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31-448: Lo Barnechea is a commune located in the northeastern sector of the province of Santiago and its area corresponds to 48% of this province. Its urban boundaries are: to the north with Los Andes of the Valparaíso region, to the west with Colina , to the southwest with Vitacura and Huechuraba , to the south with Las Condes and to the east with San José de Maipo . It developed around

62-482: A few late colonial style houses located preferably in the so-called Pueblo de Lo Barnechea. As regards the commercial area, there are the shopping centers Portal La Dehesa , Espacio Urbano La Dehesa , Paseo Los Trapenses and Mall Vivo Los Trapenses . Also noteworthy is the large number of mansions and luxury homes that are established in this commune, especially in the sectors of Arrayán, Los Trapenses and La Dehesa , being these of various styles built mainly during

93-404: A foothill area, subjected to the altitude factor. It is estimated that in a mountainous environment, rainfall increases by about 22 mm every 100 m of altitude, while the temperature decreases by about 0.5 °C every 100 m. According to this, being the urban area of the town of Lo Barnechea located at 850 m a.s.l., it receives 65 mm more rainfall than in the commune of Santiago. This varies according to

124-525: A large amount of material from the slopes is dislodged and dragged by the water downstream to the bottom of the valleys, causing enormous burial sites in its path. In modern scientific terms, according to the Multinational Andean Project, a huayco is known as a debris flow, or debris flow. A huayco is caused by the violent fall of water, which drags mud, stones, trees and anything else in its path. Its origin may be due to an intense rainfall or

155-482: A large increase in the volume of water and sediment runoff, resulting from the melting of snow, which caused saturation and subsequent overflow of the natural and artificial water drainage systems. The repetition of a similar event, under the current conditions of occupation and urban expansion in Lo Barnechea, could cause even more catastrophic situations, due to the high degree of intervention and modification to which

186-466: A large part of the upper middle classes and upper classes of Santiago. In 2002 it had 45.3% of its population in the socioeconomic group "ABC1" equivalent to the classes previously mentioned, and 31% in the group "C2" (middle). The communes of the northeast sector lead the Human Development Index (HDI) not only at the city level, but also at the national level, being among the 6 highest of

217-687: Is an elevator on Cerro 18 operated by the Municipality of Lo Barnechea that connects this sector with Los Quincheros Street and the top of the hill, where the Parque de la Chilenidad is located. In general terms, Lo Barnechea participates in the semi-arid Mediterranean climate that affects the Metropolitan Region , characterized by a prolonged dry season and a winter season, which concentrates annual rainfall. These climatic patterns present, in this commune, very important variations due to its condition as

248-555: Is represented in the Chamber of Deputies of the National Congress for the 2022-2026 term by the following deputies: In the Senate , Lo Barnechea is represented by Rojo Edwards ( PSC ), Luciano Cruz-Coke ( EVOP ), Manuel José Ossandón ( RN ), Fabiola Campillai (Ind.), and Claudia Pascual (PCCh) for the 2022-2030 term. The architecture in the area of buildings is very scarce, with

279-737: The Club Deportivo Universidad Católica , installed in Las Condes. On July 22, 2022, the first part of the Vespucio Oriente Highway was inaugurated, which runs from La Reina to north at Avenida El Salto in Huechuraba across much of Las Condes and Vitacura. Likewise, the Parque Vespucio Oriente was reopened, increasing the square meters of green areas, and incorporating a high-standard bike lane. The second part of

310-507: The 2002 and 2017 censuses. The 2024 projected population was 131,053. The Municipality of Lo Barnechea is headed for the 2021-2024 period by Mayor Juan Cristóbal Lira Ibáñez ( UDI ), who is advised by the councilors: Lo Barnechea belongs to Electoral District No. 11 together with the municipalities of Las Condes , Vitacura , La Reina and Peñalolén and to the VII Senatorial District ( Santiago Metropolitan Region ). It

