Quinta Normal

Quinta Normal is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is named after a large park in the area.

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quinta Normal spans an area of 13 km² (5 sq mi) and has 104,012 inhabitants (50,509 men and 53,503 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 10.6% (12337 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

• Population: 95,597 (2006 projection)
• Average annual household income: US$17,919 (PPP, 2006)
• Population below poverty line: 10.8% (2006)
• Regional quality of life index: 77.01, mid-high, 19 out of 52 (2005)
• Human Development Index: 0.723, 87 out of 341 (2003)

As a commune, Quinta Normal 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 communal council has the following members:

• Eduardo Valdés San Martín
• Yohanna Cáceres Lloncón
• Matilde Pérez Ravelo
• Adriano Castillo Herrera
• Sebastián Alburquenque Garrido
• Margarita Ruz Olivares
• Antonieta Flores Miranda
• Nicolás Jaramillo Méndez

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).

Media related to Quinta Normal at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Spanish) — Municipality of Quinta Normal