San Miguel, Chile


San Miguel is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on August 10, 1896.

Administration

As a commune, Bulnes 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 alcalde's office is located at Gran Avenida No. 3418. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Julio Palestro Velásquez. The communal council has the following members:
San Miguel belongs to the 28th electoral division and the 8th senatorial constituency. It is represented in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress by the deputies Guillermo Teillier del Valle and Pedro Browne Urrejola. It is represented in the Senate by senators Soledad Alvear and Pablo Longueira.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Miguel spans an area of and has 78,872 inhabitants, making the commune an entirely urban area. The population fell by 4.8% between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The demonym for a person from San Miguel is sanmiguelino for a man or sanmiguelina for a woman.
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