Cerro Navia

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Cerro Navia (Spanish "Navia Hill") is a municipality ("comuna") of Chile, located on the province of Santiago, in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. The municipality has an area of 11.1 km² a population of 148,312 (2002 census) with a population density of 14,828 per square km, slightly higher than that of greater Santiago's 13,000 square km, making it one of the most densely populated municipalities. The average household income is $13,360 in PPP US dollars (2000).

[edit] History

Officially established on March 17, 1981, it wasn't until December of 1984 that Cerro Navia became its own municipality, taking over much of Pudahuel, part of Quinta Normal, and the old municipality of Las Barrancas.