6-642: Villa Alemana ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝaleˈmana] ; "German Village" in English) is a city and commune in Chile's Zona Central . It was founded in 1896 by Italian and German immigrants. Villa Alemana is a part of the urban area known as Greater Valparaiso . Villa Alemana's flag is notable for having the flag of the German Empire banded on it, along with the Flag of Germany . Villa Alemana
12-617: The Chamber of Deputies by the deputies: As part of the 6th senatorial constituency ( Valparaíso ), the commune is represented in the Senate by the senators: Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Villa Alemana. List of cities in Chile This is a list of cities in Chile . A city is defined by Chile 's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an "urban entity" with more than 5,000 inhabitants. This list
18-411: The 2002 and 2017 censuses. As a commune, Villa Alemana 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 alcalde is Javiera Toledo Muñoz. The council has the following members: Within the electoral divisions of Chile Villa Alemana is part of the 6th electoral district, represented in
24-724: The commune of Villa Alemana was established, but in 1928 it was incorporated in Quilpué . On 7 June 1933, Villa Alemana separated from Quilpué, recreating the commune of Villa Alemana. Today, it is a bedroom community for Viña del Mar and Valparaíso . According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute , Villa Alemana spans an area of 96.5 km (37 sq mi) and has 126,548 inhabitants (59,756 men and 66,792 women). Of these, 125,327 (99%) lived in urban areas and 1221 (1%) in rural areas . The population grew by 32.34% (30,925 persons) between
30-598: Was founded at the beginning of a Chilean railway development. Its climate is so temperate that the slogan is "The City of Eternal Youth" ("La ciudad de la eterna juventud" in Spanish) or "City of the Mills" ("Ciudad de los Molinos" in Spanish). There was originally nothing but fields as well as a small vineyard, trees and flowers, dominated by hawthorn trees ( Crataegus ). Where the Theater Pompeya stands today, land
36-421: Was offered for 20 cents per meter. And that was where Don Buenaventura Joglar had the idea to buy land and build a population which he named Villa Alemana, as German emigrants were the first to buy these sites. On 8 November 1894, it was founded under the name of Viña Miraflores. The property was owned by Don Buenaventura Joglar, who divided the land into lots and set the name of Villa Alemana. On 5 January 1918,
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