A commune ( Spanish : comuna , IPA: [koˈmuna] ) is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile . It may contain cities , towns , villages , hamlets as well as rural areas. In highly populated areas, such as Santiago , Valparaíso and Concepción , a conurbation may be broken into several communes. In sparsely populated areas, conversely, a commune may cover a substantial rural area together with several settled areas which could range from hamlets to towns or cities.
5-592: Quinta Normal is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province , Santiago Metropolitan Region . It is named after a large park in the area. According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute , Quinta Normal spans an area of 13 km (5 sq mi) and has 104,012 inhabitants (50,509 men and 53,503 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area . The population fell by 10.6% (12337 persons) between
10-421: A mayor ( alcalde ) and a group of councillors ( concejales ), for a period of four years. The communal civil service administration is known as the municipality ( municipalidad ) and is headquartered at the mayor's office ( alcaldía ). According to Chilean law, a single municipality may administer one or more communes, though currently, the only such case is the municipality of Cabo de Hornos , which administers
15-521: Is ambiguous in English, but the word is commonly used in translation for "comuna", although with some controversy among translators. A comuna is similar to a "county" in Anglo-American usage and practice, and may be more universally understood as a "municipality". Each commune or municipality is governed by a directly elected body known as a municipal council ( concejo municipal ) consisting of
20-646: The 1992 and 2002 censuses. As a commune, Quinta Normal 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 communal council has the following members: 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 ). [REDACTED] Media related to Quinta Normal at Wikimedia Commons Communes of Chile The term "commune"
25-524: The communes of Antártica and Cabo de Hornos . Chile's 346 communes are grouped into 56 provinces ( provincia , pl. provincias ), which are themselves grouped into 16 regions ( región , pl. regiones ). Traditionally, Chilean regions are listed in geographical order starting with the northernmost region, leaving the Santiago Metropolitan Region at the end. The following table lists all Chilean communes, providing
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