Maipú, Chile
Maipú | |
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 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 | |
  Maipú Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates (city): 33°31′S 70°46′W / 33.517°S 70.767°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Santiago Metro. |
| Province | Santiago |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Tomás Vodanovic (RD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 133 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 468,390 |
| • Density | 3,500/km2 (9,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 464,882 |
| • Rural | 3,508 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 227,285 |
| • Women | 241,105 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
| Area code | 56 + |
| Website | Municipality of Maipú |
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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.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Maipú spans 133 km2 (51 sq mi) and had a population of 479,911, comprising 233,000 men and 247,000 women. The vast majority of people, 476,552 or 99.3%, lived in urban areas while 3,359 (0.7%) lived in rural areas. From 1992 to 2002, the population grew by 82.6%, an increase of 211,840 people.[3]
Statistics
[edit]- Average annual household income: US$45,664 (PPP, 2006)[6]
- Population below poverty line: 9.1% (2006)[7]
- Regional quality of life index: 76.67, mid-high, 21 out of 52 (2005)[citation needed]
- Human Development Index: 0.782, 20 out of 341 (2003)[8]
Administration
[edit]As a commune, Maipú 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 Tomás Vodanovic FA).[9][10] The communal council had the following members:
- Ka Quiroz Viveros (FA)
- Nicolas Carrancio Fuentes (FA)
- Bladymir Muñoz Acevedo (FA)
- Felipe Farías López (Ind/FA)
- Ariel Ramos Stocker (PCCh)
- Graciela Arochas Felber (PDC)
- Edison Aguilera Salazar (REP)
- Karen Garrido Neira (REP)
- Juan Carlos Prado Chacón (RN)
- Horacio Saavedra (UDI)
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Maipú is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Pepe Auth (PPD) and Mónica Zalaquett (UDI) as part of the 20th electoral district, which consists entirely of the Santiago commune. The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
Gallery
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Town hall -
Monument to Maipú Embrace -
The cross of Primo de Rivera's Hill -
Monument to the Conquerors of the winners of Bailen -
A neighbourhood in Maipu
References
[edit]- ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Municipality of Maipú" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Chilean National Congress" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ "Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region" (PDF). Ministry of Planning of Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2007.
- ^ "The Trajectories of Human Development in the Communes of Chile (1994-2003)" (PDF). Government of Chile, Mideplán (in Spanish). UNDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ^ "Alcaldesa Cathy Barriga Guerra". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "CATHERINE BARRIGA GUERRA (INDEP. UDI)".
External links
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- (in Spanish) Municipality of Maipú
- (in Spanish) Maipú a su servicio journal
- (in Spanish) MaipuCiudadano.cl, Diario Virtual de Maipú journal
- (in Spanish) Todas las noticias de Maipú en un solo lugar journal
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