Peñalolén, Chile
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Peñalolén (Mapudungun "fraternal meeting place") is a municipality and comuna and census-designated city of Chile located on the eastern part of the province of Santiago in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It has an area of 54.2 km², a population of 216,060 (2002 census) and an average household income of $22,355 in PPP US dollars (2000).
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[edit] Local government
The Municipality of Peñalolén was founded on November 15, 1984.
[edit] Mayors
Since 1984, Peñalolén has had five mayors:
- María Angélica Cristi (1984-1989)
- Carlos Alarcón (1989-1993)
- Carlos Echeverría (1993-1996)
- Carlos Alarcón (1997-2000) (2000-2004)
- Claudio Orrego (2004-2008)
[edit] Cultural life
[edit] Universities
- Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
- Universidad Internacional SEK Chile
[edit] External link
- Municipality homepage (in Spanish)