Puente Alto

About Puente Alto

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 Greater Santiago conurbation. It has a population of 568,086, making it the most populous commune of Chile.

After 1884, the Province of Santiago was divided into three departments: Santiago, La Victoria, and Melipilla.

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.

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