Cerrillos, Chile

Cerrillos (English: Hillocks) is a commune of Chile located in a midtown area of Santiago and the southwest of the city — in the Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region — as a spot of the conurbation of Santiago. The commune was created in 1991 from a subdivision of Maipú.

Administration
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 (PS), and the council has the following members:
 * Juan De Dios Jiménez Retamal (RN)
 * Orfilia Castro Tobar (PPD)
 * María Luisa Figueroa Garrido (PS)
 * Cecilia Foncea Astudillo (DC)
 * Felipe Martinez Calderón (IND)
 * Guillermo Reeves Iriarte (RN)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Cerillos is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as a part of the 20th electoral district (together with Estación Central and Maipú). The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).

Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, the commune spans an area of 21 sqkm and has a population of 71,906 living in 19,811 households, giving it a population density of 3424.1 PD/sqkm. At that time, there were 34,961 men and 36,945 women. The population fell 1.0% (743 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.


 * Other statistics
 * Average annual household income: US$22,234 (PPP, 2006)
 * Population below poverty line: 8.3% (2006)
 * Regional quality of life index: 72.93, medium, 32 out of 52 (2005)
 * Human Development Index: 0.743, 54 out of 341 (2003)