Key facts
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Santiago Metropolitan
- Province
- Santiago
- Constituency
- VIII - East Santiago
- District
- No. 11
- Founded
- 9 March 1981
- Mayor
- Felipe Alessandri ( RN )
- Total
- 1,024 km (395 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 800 m (2,600 ft)
- Density
- 103.4/km (267.7/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Barnecheíno, -a barnecheano, -a
- Time zone
- UTC−4
- Summer dst
- UTC−3
- Website
- www .lobarnechea .cl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Santiago province
- Continent
- Americas
- Population
- 105833
- Area
- 1023.7
- Elevation
- 800
- Official website
- www.lobarnechea.cl
- Image
- Los Trapenses desde Punta de Águilas.jpg
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- Lo Barnechea
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Encyclopedic overview
Lo Barnechea is a commune located in the northeastern sector of the province of Santiago. Its urban boundaries include Los Andes of the Valparaíso region to the north, Colina to the west, Vitacura and Huechuraba to the southwest, Las Condes to the south and San José de Maipo to the east. It developed around the old rural town of Lo Barnechea. Its population is heterogeneous, as it is inhabited by high- and medium-high-income families in sectors such as La Dehesa, Los Trapenses and El Arrayán, while there are medium-low- and low-income families in the towns of Lo Barnechea, Población La Ermita and Cerro Dieciocho.
La Dehesa bridge La Parva ski center Iglesia María Madre de la Misericordia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lo Barnechea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.