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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Recoleta
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = [[List of cities in Chile|City]] and [[Communes of Chile|Commune]]
| image_skyline = Norte de Santiago 2015.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = View of Recoleta from the San Cristóbal Hill.
| image_flag =
| flag_alt = Flag
| image_shield = Escudo de Recoleta (Chile).svg
| shield_alt = Coat of arms
| image_map = Comuna de Recoleta.svg
| map_alt = Map of Recoleta commune within [[Greater Santiago]]
| map_caption = Map of Recoleta commune within [[Greater Santiago]]
| pushpin_map = Chile
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| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile
| coordinates = {{coord|33|24.5|S|70|38|W|region:CL-RM|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint = city
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Chile]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Chile|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Santiago Metropolitan Region|Santiago Metro.]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago]]
| established_title =
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| seat_type =
| seat =
| government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.recoleta.cl |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | access-date=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.recoleta.cl |title=Municipality of Recoleta | access-date=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref>
| government_type = [[Municipality]]
| leader_title = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_party = [[Communist Party of Chile|PC]]
| leader_name = Fares Jadue
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="INE">{{cite web |url= http://resultados.censo2017.cl/ |title= Resultados CENSO 2017 |access-date=19 October 2024|language=es}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 16.2
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/>
| population_total = 157851
| population_as_of = 2017 Census
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| population_blank1 = 157851
| population_blank2_title = [[Rural area|Rural]]
| population_blank2 = 0
| demographics_type1 = Sex
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/>
| demographics1_title1 = Men
| demographics1_info1 = 77,709
| demographics1_title2 = Women
| demographics1_info2 = 80,142
| timezone = [[Time in Chile|CLT]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |access-date=26 September 2010 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007 }}</ref>
| utc_offset = -4
| timezone_DST = [[Time in Chile|CLST]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |access-date=26 September 2010 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archive-date=11 September 2007 }}</ref>
| utc_offset_DST = -3
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| area_code = 56 +
| website = [http://www.recoleta.cl/ Municipality of Recoleta]
| footnotes =
}}

'''Recoleta''' is a [[communes of Chile|commune]] of [[Chile]] in the [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago Province]]. It is located north of [[Santiago (commune)|Santiago Centro]] directly across the [[Mapocho River]]. The commune also bordered by [[Independencia, Chile|Independencia]] and [[Conchalí]] to its west, [[Huechuraba]] to its north and [[Providencia, Chile|Providencia]] and [[Vitacura]] to its east where the [[San Cristóbal Hill]] forms a natural barrier.

==Demographics==
According to the 2017 [[census]] of the [[National Statistics Institute (Chile)|National Statistics Institute]], Recoleta spans an area of {{convert|16.2|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 157,851 inhabitants (77,709 men and 80,142 women), and the commune is an entirely [[urban area]]. The population grew by 6.5% (9,631 persons) between the 2002 and 2017 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/> Its 2024 projected population is 196,856.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcn.cl/siit/reportescomunales/comunas_v.html?anno=2024&idcom=13127|title=Reporte Comunal 2024: Recoleta|work=[[Library of the National Congress of Chile]]|access-date=19 October 2024|language=es}}</ref>

===Statistics===
*Average annual household income: US$4,551 ([[Purchasing power parity|PPP]], 2006)<ref name="sir">[http://sir.mideplan.cl/ Sistema de Información Regional], Ministry of Planning of Chile. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423113455/http://sir.mideplan.cl/ |date=April 23, 2008 }}</ref>[https://www.bcn.cl/siit/obtienearchivo?id=repositorio/10221/7116/6/Reporte.pdf]
*Population below poverty line: 12.4% (2006)<ref name="MOP">{{cite web |url=http://www.mideplan.cl/final/bajar.php?path=casen2006regional&id=CASEN2006-Metropolitana.pdf |title=Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region |work=Ministry of Planning of Chile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824153157/http://www.mideplan.cl/final/bajar.php?path=casen2006regional&id=CASEN2006-Metropolitana.pdf |archive-date=August 24, 2007|language=es}}</ref>
*Regional quality of life index: 89.77, high, 4 out of 52 (2005){{Citation needed|date=December 2010}}
*[[Human Development Index]]: 0.797, 11 out of 341 (2003)<ref>"[http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707010209/http://www.desarrollohumano.cl/otraspub/pub12/IDHC%20con%20portada.pdf |date=July 7, 2011 }}." [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]], ''Gobierno de Chile, Mideplán''</ref>

== Parks and open space ==
The territory of Recoleta includes the northwest portion of [[Santiago Metropolitan Park]], the [[Cerro Blanco]] and the [[Santiago General Cemetery]].

== Culture ==
The bohemian [[Barrio Bellavista]] straddles the border between Recoleta and Providencia. [[Barrio Patronato]] is a neighbourhood in Recoleta with a commercial district that initially grew with the arrival of Middle Eastern immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The [[La Vega Central Market]] also lies in close proximity to the [[Patronato metro station]].

Historical churches are located in Recoleta, including the [[Iglesia de la Recoleta Franciscana]] and the [[Iglesia de la Recoleta Dominica]].

==Administration==
As a commune, Recoleta is a third-level [[administrative division of Chile]] administered by a [[municipal council]], headed by an [[alcalde]] that is directly elected every four years. The alcalde for the 2024-2028 term is Fares Jadue Leiva ([[Communist Party of Chile|PC]]). The communal council has the following members:

* Marta Valera Aranda ([[Republican Party (Chile, 2019)|REP]])
* Silvana Flores Cruz ([[Democrats (Chile)|DEM]])
* Marcel Rosse Venegas ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]])
* Alejandra Muñoz Díaz ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]])
* Karen Garrido Ganga ([[Communist Party of Chile|PC]])
* Joceline Parra Delgadillo ([[Communist Party of Chile|PC]])
* Cristian Weibel Avendaño ([[Communist Party of Chile|PC]])
* Camila Henríquez Lara ([[Socialist Party of Chile|PS]])

Within the [[electoral divisions of Chile]], Recoleta is part of electoral [[Electoral divisions of Chile|district No. 9]]. On the other hand, the commune belongs to the [[Electoral divisions of Chile|VII Senatorial District]] that represents the entire [[Santiago Metropolitan Region|Metropolitan Region of Santiago]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.recoleta.cl/ Municipality of Recoleta]

{{Communes in Santiago Metropolitan Region}}
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[[Category:Recoleta, Chile| ]]
[[Category:Populated places in Santiago Province, Chile]]
[[Category:Geography of Santiago, Chile]]
[[Category:Communes of Chile]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1981]]

Recoleta, Chile - Revision history

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