341-400: The 346 communes in the country. In the same way, the sector as a whole contains the highest average cost in the price of housing and offices per square meter in the country, due to the high price of urban land in the area. They also lead the national ranking. Carried out in a 2015 study, the communes are the best in quality of urban life index, and with the highest availability of green areas in

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372-586: The Municipality of Lo Barnechea was officially established, the same day as its neighbor Vitacura. The urban center of Lo Barnechea is located in the areas below 1,000 meters above sea level, in the basin of the Mapocho River and the valley of La Dehesa . Its neighborhoods are composed of affluent sectors such as Los Trapenses , La Dehesa and El Huinganal ( Molle Schinus polygamus , in Mapudungún Huingan ), El Tranque , and middle class sectors such as

403-463: The city, as long as other services. Also, due to its pre-Andean orientation, it is called the «upper neighborhood of Santiago». Popularly, the expression "from Plaza Italia up" marks the division between the eastern sector and the rest of the city in an east and west direction and socially. According to an article published by the scientific journal PLOS One in 2021, its inhabitants tend to behave as if they were an ethnic minority , reflected by

434-403: The commune of Lo Barnechea we can see a series of contrasts, not only architectural, but also of social character, given that in a few square meters, or crossing a street (Padre Alfredo Arteaga Barros with Comandante Malbec), neighborhoods of high socioeconomic strata can be seen, in opposition to sectors of low social strata, clearly delimited between them. The commune has a low connection to

465-511: The composition of their surnames, corresponding mainly to the Castilian-Basque aristocracy , as in the ten highest average status from Santiago: Aldunate, Errázuriz, García-Huidobro, Irarrázaval, Izquierdo, Larraín, Schmidt, Tagle, Undurraga and Vial. It has a greater variety of surnames than the rest of Santiago, and Chileans of European ancestry mainly live here. From a political point of view, its residents are inclined significantly more to

496-716: The highway is still pending and would significantly help La Reina, Ñuñoa and Peñalolén, in addition to connecting with the Autopista Vespucio Sur at Rotonda Grecia in Peñalolen, thus closing the ring road as a highway in 2026. Currently, the mega infrastructure project corresponding to Line 7 of the Santiago Metro is currently under construction, which would begin on Avenida Estoril on the border of Las Condes and Vitacura, across Avenida Kennedy continuing through Avenida Providencia to Downtown Santiago. It would be operational by

527-541: The interconnected public transport of the city, consequently and being located at one end of the metropolitan area, together with Vitacura it leads the rate of motorization per capita (motor vehicles per inhabitant) in Greater Santiago. It was expected that by 2020, Lo Barnechea will have 3 stations of the Las Condes Tramway , which would give it a historic connection to the Santiago Metro , being currently one of

558-466: The last twenty years and belonging to the so-called "upper class" of the country, making up one of the areas with the highest average housing prices in Chile . In parallel to the construction of houses and luxury apartments, social housing was developed in Lo Barnechea, in addition to the processes of self-construction of the founding tenants of the town, along with their generations. For the same reason, in

589-594: The mythical trips to the Laguna del Viento in the foothills of the Andes and the local mythology enlivened the village's social gatherings in the afternoons. Towards the northwest there are neighborhoods with Spanish names: the Chin street that remembers the owner of the parcel with the surname Echeñique. In the Trapenses area, many of the landmarks of this congregation, which for many years

620-401: The natural system has been subjected by the construction that has taken place on increasingly higher ground. Colegio Lo Barnechea with three campuses: Currently, Lo Barnechea is home to two soccer teams that participate in official competitions, one at the professional level and one at the amateur level. Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile Historically, this sector has contained

651-459: The old rural town of Lo Barnechea. Its population is heterogeneous, as it is inhabited by high- and medium-high-income families in sectors such as La Dehesa , Los Trapenses and El Arrayán , and also by medium-low- and low-income families, mainly in the towns of Lo Barnechea, Población La Ermita and Cerro Dieciocho. Lo Barnechea has been inhabited by humans for thousands of years. Before the Incas , it

