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La Florida (Spaingie pronunciation: [la floˈɾiða], Spaingie for "the flouery") is a suburban commune o Chile locatit in the Sooth East o Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is a residential aurie an its inhabitants are maistly members o a new middle an upper-middle cless. It ranks nummer 12 oot o 346 amang Chilean communes in terms o Human Development Index.[6] Its mayor is Rodolfo Carter (UDI)
La Florida | |
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Ceety an Commune | |
La Florida municipality premises | |
Coordinates (city): 33°32′S 70°35′W | |
Kintra | Chile |
Region | Santiago Metro. |
Province | Santiago |
Foondit | 28 November 1899 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipality |
• Alcalde | Rodolfo Carter (UDI) |
Area | |
• Total | 70.8 km2 (27.3 sq mi) |
Population (2002 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 365,674 |
• Density | 5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 365563 |
• Landwart | 111 |
Sex | |
• Men | 176,245 |
• Women | 189,429 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
Area code(s) | 56 + |
Website | Municipality o La Florida |
Accordin tae the 2002 census o the Naitional Statistics Institute, La Florida spans an aurie o 70.8 km2 (27 sq mi) an haes 365,674 inhabitants (176,245 men an 189,429 weemen). O these, 365,563 (100%) livit in urban auries an 111 (0%) in landwart auries. It currently haes amaist 400,000 inhabitants, which maks it the third maist populous commune in Chile.
As a commune, La Florida is a third-level admeenistrative diveesion o Chile admeenistered bi a municipal cooncil, heidit bi a alcalde who is directly electit ivery fower year. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Rodolfo Carter Fernández (UDI). The communal cooncil haes the follaein members:
Chile Vamos
Nueva Mayoría
The municipal cooncil is componit bi five members o Chile Vamos (centre-right coalition) an five members o the Nueva Mayoría (centre-left coalition).
Athin the electoral diveesions o Chile, La Florida is representit in the Chamber o Deputies bi Gustavo Hasbún (UDI) and Camila Vallejo-Dowling (PC) as pairt o the 26t Destrict, which consists entirely o the La Florida commune. It is representit in the Senate bi Manuel José Ossandón Irarrázabal (RN) an Carlos Montes Cisternas (PS) as pairt o the 8t Senatorial Constituency (East Santiago).
Previously the aurie haed a German schuil, Deutsche Marienschule Santiago-La Florida.[8]
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