Cerrillos, Chile

Cerrillos
Villa Panamericana
Villa Panamericana


Coat of arms
Map of the Cerrillos commune within Greater Santiago
Location in Chile
Location in Chile
Cerrillos
Location in Chile
Coordinates (city): 33°30′S 70°43′W / 33.500°S 70.717°W / -33.500; -70.717
CountryChile
RegionSantiago Metro.
ProvinceSantiago
Founded17 March 1991
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • AlcaldeArturo Aguirre Gacitúa (PS)
Area
 • Total21.0 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Elevation
517 m (1,696 ft)
Population
 (2023 projection)[4]
 • Total89,520
 • Density4,262/km2 (11,040/sq mi)
 • Urban
89,520
 • Rural
0
DemonymCerrillano
Sex
 • Men44,272
 • Women45,248
Time zoneUTC-4 (CLT[5])
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (CLST[6])
Area code56 +
WebsiteMunicipality of Cerrillos

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.

  1. ^ "Administrative and Censual Political Division" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Municipality of Cerrillos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "INE - 2002 Census of Population and Housing" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2010.