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682-464: The overflowing of a river or lagoon at high altitudes. The town of Lo Barnechea was created in the 19th century. So far, it has resisted conurbation with Greater Santiago . The DFL 1-3260 of 9 March 1981 established the new commune of Lo Barnechea, from a subdivision of the commune of Las Condes ; however, until 1991, it was part of the communal grouping managed by the Municipality of Las Condes. By Decree with Force of Law No. 32-18.992 of 20 May 1991,

713-563: The permanence of inhabitants on the banks of the Mapocho River. In addition to the reality of the Mapocho River and its location, there is a natural climatic event that will have to be taken into account in planning the future population of the Commune. The incursion of warm winter fronts in 1982 caused a rise in the lower limit of the snowpack, from 1800 to 2400 m above sea level, generating

744-473: The right of the spectrum than the rest of the city and the country. In the 2020 constitutional plebiscite , the communes of Las Condes, Lo Barnechea, Vitacura (the richest in the country) were the only urban communes nationwide where the Rejection option won, while the sector as a whole obtained 55.4% of the votes in favor of Approval, well below 78.3% of the national total. In soccer, they are mainly supporters of

775-660: The same year was 1.01, while the economic activities with the highest Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index were Retail Sale of Underwear and Personal Wear (42.14), Dance Instructors (27.49) and Amusement Parks and Similar Centers Activities (18.79). According to the 2017 census of the National Statistics Institute , Lo Barnechea spans an area of 1,023.7 km (395 sq mi) and has 105,833 inhabitants (50,500 men and 55,333 women). Of these, 103,134 (97.4%) lived in urban areas and 2,699 (2.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 41.58% (31,084 persons) between

806-434: The size of the rural territory of the commune. In the annual distribution of rainfall, and considering the entire mountainous area, when it rains several days in a row, large flows are produced in the riverbeds, which causes flooding by accumulation and its consequent transfer according to slopes (1982-84-87). The impact was regrettable, with loss of life, interruption of activities, damage to infrastructure and equipment, due to

837-523: The three communes of Greater Santiago (along with La Pintana and Lo Espejo ) that does not have stations of the metropolitan railroad. However, the project was canceled by the authorities for not having the necessary subsidies for its execution. Lo Barnechea was also part of the Transantiago feeder zone C, together with the districts of Providencia , Las Condes and Vitacura . It is currently served by units 4 and 6 of this transportation system. There

868-498: The traditional Pueblo de Lo Barnechea , Cerro 18 , San Enrique and El Arrayán . Many of its streets recall the old alleys owned by the seven founding families. El León Street recalls the old Parador and Hostería de El León, which used to welcome miners after their long days of work. On this street lived the Salfate sisters, now deceased, who knew the history of the town and its inhabitants: Blanca and Irene Griselda. Their stories about

899-550: The year 2027 and would include nine new stations for the eastern sector. Chicureo Chicureo (from Mapudungun chikümn rewe 'place where lances are set up') is an area located in Colina, an urban-suburban commune of Chile, Chacabuco Province , Santiago Metropolitan Region . Pop. 1,212 (2002 census). Predominantly an agricultural area, Chicureo is home to several haciendas . As part of its history, Chicureo's 100-year-old northeast zone manor house, Hacienda Guay-Guay,

930-453: Was in this commune before selling its land for the capital gain, are remembered. Currently, at the end of the Trapenses there is a road that connects La Dehesa with the Chicureo sector and at the end of the road El Golf de Manquehue connects it with the unpopulated area of Huechuraba . In 2018, the number of registered companies in Lo Barnechea was 10,072. The Economic Complexity Index (ECI) in

961-876: Was occupied by the Llolleo culture and the Bato tradition , and after them, the Aconcagua culture, the Promaucaes, the Incas and later the Spanish occupation. Its pre-Hispanic inhabitants were called huaicoches (in Mapudungún : waykoche 'people who live in a landslide zone') because of the huaicos or huaycos of the region (in Quechua : wayqu 'stream'). Also called lloclla (in Quechua : lluqlla 'alluvium'), these are violent alluvial floods in which

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