Padre Hurtado


Padre Hurtado is a Chilean commune in the Talagante Province, in the Metropolitan Region. Part of the Greater Santiago conurbation and one of the outermost communes of it, the commune is named after Saint Alberto Hurtado, who was popularly known as Padre Hurtado.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Padre Hurtado spans an area of and has 38,768 inhabitants. Of these, 34,257 lived in urban areas and 4,511 in rural areas. The population grew by 32% between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Stats

As a commune, Padre Hurtado 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 2012-2016 alcalde is José Miguel Arellano Merino. The communal council has the following members:
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Padre Hurtado is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mrs. Denise Pascal and Mr. Gonzalo Uriarte as part of the 31st electoral district,. The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín and Jovino Novoa Vásquez as part of the 7th senatorial constituency.