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Lampa (Chile)

Lampa (in Quechua: Lampa, ‘the miner’s shovel’) is a community located in the rural zone northwest of Santiago, Chile. It belongs to the administrative providence of Chacabuco, in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago. According to the census of 2017, Lampa has a population of 201,034 habitants, being the community with the greatest growth in comparison with the census before (2002), when it only had 40228 habitants. In the trimester of the year 2016, Lampa was selected as first place as the community with the most sales in living area, reaching 28%, with respect to Colina and Puente Alto. The community of Lampa adjoins the communities of Til Til, Colina, Pudahuel, Curacaví, Quilicura and Quilpué.

Characteristics

It is a community where the land, is for the most part plains, with certain rolling hills in the northern part. It possesses, similar to the majority of the communities in the region, a Mediterranean type of vegetation which makes up a green landscape almost year-round, even though in the summer there tend to be hot spots. The climate is for the most part is a temperate, Mediterranean climate even though in the zone there are registered extremes throughout the majority of the region. For that very reason during the winter at the lowest it can reach negatives – with frequent frosts – and in summer can reach 30 °C, in the year 2013, Lampa was the coldest community of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, reaching -8.4 °C. The commerce is gradually progressing, above all in downtown, which is very close to the Central Highway and is connected by highway Américo Vespucio Express and Costanera Norte with all the neighborhoods of the Great Santiago. Demographically, it is a growing community, more and more housing complexes are built due to its proximity to Santiago, Chile through the Central Highway, Costanera Norte and Amémerico Vespucio Norte Express. Soon the Highway Norponiente will be built which will connect Cerro Navia with Lampa from the Enlace Carrascal to the Costanera Sur.

Representation

Lampa belongs to the Electoral District number eight and to the seventh Senatorial District (Santiago Poniente.) It is represented in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile by the deputies Joaquín Lavín León de la IDU, Gabriel Silber Romo del CDP, Pepe Auth Stewart of PRSD, Patricio Melero Abaroa of the IDU, Claudia Mix Jiménez of Citizen Power, Mario Desbordes Jiménez of NR, Carmen Hertz Cádiz del PCCh and Pbalo Vidal Rojas of DR. At the same time, it is represented in the Senate by the senators Guido Girardi Lavín of PPD and Andrés Allamand of NR. The well-known municipality of Lampa is directed by the mayor Graciela Ortúzar Novoa (NR), who is advised by the councilors:
 * Lorena Rojas Mendoza (NR)
 * Carlos Escobar Tober (CDP)
 * Carken Gloria Ruminot Jorquera (IDU)
 * Elisa Millaquen Quidel (PS)
 * Marcos Álvarez Tobar (PPD)
 * Jessica González Soto (PRSD)

Mayors of Lampa


 * Graciela Ortuzar Novoa (2008- 2012) (2012 - 2016) (2016 - current)
 * Carlos Escobar Paredes (1992-1996) (1996-2000) (2000-2004) (2004-2008)
 * Jose Raul Rodriguez Rodriguez (1989-1992)
 * Mario Aguilera Valenzuela (1987-1988)
 * Jorge Lira Montes (1989)