune is represented in the Senate by Soledad Alvear Valenzuela (PDC) and Pablo Longueira Montes (UDI) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East).

References

  1. ^ "Municipality of San Ramón" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  5. ^ "System of Regional Information". Ministry of Planning of Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region" (PDF). Ministry of Planning of Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2007.
  7. ^ "The Trajectories of Human Development in the Communes of Chile (1994-2003)" (PDF). Government of Chile, Mideplán. UNDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.