Cerrillos, Chile
title: "Cerrillos, Chile" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-santiago-province,-chile", "communes-of-chile", "geography-of-santiago,-chile", "1991-establishments-in-chile", "populated-places-established-in-1991"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerrillos,_Chile" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | |
| native_name_lang | es |
| settlement_type | Commune |
| image_skyline | Villa Panamericana de Santiago - 20241124 (2).jpg |
| image_caption | Villa Panamericana |
| 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 |
| pushpin_map | Chile |
| pushpin_map_narrow | yes |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_alt | Location in Chile |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Chile |
| coordinates | |
| coor_pinpoint | city |
| 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 |
| government_footnotes | |
| government_type | Municipality |
| leader_title | Alcalde |
| leader_party | Ind |
| leader_name | Johnny Yáñez |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 21.0 |
| elevation_m | 517 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 89520 |
| population_as_of | 2023 projection |
| population_density_km2 | 4262 |
| population_demonym | Cerrillano |
| population_blank1_title | Urban |
| population_blank1 | 89520 |
| population_blank2_title | Rural |
| population_blank2 | 0 |
| demographics_type1 | Sex |
| demographics1_footnotes | |
| demographics1_title1 | Men |
| demographics1_info1 | 44,272 |
| demographics1_title2 | Women |
| demographics1_info2 | 45,248 |
| timezone | CLT |
| utc_offset | -4 |
| timezone_DST | CLST{{cite web |
| url | http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |
| accessdate | 12 September 2010 |
| title | Chile Summer Time |
| publisher | WorldTimeZones.org |
| url-status | dead |
| archiveurl | https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |
| archivedate | 11 September 2007 |
| utc_offset_DST | -3 |
| area_code | 56 + |
| website | Municipality of Cerrillos |
| :: |
| name = Cerrillos | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = Commune | image_skyline = Villa Panamericana de Santiago - 20241124 (2).jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Villa Panamericana | image_flag = | 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 | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = city | coordinates_footnotes = | 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 | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_party = Ind | leader_name = Johnny Yáñez | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 21.0 | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 517 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 89520 | population_as_of = 2023 projection | population_density_km2 = 4262 | population_rank = | population_demonym = Cerrillano | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 89520 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 0 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 44,272 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 45,248 | timezone = CLT | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=12 September 2010 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=11 September 2007 | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = 56 + | website = Municipality of Cerrillos | footnotes =
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. The commune was created in 1991 from a subdivision of Maipú.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/25-09-2013_Parque_Bicentenario_Los_Cerrillos_(9937261505).jpg" caption="Cerrillos Park in 2013"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Museo_Aeronáutico_y_del_Espacio_02.JPG" caption="[[Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio]]."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/M_Cerrilos_-Alme_-_El_sueno_de_volar_20171201_fRF06.jpg" caption="[[Cerrillos metro station]] mural"] ::
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, the commune spans an area of 21 sqkm and has a population of 71,906 living in 19,811 households, giving it a population density of 3424.1 PD/sqkm. 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.
Statistics
- Average annual household income: US$22,234 (PPP, 2006)
- Population below poverty line: 8.3% (2006)
- Regional quality of life index: 72.93, medium, 32 out of 52 (2005)
- Human Development Index: 0.743, 54 out of 341 (2003)
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 2024-2028 mayor is Johnny Yáñez (Ind), and the council has the following members:
- Luis Leiva Godoy (FA)
- Josefina Osorio Oviedo (PAVP)
- Roxana Muñoz Daza (PR
- Juan Jiménez Retamal (RN)
- Daivit Mellado Ramírez (Ind)
- Carolina Burgos Alarcón (REP)
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).
References
References
- "Administrative and Censual Political Division".
- "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
- "Municipality of Cerrillos".
- "INE - 2002 Census of Population and Housing".
- "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
- "System of Regional Information". Ministry of Planning of Chile.
- "Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region". Ministry of Planning of Chile.
- "The Trajectories of Human Development in the Communes of Chile (1994-2003)". [[United Nations Development Programme.
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