San Miguel, Chile

San Miguel (Spanish for "Saint Michael") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on August 10 1896.

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*Area: 9.5 km² [http://sir.mideplan.cl/ Sistema de Información Regional] , Ministry of Planning of Chile.]
*Population: 75,422 (2006 projection)
*Average annual household income: US$39,907 (PPP, 2006)
*Population below poverty line: 2.5% (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: 82.17, high, 6 out of 52 (2005)
*Human Development Index: 0.765, 31 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 "sanmiguelinos"

*Los Prisioneros
*Paulina Urrutia

References

External links

* [http://www.sanmiguel.cl/ Municipality homepage]