Quinta Normal is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is named after Quinta Normal Park, which lies directly on the border between Quinta Normal and Santiago Centro, although the park itself is located within the Santiago commune.
Quinta Normal | |
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 City Hall | |
  Quinta Normal Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates (city): 33°25.7′S 70°42′W / 33.4283°S 70.700°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Santiago Metro |
| Province | Santiago |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Karina Delfino Mussa (PS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2025 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 141,823 |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 141,823 |
| • Rural | 0 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 70,073 |
| • Women | 71,750 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
| Area code | 56 + |
| Website | Municipality of Quinta Normal |
Demographics
editAccording to the 2025 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quinta Normal spans an area of 13 km2 (5 sq mi) and has 141,823 inhabitants (70,073 men and 71,750 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area
Statistics
edit- Population: 95,597 (2006 projection)[6]
- Average annual household income: US$17,919 (PPP, 2006)[citation needed]
- Population below poverty line: 10.8% (2006)[7]
- Regional quality of life index: 77.01, mid-high, 19 out of 52 (2005)[citation needed]
- Human Development Index: 0.723, 87 out of 341 (2003)[8]
Administration
editAs a commune, Cerro Navia 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 2024-2028 alcalde is Karina Delfino Mussa (PS). The communal council has the following members:
- Valentina Tapia Escobar (FA)
- Javier Robles Bernal (FA)
- Yohanna Cáceres Lloncon (PS)
- Antonieta Flores Miranda (PS)
- Nicolás Jaramillo Méndez (UDI)
- Carla Salazar Tapia (UDI)
- Hilda Landeros Gallardo (RN)
- Alex Muñoz Viscarra (REP)
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).
References
edit- ↑ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ↑ "Municipality of Quinta Normal" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- 1 2 3 "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ↑ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ Sistema de Información Regional, Ministry of Planning of Chile. Archived 23 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region" (PDF). Ministry of Planning of Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2007.
- ↑ "Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003) Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine." UNDP, Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán.
External links
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Media related to Quinta Normal at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Spanish) — Municipality of Quinta Normal