Quinta Normal

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image_captionCity Hall
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subdivision_type2Province
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Quinta Normal is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is named after Quinta Normal Park, which lies directly on the border between Quinta Normal and Santiago Centro, although the park itself is located within the Santiago commune.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Centro_Cultural_Casona_Dubois,_Quinta_Normal,_Santiago_20231223_02.jpg" caption="Casona Dubois Cultural Center"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Basílica_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_Lourdes,_Quinta_Normal,_Santiago_20230520.jpg" caption="Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes de Santiago"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Parque_Renato_Poblete.JPG" caption="[[Parque de la Familia"] ::

Demographics

According to the 2025 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quinta Normal spans an area of 13 sqkm and has 141,823 inhabitants (70,073 men and 71,750 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area

Statistics

  • Population: 95,597 (2006 projection)
  • Average annual household income: US$17,919 (PPP, 2006)
  • Population below poverty line: 10.8% (2006)
  • Regional quality of life index: 77.01, mid-high, 19 out of 52 (2005)
  • Human Development Index: 0.723, 87 out of 341 (2003)

Administration

As a commune, Cerro Navia 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 Karina Delfino Mussa (PS). The communal council has the following members:

  • Valentina Tapia Escobar (FA)
  • Javier Robles Bernal (FA)
  • Yohanna Cáceres Lloncon (PS)
  • Antonieta Flores Miranda (PS)
  • Nicolás Jaramillo Méndez (UDI)
  • Carla Salazar Tapia (UDI)
  • Hilda Landeros Gallardo (RN)
  • Alex Muñoz Viscarra (REP)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Quinta Normal was dissolved as a district. Its last representatives in the Chamber of Deputies were Nicolás Monckeberg (RN) and Cristina Girardi (PPD).

References

References

  1. "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
  2. "Municipality of Quinta Normal".
  3. "National Statistics Institute".
  4. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  5. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  6. [http://sir.mideplan.cl/ Sistema de Información Regional], Ministry of Planning of Chile. {{webarchive. link. (23 April 2008)
  7. "Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region". Ministry of Planning of Chile.
  8. "[http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)] {{webarchive. link. (7 July 2011 ." [[United Nations Development Programme). UNDP]], ''Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán''.

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