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Puente Alto (Spanish: "Tall Bridge") is a city and commune of Chile. It is the capital of the Cordillera Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and is located in the south-east corner of the Santiago conurbation. Puente Alto has 568,106 inhabitants (city proper, 2017 census), making it the most populous commune in Chile.
In 1891, the "Autonomic Commune Law" was enacted, after which the president issued the Decree for the Creation of Municipalities of Chile.
Following this decree, in 1891, the municipalities of Peñaflor, Talagante, Calera de Tango, San José de Maipo, and Lo Cañas were established in the department of La Victoria. On November 18, 1892, the municipalities of Puente Alto and La Granja were created in the same department, leading to the dissolution of the municipality of Lo Cañas.
Thus, the Municipality of Puente Alto, which included the subdelegations 12th, Puente Nuevo de Pirque, 15th, Lo Cañas, and 16th, El Peral from the Department of La Victoria, was officially established by law on November 18, 1892, and published in the Official Gazette No. 4376 of 1892.
According to the Autonomic Commune Law, the municipality's governing body consisted of at least nine councilors, with the number increasing proportionally to the population, and three mayors. This system granted the municipalities greater autonomy and more powers, allowing them to operate more independently from the central government.
A letter from the Mayor’s Office of Puente Alto to the Governor of the Department of La Victoria, dated May 15, 1894, reveals the first mayors of the commune:
“It being convenient for Your Honor to be informed about the organization of the Municipality of Puente Alto for the relations between it and your government, I have the honor to inform Your Honor that in the first ordinary session, Don Carlos Aldunate Solar was appointed as the first mayor, Don Victorino Rojas Magallanes as the second, and Don Rafael Correa Echagüe as the third. This I communicate to Your Honor for any necessary action. God guide Your Honor.”
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Puente Alto is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Álvaro Carter (UDI), Ximena Ossandón (RN), Daniela Serrano (PCCh), Ana María Gazmuri (AH), Mónica Arce Castro (Ind/PH), Pamela Jiles (PH) and Hernán Palma Pérez (PH), as part of the 12th electoral district, (together with La Florida, Pirque, San José de Maipo and La Pintana). The commune is represented in the Senate by Manuel José Ossandón Irarrázaval (RN), Fabiola Campillai Rojas (Ind), Claudia Pascual (PCCh), Luciano Cruz Coke (EVOP) and Jose Manuel Rojo Edwards (PRCh) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago Metropolitan Region).
On May 30, 2011, the city stadium was re-inaugurated by the Mayor Manuel J. Ossandón.
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