- La Reina
La Reina (Spanish: "The queen") is a commune of
Chile located in Santiago Province,Santiago Metropolitan Region . It was created in1963 from an eastern portion of theÑuñoa commune. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region.La Reina is a leafy, residential commune, inhabited by mostly mid to upper-mid income families, with certain areas inhabited by mid-low ("Villa La Reina") and high-income ("La Reina Alta", towards the east) groups. A small airport —
Aerodrómo Eulogio Sánchez Errázuriz (better known as Tobalaba)— is located on the southern part.tats
*Area: 23.4 km² [http://sir.mideplan.cl/ Sistema de Información Regional] , Ministry of Planning of Chile.]
*Population: 97,553 (2006 projection)
*Average annual household income: US$42,500 (PPP, 2006)
*Population below poverty line: 7.8% (2006) [ [http://www.mideplan.cl/final/bajar.php?path=casen2006regional&id=CASEN2006-Metropolitana.pdf Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region] , Ministry of Planning of Chile.]
*Regional quality of life index: 86.23, high, 4 out of 52 (2005)
*Human Development Index : 0.883, 5 out of 341 (2003) [" [http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)] ." UNDP, "Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán"]Notable residents
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Fernando González
*Fernando Castillo Velasco
*Erich Honecker References
ee also
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The Grange School, Santiago - school located in the districtExternal links
* [http://www.lareina.cl/ Municipality homepage]
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