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Vitacura is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago. Inhabitants are primarily high income families. It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile.
There is an abundance of elite private schools in Vitacura and Las Condes, including Saint George's College, Colegio Santa Úrsula, Alliance Francaise, Colegio La Maisonette, Colegio Tabancura, Colegio Los Andes, Colegio Sagrados Corazones de Manquehue and Colegio San Benito.
The Costanera Norte tollway connects Vitacura with the international airport and subway stations are located in the neighboring municipality of Las Condes.
Vitacura is the site of ECLAC headquarters, home to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquarters in Chile, and home to Santiago's most exclusive shopping street, Avenida Alonso de Córdova.
Demographics
Template:Update section According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute, Vitacura spans an area of Template:Convert and has 85,384 inhabitants (38,402 men and 46,982 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population grew by 4.77% (3,885 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
Statistics
- Area: Template:Convert<ref name="sir">Sistema de Información Regional, Ministry of Planning of Chile. Template:Webarchive</ref>
- Population: 97,049 (2024 projection)<ref name="p"/>
- Autonomous household income per capita: US$86,155 (PPP, 2006)<ref name="casen2006">Casen poll, 2006 Template:Webarchive, Ministry of Planning.</ref><ref>Implied PPP conversion rate: World Economic Outlook Database, April 2010, International Monetary Fund.</ref>
- Population below poverty line: 4.4% (±2.5%) (2006)<ref name="casen2006"/>
- Regional quality of life index: 86.74, high, 3 out of 52 (2005)Template:Citation needed
- Human Development Index: 0.949, 1 out of 341 (2003)<ref>"Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003) Template:Webarchive." UNDP, Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán</ref>
Administration
As a commune, Vitacura is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by a mayor (alcalde, in Spanish) who is directly elected every four years. The mayor Camila Merino (Evópoli) has been in the position since 2021.<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/> The communal council has the following members:
- Catalina Recordon Martín (RN)
- Verónica del Real Cardoen (REP)
- Felipe Morandé Lavín (Evópoli)
- Paula Domínguez Risopatron (Evópoli)
- Carlos Cruz-Coke Carvallo (RN)
- Ignacio Hue Wielandt (Ind/UDI)
- Catalina Vera Atria (REP)
- Joaquín Jerez Salvo (REP)
Vitacura belongs to Electoral District No. 11 together with the communes of Lo Barnechea, Las Condes, La Reina and Peñalolén and to the VII Senatorial District (Santiago Metropolitan Region).
It is represented in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress for the period 2022-2026 by the following deputies:
- Guillermo Ramírez Diez (UDI)
- Gonzalo de la Carrera Correa (IND)
- Cristián Araya Lerdo de Tejada (REP)
- Catalina del Real Mihovilovic (RN)
- Francisco Undurraga Gazitúa (Evópoli)
- Tomás Hirsch Goldschmidt (Humanist Action)
Shopping
This commune is one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago and boutiques of many of the world's leading luxury retailers are located in Vitacura. These stores include Louis Vuitton, Armani, Tommy Hilfiger, Swarovski, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna, Brooks Brothers, Hermès, MaxMara, Bang & Olufsen, and Hugo Boss, as well as many others.
Education
Template:Expand section The main campus of the Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago, a French international school, is in Vitacura.<ref>"Home." Lycée Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry de Santiago. Retrieved on 19 January 2015. "Av. Luis Pasteur 5418 - Vitacura - Santiago - Chili" and "Av. Chamisero 14397 – Chamisero Colina – Chili"</ref>
The Deutsche Schule Santiago (or Colegio Alemán de Santiago) maintains the Vitacura campus, which houses students in years one through six.<ref>"Dirección y Contacto Template:Webarchive"/"Adresse und Kontakt." Deutsche Schule Santiago. Retrieved on March 17, 2015. Spanish: "Central Dirección: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes" and "Sede Las Condas (7º EB a IV EM) Dirección: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes" and "Sede Vitacura (1º a 6º EB) Dirección: Av. Kennedy 6150, Vitacura " and "Sede Cerro Colorado (Pre-Escolar) Dirección: Cerro Colorado 6340, Las Condes " - German: "Zentrale Adresse: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes " and "Abteilung Las Condes (Jgst. 7 bis 12) Adresse: Nuestra Señora del Rosario 850, Las Condes" and "Abteilung Vitacura (Jgst. 1 bis 6) Adresse: Av. Kennedy 6150, Vitacura" and "Abteilung Cerro Colorado (Vorschule) Adresse: Cerro Colorado 6340, Las Condes "</ref>
Chartwell International School, Preschool and Primary school is located in the Lo Curro region of Vitacura.
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