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'''Vitacura''' is a [[commune]] of [[Chile]] located in [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago Province]], [[Santiago Metropolitan Region]]. It is the country's richest commune and one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]. Inhabitants are primarily high income families. |
'''Vitacura''' is a [[commune]] of [[Chile]] located in [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago Province]], [[Santiago Metropolitan Region]]. It is the country's richest commune and one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]. Inhabitants are primarily high income families. |
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There is an abundance of first class private [[Catholic]] schools in Vitacura and [[Las Condes]], where the [[elite]] of the Chilean [[society]] is educated, including [[Saint George's College]], Colegio Santa Úrsula, Alianza Francesa, Colegio La Maissonette, Colegio Tabancura, Colegio Los Andes, Colegio San Benito, Verbo Divino, Villa Maria Academy, Colegio Cumbres and Colegio Cordillera. |
There is an abundance of first class private [[Catholic]] schools in Vitacura and [[Las Condes]], where the [[elite]] of the Chilean [[society]] is educated, including [[Saint George's College]], Colegio Santa Úrsula, Alianza Francesa, Colegio La Maissonette, Colegio Tabancura, Colegio Los Andes, Colegio San Benito, [[Colegio del Verbo Divino]] , Villa Maria Academy, Colegio Cumbres and Colegio Cordillera. |
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The [[Costanera Norte]] toll-way connects Vitacura with the [[Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport|international airport]] and [[Santiago Metro|subway stations]] are located in the neighbor municipality of [[Las Condes]]. |
The [[Costanera Norte]] toll-way connects Vitacura with the [[Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport|international airport]] and [[Santiago Metro|subway stations]] are located in the neighbor municipality of [[Las Condes]]. |
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Revision as of 03:19, 18 May 2007
Vitacura is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is the country's richest commune and one of the most expensive and fashionable areas of Santiago. Inhabitants are primarily high income families.
There is an abundance of first class private Catholic schools in Vitacura and Las Condes, where the elite of the Chilean society is educated, including Saint George's College, Colegio Santa Úrsula, Alianza Francesa, Colegio La Maissonette, Colegio Tabancura, Colegio Los Andes, Colegio San Benito, Colegio del Verbo Divino , Villa Maria Academy, Colegio Cumbres and Colegio Cordillera.
The Costanera Norte toll-way connects Vitacura with the international airport and subway stations are located in the neighbor municipality of Las Condes.
Vitacura is see of ECLAC headquarters, home to the Chilean European Southern Observatory (ESO) headquarters, and home to Santiago's most exclusive shopping street, Avenida Alonso de Córdova.
Stats
- Area: 28.3 km²
- Population: 81,499 (2002 census)
- Population living in poverty: 0.4% (2003)
- Regional quality of life index: 86.74, high, 3 out of 52 (2005)
- Human Development Index: 0.949, 1 out of 341 (2003)[1]
Reference
- ^ "Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)." UNDP, Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán
External link
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