San Joaquín

San Joaquín (Spanish for "Saint Joachim") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is part of Greater Santiago.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Joaquín spans an area of 9.7 km² (4 sq mi) and has 97,625 inhabitants (46,708 men and 50,917 women), making the commune an entirely urban area. The population fell by 14.4% (16,392 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Its 2006 projected population was 87,035.

Stats

Administration

As a commune, San Joaquín is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Sergio Echeverría García. The communal council has the following members:

San Joaquín Municipality

San Joaquín Municipality may refer to:

San Joaquín, Bolivia

San Joaquín is a small agricultural town in the Beni Department in the Bolivian lowlands.

Location

San Joaquín is the administrative capital of Mamoré Province and is situated at an elevation of 142 m above sea level at Río Machupo, which flows to Río Iténez. San Joaquín is located 220 km north of Trinidad, the department's capital.

Geography

San Joaquín is located in the Moxos Plains (Llanos de Moxos), at 100,000 km² one of the greatest wetlands of the Earth. Main vegetation in the area of San Joaquín is the tropical savanna. The yearly precipitation of the region is 1,600 mm, with a distinct dry season from May to September. Monthly average temperatures vary from 24 °C und 29 °C over the year.

Climate

Population

Over the past two decades, the town's population has risen by circa 30%, from 3,489 (census 1992) to 4,094 (census 2001) and 4,589 (2009 estimate). San Joaquin has been the site of a Machupo virus or Bolivian Hemorragic Fever outbreak in the 1960s.

References

San Joaquín (disambiguation)

San Joaquín is a commune of Chile.

San Joaquín may also refer to:

See also