Editing Quilicura

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Quilicura
| settlement_type          = [[List of cities in Chile|City]] and [[Communes of Chile|Commune]]
| image_skyline            = Quilicura y cerro Renca.jpg
| image_alt                = 
| image_size               = 300px
| image_caption            = Quilicura and Renca hill
| image_flag               = Bandera de Quilicura.svg
| flag_alt                 = Flag
| image_shield             = Escudo de Quilicura.svg
| shield_alt               = Coat of arms
| image_map                = Comuna de Quilicura.svg
| map_alt                  = Map of Quilicura commune in [[Greater Santiago]]
| map_caption              = Map of Quilicura commune in [[Greater Santiago]]
| pushpin_map              = Chile
| pushpin_map_narrow       = yes
| pushpin_label_position   = bottom
| pushpin_map_alt          = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption      = Location in Chile
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| coor_pinpoint            = city
| coordinates_footnotes    = 
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = [[Chile]]
| subdivision_type1        = [[Regions of Chile|Region]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Santiago Metropolitan Region|Santiago]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago]]
| government_footnotes     = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.muniquilicura.cl |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | access-date=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.muniquilicura.cl |title=Municipality of Quilicura | access-date=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref>
| government_type          = [[Municipality]]
| leader_title             = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_party             = Ind/[[Frente Amplio (Chilean political party)|FA]]
| leader_name              = Paulina Bobadilla Navarrete
| established_date         = 1902
| unit_pref                = Metric
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="INE">{{Cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |access-date=13 December 2010|language=es}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 57.5
| elevation_footnotes      = 
| elevation_m              = 
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 210,410<ref name="2012census"/>
| population_as_of         = 2017 census
| population_density_km2   = auto
| population_demonym       = 
| population_blank1_title  = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| population_blank2_title  = [[Rural area|Rural]]
| demographics_type1       = Sex (2017 census)
| demographics1_footnotes  = <ref name="INE"/>
| demographics1_title1     = Men
| demographics1_info1      = 103,456
| demographics1_title2     = Women
| demographics1_info2      = 106,954
| postal_code_type         = 
| postal_code              = 
| area_code                = 
| footnotes                = 
| website                  = [http://www.muniquilicura.cl Municipality of Quilicura]
}}

'''Quilicura''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ɪ|l|i|ˈ|k|ʊər|ə}} {{respell|KIL|i|KOOR|ə}}; {{IPA|es|kiliˈkuɾa}}) is a [[communes of Chile|commune]] of [[Chile]] located in capital [[Santiago]]. Founded in 1901, it was originally a satellite town on what were then the outskirts of the city of Santiago. In recent times, ongoing [[urban sprawl]] has quickly urbanized the area, transforming it from what was once prime agricultural land into an integrated part of the Santiago metropolitan area.

==Etymology==
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The origin of the name Quilicura is from the [[Mapuche]] language [[Mapudungun]] and comes from the words ''kila'' meaning three and ''kura'' meaning stone. The "Three Stones" are the three hills which separate the area and form the border with [[Renca]].

==Location==

Quilicura is located in [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago Province]], [[Santiago Metropolitan Region]], at the northwestern edge of Chile's capital Santiago. It borders [[Renca]] to the south (naturally separated by [[Cerro Renca|Renca Hill]]), [[Pudahuel]] to the west, [[Huechuraba]] and [[Conchalí]] to the east, and [[Lampa, Chile|Lampa]] and [[Colina, Chile|Colina]] to the north.

Quilicura has relatively little green space compared to wealthier neighborhoods in the city, as it remains a predominantly industrial area.

==Demographics==
[[File:Quilicuracasas.jpg|thumb|left|A new subdivision in Quilicura. [[Cerro Renca]] is in the background.]]

According to the 2002 census, Quilicura spans an area of {{convert|57.5|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 126,518 inhabitants (62,421 men and 64,097 women). Of these, 125,999 (99.6%) lived in [[urban area]]s and 519 (0.4%) in [[rural area]]s. The population grew by 207.7% (85,397 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/> According to the 2012 census preliminary data Quilicura is now home to 203,946 residents.<ref name="2012census">{{cite web|url=http://www.censo.cl/2012/08/resultados_preliminares_censo_2012.pdf|title=Resultados Preliminares Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas|date=31 August 2012|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116212429/http://www.censo.cl/2012/08/resultados_preliminares_censo_2012.pdf|archive-date=16 January 2013}} Note: Data are preliminary.</ref>

In 2005, the regional quality of life index for Quilicura was rated at a medium level of 72.53, ranking 34th out of 52. In 2003, the commune's [[Human Development Index]] was recorded at 0.782, placing it 19th out of 341.<ref name="auto">"[http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707010209/http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf|date=July 7, 2011}}." [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], ''Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán''</ref>

