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A commune (Spanish: comuna, IPA:) 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.
It ranges from 53°W to 90°W and from the South Pole to 60°S, overlapping the Argentine and British Antarctic claims, and is the largest and least populated commune in Chile, being over 25 times the size of the next largest commune, Natales. It is administered by the Cabo de Hornos municipality in the South American mainland.
It is the only provincial municipality of special regime with faculties of regional government. It is established according to the 2002 Organic Law of Regional Governments (Ley Orgánica de Gobiernos Regionales) and the 2003 Organic Law of Municipalities (Ley Orgánica de Municipalidades).
The Mayor of Pichilemu is an elected politician who is the head of the executive branch of government of the commune of Pichilemu, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile. The mayor presides over the local city council , composed of six members, and serves as the civic representative of the commune.
The region was a former Peruvian province, which was occupied by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific, and then formally annexed in 1929 by the Treaty of Lima. Following annexation, Arica y Parinacota went through a process of forced acculturation known as Chilenization with the aim of creating a ...
The Biobío Region [5] [6] [7] (Spanish: Región del Biobío [ˌbi.oˈβi.o]) [8] is one of Chile's sixteen regions (first-order administrative divisions).With a population of 1.5 million, thus being the third most populated region in Chile, it is divided into three provinces: Arauco, Biobío and Concepción.
As a commune, Pudahuel is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde (Mayor) who is directly elected every four years. The 2021–2024 mayor is Ítalo Bravo Lizana (Equality Party). The communal council has the following members: [10] Cinthya Muñoz Escanilla ; Sandy Muñoz Poblete
As a commune, Cerrillos 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 mayor is Arturo Aguirre Gacitúa , and the council has the following members: [2] [3] Juan De Dios Jiménez Retamal ; Orfilia Castro Tobar