La Pintana
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| Country | Chile | ||
| region | Metropolitan Region of Santiago | ||
| province | Santiago | ||
| surface | 30.3 km² | ||
| Residents | 209,485 (2014) | ||
| density | 6911 inhabitants per km² | ||
| founding | November 1984 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CL-RM | ||
| Website | www.pintana.cl (Spanish) | ||
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| mayor | Jaime Pavez Moreno (since 1992) | ||
Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′ 6 ″ S , 70 ° 37 ′ 46 ″ W.
La Pintana is a municipality in Chile . It belongs to Greater Santiago and is located on the southern outskirts of the city. The population is estimated at 209,485 people living in 49,073 apartments. 21% of the 3031 hectare municipal area is urban and the rest of the area is rural.
history
Before the colonization of today's municipality by the Spaniards, Picunche settled there . The Spanish viceroy in Peru gave the rights to their lands to the Chilean governor Ambrosio O'Higgins (1720–1801) as a reward for his loyalty to the Spanish crown. His son Bernardo (1778–1842) led Chile to independence, subdivided the area and distributed it to some members of the independence movement. The new masters constructed irrigation canals and converted the originally quite dry area into a fertile agricultural zone with fields and livestock farming.
It was not until the middle of the 20th century that today's La Pintana, which was then incorporated into the municipality of La Granja , began to be populated under the pressure of the expanding Santiago. From 1945 to 1957, three zones with small fields for workers and their families were formed. In 1965 there was an extensive land occupation and, as a result, a sharp increase in population, which ultimately triggered urban development in this area. In 1984 the commune of La Pintana was split off from La Granja and was given its own communal administration.
In the period between 1985 and 1994, the dissolution of slums in Santiago and the massive resettlement of poorer sections of the population from all parts of Santiago to the periphery of the city led to the formation of some densely populated settlement enclaves. This is how La Pintana emerged spontaneously as a community, skipping the otherwise usual slow urban growth stages. Accordingly, there was a lack of orderly urban development and communal facilities. Within 10 years, the population grew from 80,000 to 190,000. Together with the neighboring communities to the east and west, La Pintana formed a so-called poverty belt around Santiago. It was particularly disadvantageous that the new congregation was a terminus on the way out of Santiago. In contrast to the neighboring municipalities, there was no transit to other municipalities; the route from Santiago ended there. Torn out of their social network and far from work opportunities, the residents had to make long journeys to work in other parts of Santiago.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ilustre Municipalidad de La Pintana (ed.): Guia de información comunal . 1 ° Semestre 2015. 2015 (Spanish, pintana.cl [PDF; 9.0 MB ; accessed on December 19, 2015]).
- ↑ Ilustre Municipalidad de La Pintanta (ed.): Inicios de la comuna . ( online [accessed June 4, 2009]). Inicios de la comuna ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ilustre Municipalidad de La Pintana (Ed.): Plan Regulador Comunal de La Pintana . Memoria Explicativa. Santiago de Chile June 2008 ( pintana.cl [PDF; 18.4 MB ; accessed on June 4, 2009]).
- ↑ Ilustre Municipalidad de La Pintanta (ed.): Etapas de Poblamiento . ( online [accessed June 4, 2009]). Etapas de Poblamiento ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
