La Florida, Chile


La Florida is an urban-suburban commune of Chile located in the South East of Santiago. It is a residential area and its inhabitants are mostly members of a new middle to upper-middle class. It ranks number 12 out of 346 among Chilean communes in terms of Human Development Index.

Demographics

According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Florida spans an area of and has 382,701 inhabitants. 100% lived in urban areas and 52.1% were women. It currently has 402,433 inhabitants, which makes it the fourth most populous commune in Chile, after Puente Alto, Maipú and Santiago Centro.

Statistics

  • Population below poverty line: 3.1%
  • Regional quality of life index: 80.21, high, 13 out of 52
  • Human Development Index: 0.773, 12 out of 346

    Administration

As a commune, La Florida is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. Its mayor for the 2024-2028 term is Daniel Reyes Morales. The local council has the following members:
Conservatives
  • Felipe Mancilla Mejías
  • Renata Santander Ramírez
  • Leticia Lagos Vidal
  • Hugo Herrera Baeza
  • Alejandra Parra Galasso
  • Martina Díaz Carrasco
Social Democrats
  • Reinaldo Rosales Méndez
  • Lia Gálvez Fuentes
  • José Seves Rojas
  • Victoria Oyarzún Carvajal
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, La Florida is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Gustavo Hasbún and Camila Vallejo-Dowling as part of the 26th District, which consists entirely of the La Florida commune. It is represented in the Senate by Manuel José Ossandón and Carlos Montes as part of the 8th Senatorial Constituency.

Education

An English school, the American–British School of La Florida is located in the commune. The area previously had a German school, the Deutsche Marienschule Santiago-La Florida.