San Miguel | |
|---|---|
 City Hall | |
  San Miguel Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates (alcalde's office):33°29′09″S70°38′58″W / 33.48583°S 70.64944°W /-33.48583; -70.64944 | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Santiago Metro. |
| Province | Santiago |
| Founded | 10 August 1896 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Carol Bown (UDI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi) |
| As of 2002 Census | |
| Population (2017 projection)[3] | |
• Total | 107,954 |
| • Density | 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 107,954 |
| • Rural | 0 |
| Demonym | Sanmiguelino |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 37,836 |
| • Women | 41,036 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
| Area code | 56 + |
| Website | Municipality of San Miguel |
San Miguel (Spanish for "Saint Michael") is acommune ofChile located inSantiago Province,Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on August 10, 1896.
The history of San Miguel dates back to the 16th century when Gaspar Banda, assistant to the conquistadorDiego de Almagro, created a hermitage to Saint Michael the Archangel in this territory in 1575. In 1881, the Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel was built on the same site as the 1575 hermitage.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the place emerged as an agricultural area, with wheat, barley andwine plantations. The land was owned byBernardo O'Higgins, liberator and father of the Chilean nation, who used it as his vacation home.
Ramón Subercaseaux brought wine strains directly fromBordeaux,France, and his wines acquired international prestige, notably at theExposition Universelle of 1889 inParis. His 1840 house is still preserved as a cultural center and is open to the public.
Thecommune of San Miguel was founded on August 10, 1896. At the beginning of the 20th century, the area began to be urbanized in the style of aEuropean garden city, with large mansions, parks, squares and many trees in the streets. In later years, development followed a more middle-class urban style.
In the civic square in front of the city hall, a statue ofJosé Miguel Carrera. The statue was designed byAuguste Dumont, the same sculptor who made the statue ofNapoleon on theVendôme Column inParis.
As acommune, San Miguel is a third-leveladministrative division of Chile administered by amunicipal council, headed by analcalde who is directly elected every four years. The alcalde's office (alcaldía) is located atGran Avenida No. 3418. The 2024–2028 alcalde is Carol Bown Sepúlveda (UDI). The communal council has the following members:
San Miguel belongs to the 28thelectoral division (together withPedro Aguirre Cerda andLo Espejo) and the 8thsenatorial constituency (Santiago East). It is represented in theChamber of Deputies of theNational Congress by the deputiesGuillermo Teillier del Valle (PCCh) and Pedro Browne Urrejola (RN). It is represented in the Senate by senatorsSoledad Alvear (PDC) andPablo Longueira (UDI).
According to the 2002census of theNational Statistics Institute, San Miguel spans an area of 9.5 km2 (4 sq mi) and has 78,872 inhabitants (37,836 men and 41,036 women), and the commune is an entirelyurban area. The population fell by 4.8% (3997 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[3] Thedemonym for a person from San Miguel issanmiguelino for a man orsanmiguelina for a woman.
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