Maipú, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Santiago Metro, Chile

🇨🇱 Maipú is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, integrated into the Greater Santiago conurbation. It was founded on 16 February 1821 and it is the place of the Battle of Maipú (5 April 1818), where Chile's independence was consolidated. Inhabitants are mostly part of a middle class. According to the 2017 census, Maipú was the second largest commune in Chile, behind Puente Alto.

Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Maipú spans an area of 133 km² (51 sq mi) and has 479,911 inhabitants (233,000 men and 247,000 women). Of these, 476,552 (99.3%) lived in urban areas and 3,359 (0.7%) in rural areas. The population grew by 82.6% (211,840 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 census.

Stats • Average annual household income: US$45,664 (PPP, 2006) • Population below poverty line: 9.1% (2006) • Regional quality of life index: 76.67, mid-high, 21 out of 52 (2005) • Human Development Index: 0.782, 20 out of 341 (2003).

Administration As a commune, Maipú is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Maipú is represented in the Chamber of Deputies as part of the 20th electoral district, which consists entirely of the Santiago commune. The commune is represented in the Senate as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).