Ñuñoa


Ñuñoa is a commune of Chile located in the Santiago Province and the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
The oldest municipality in the traditional east end of Santiago, Ñuñoa has most city amenities while still maintaining its character as a quiet, residential area, residential commune.
Recently, Ñuñoa's many charms and convenient location have led to an increased desire by young urban professionals to live there. In response, developers have bought out older homes and erected multi-dwelling units, a practice that has triggered much criticism from long-time residents.
In 2007, Ñuñoa was cited for the third consecutive year as the district with the highest quality of life in Santiago.

Ñuñoa boasts bustling public services and private businesses and a public transportation system serving all parts of the municipality. Most business activity takes place along Irarrázaval Ave., a 6-km thoroughfare crossing the entire municipality east-west. Ñuñoa is also home to Santiago’s only mosque and to the National Stadium, Chile’s largest sports complex. During the military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet, the National Stadium, which stands in the heart of Ñuñoa, was turned into a notorious torture and death camp where tens of thousands were held. Every September 11, on the anniversary of the coup d'état that brought Pinochet to power, a candlelight vigil is held in remembrance of the scores of Chileans and people of many nationalities who were imprisoned, tortured and killed in the Stadium at the hands of their military captors.

Demographics

Per the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ñuñoa spans an area in size and has 163,511 residents, making it a wholly urban area. The population dropped 5.3% from the 1992 to the 2002 censuses. The 2009 population was projected to be 149,205.

Stats

As a commune, Ñuñoa is a third-level administrative division of Chile run by a municipal council headed by a mayor elected to a four-year term of office. The mayor for 2016-2020 is Andrés Zarhi Troy. The communal council has the following members:
Chile Vamos
Nueva Mayoría
Frente Amplio
Ñuñoa and Providencia make up the 21st electoral district, currently represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Maya Fernández and Mayor Sabat's daughter, Marcela Sabat. Ñuñoa is also part of the 8th senatorial constituency, represented in the Senate by Carlos Montes and Manuel José Ossandón.

Education

Private schools:
Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Santiago-Nuñoa.