La Reina ( Spanish : "The Queen"; distorted from Larraín) is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province , Santiago Metropolitan Region , created in 1963 from an eastern portion of the Ñuñoa commune. It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile .
5-493: La Reina is a residential commune inhabited by mostly mid to upper-mid income families and high-income groups. The Eulogio Sánchez Airport and Military Hospital are both located in the southern part of the commune. According to the 1999 census of the National Statistics Institute , La Reina spans an area of 23.4 km (9 sq mi) and has 96,762 inhabitants (44,293 men and 52,469 women), and
10-580: Is an airport in La Reina , an eastern suburb of Santiago , Chile . It is two-thirds owned by the Club Aéreo de Santiago and one-third owned by the Club Aéreo de Carabineros de Chile . Also, it holds the headquarters of Airbus Helicopters Chile S.A. The airport consists of 120 acres on the eastern edge of the Santiago metropolitan area. It was constructed in 1954 and named for the then-president of
15-508: The Club Aéreo de Santiago , Eulogio Sánchez Errazuriz (1903-1956). Its taxiways, runway and fuel platform are the only public use infrastructure areas at the airport. It is home to about 100 aircraft, a restaurant and a public park next to the main entrance in Alcalde Fernando Castillo Velasco Avenue. Runway 19 has an additional 170 metres (560 ft) displaced threshold . Eulogio Sánchez Airport
20-427: The commune is an entirely urban area . The population grew by 4.7% (4,352 persons) between the 1990 and 1999 censuses. The 2003 projected population was 96,551. As a commune, La Reina 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 2021-2024 mayor is José Manuel Palacios Parra ( UDI ). The communal council has
25-628: The following members: La Reina is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Jaime Pilowsky ( PDC ) and José Antonio Kast ( UDI ) as part of the 24th electoral district (together with Peñalolén ). The commune is represented in the Senate by Carlos Montes ( PS ) and Manuel José Ossandón ( RN ) as part of the 8th senatorial constituency (Santiago-East). Eulogio S%C3%A1nchez Airport Eulogio Sánchez Airport ( Spanish : Aeródromo Eulogio Sánchez ) ( ICAO : SCTB ), also known as Tobalaba Airport ,
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