In 2011, the average annual household per capita income was estimated at US$39,302 ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]]).<ref name="casen2011">{{cite web|title=Casen Survey 2011|publisher=Ministry of Social Development of Chile|url=http://observatorio.ministeriodesarrollosocial.gob.cl/casen_publicaciones.php?ano=2011|year=2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.oecd.org/|title=OECD.StatExtracts|publisher=[[OECD]]|access-date=2012-09-10}} Note: Data refer to "PPPP41: Purchasing Power Partities for actual individual consumption." Figure used is 425.368652.</ref>

According to the 2017 census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics, the population of the commune increased to 210,410 inhabitants, of whom 103,456 (49%) were men and 106,954 (51%) were women, which corresponded to a masculinity index of 96.7.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Censo 2017 |url=http://www.censo2017.cl/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=www.censo2017.cl}}</ref>

In recent years, Quilicura has become home of a large [[Haitian diaspora|Haitian community]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-20 |title=Migración Haitiana en Chile |url=http://www.extranjeria.gob.cl/media/2018/01/Minuta-Haiti.pdf |access-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920162415/http://www.extranjeria.gob.cl/media/2018/01/Minuta-Haiti.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2018 |lang=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-10 |title=Así vive la 'petit Haití' de Santiago {{!}} Santiago {{!}} La Tercera Edición Impresa |url=http://diario.latercera.com/2011/02/13/01/contenido/santiago/32-59221-9-asi-vive-la-petit-haiti-de-santiago.shtml |access-date=2022-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010125820/http://diario.latercera.com/2011/02/13/01/contenido/santiago/32-59221-9-asi-vive-la-petit-haiti-de-santiago.shtml |archive-date=2016-10-10 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=De Haití a Chile: la formación de un enclave residencial en la periferia de Santiago. |url=https://estudiosurbanos.uc.cl/exalumnos/de-haiti-a-chile-la-formacion-de-un-enclave-residencial-en-la-periferia-de-santiago/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |website=Instituto de estudios Urbanos y Territoriales UC |language=es-ES}}</ref>

==Transport==

Quilicura is located about 12&nbsp;km from [[Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport|Santiago's international airport]] and is served by the Américo Vespucio Norte Highway as well as the [[Pan-American Highway]]. [[Transantiago|RED]] public buses connect Quilicura to the centre of Santiago and run frequently in both directions. The first phase of the [[Santiago Metro Line 3]] connecting the commune with the rest of the network was completed on 22 January 2019, with phase 2 being completed in 2023. Currently, the closest metro station to Quilicura is [[Los Libertadores metro station|Los Libertadores]] which is the northern terminus of Line 3.

==Administration==
As a commune, Quilicura is a third-level [[administrative division of Chile]] administered by a [[municipal council]], headed by a mayor who is directly-elected every four years. The 2024-2028 mayor is Paulina Bobadilla Navarrete (Ind/[[Frente Amplio (Chilean political party)|FA]]).<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/> The communal council has the following members:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muni Quilicura – Quilicura Como la Queremos |url=https://www.ww2.muniquilicura.cl/ |access-date=2022-08-27 |language=es-CL}}</ref>
* Daniela San Martin Pizarro (Ind/[[Popular Green Alliance Party|PAVP]])
* Claudio Sáez Belmar ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]])
* Mario Muñoz Chacón ([[Republican Party (Chile, 2019)|REP]])
* Nicolás Quiroz Venegas ([[Popular Green Alliance Party|PAVP]])
* Leslie Pérez Jiménez ([[Party of the People (Chile)|PDG]])
* Gonzalo López Pizarro ([[Humanist Party (Chile)|PH]])
* Alexandra Arancibia Olea ([[Liberal Party of Chile (2013)|PL]])
* Danae García Ibarra (Ind/[[Frente Amplio (Chilean political party)|FA]])
* Daniela Cuevas Fuentes ([[Communist Party of Chile|PCCh]])
* Sebastián Guerrero Pradenas ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]])

Within the [[electoral divisions of Chile]], Quilicura is part of electoral [[Electoral divisions of Chile|district No. 8]] together with the [[communes of Chile|commune]] of [[Colina, Chile|Colina]], [[Lampa, Chile|Lampa]], [[Pudahuel]], [[Maipú, Chile|Maipú]], [[Tiltil|Til Til]], [[Cerrillos, Chile|Cerrillos]] and [[Estación Central]]. On the other hand, the commune belongs to the [[Electoral divisions of Chile|VII Senatorial District]] that represents the entire [[Santiago Metropolitan Region|Metropolitan Region of Santiago]].

==Notable people==
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* [[Carmen Romo Sepúlveda]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.quilicura.cl/ Municipality de Quilicura]
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.canalquilicuratelevision.blogspot.com/ Quilicura TV Canal 6 Comunitario]
* [http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/arn/Kilak%C3%BCra In Mapudungun]

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