Santiago Metropolitan Region - Government and Administration

Government and Administration

The region is divided into 6 provinces, which are themselves divided into 52 communes. The region is governed by the intendant, who is assigned by the president. In 2008, Igor Garafulic replaced Álvaro Erazo as the region's intendant. The administration of each commune resides on the respective municipality.

The region's representatives in the Senate are:

Santiago Poniente (West): Guido Girardi (PPD) and Jovino Novoa (UDI).
Santiago Oriente (East): Soledad Alvear (PDC) and Pablo Longueira (UDI).

Political and administrative divisions of the Santiago Metropolitan Region

Province	Capital	Communes
Chacabuco	Colina	1 Colina 2 Lampa 3 Tiltil
Cordillera	Puente Alto	4 Pirque 5 Puente Alto 6 San José de Maipo
Maipo	San Bernardo	7 Buin 8 Calera de Tango 9 Paine 10 San Bernardo
Melipilla	Melipilla	11 Alhué 12 Curacaví 13 María Pinto 14 Melipilla 15 San Pedro
Santiago	Santiago	16 Cerrillos 17 Cerro Navia 18 Conchalí 19 El Bosque 20 Estación Central 21 Huechuraba 22 Independencia 23 La Cisterna 24 La Granja 25 La Florida 26 La Pintana 27 La Reina 28 Las Condes 29 Lo Barnechea 30 Lo Espejo 31 Lo Prado 32 Macul 33 Maipú 34 Ñuñoa 35 Pedro Aguirre Cerda 36 Peñalolén 37 Providencia 38 Pudahuel 39 Quilicura 40 Quinta Normal 41 Recoleta 42 Renca 43 San Miguel 44 San Joaquín 45 San Ramón 46 Santiago 47 Vitacura
Talagante	Talagante	48 El Monte 49 Isla de Maipo 50 Padre Hurtado 51 Peñaflor 52 Talagante

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