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Ñuñoa (from Mapudungun Ñuñohue, "place of yellow flowers") is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its inhabitants are primarily an established middle class, with some residents making up a part of the upper-middle class.
Ñuñoa boasts bustling public and private sector businesses and a public transportation system capable of reaching all parts of the municipality. Most of Ñuñoa's commercial activity is localized along the Irarrázaval Avenue, a 6-km road that runs across the entire municipality from east to west, and centered in Plaza Ñuñoa, an area colloquially known as "Ñuñork" (portmanteau of "Ñuñoa" and "New York") for its bohemian night life. Ñuñoa is also home to Chile’s largest football stadium and to Santiago’s only mosque.
Ñuñoa has been chosen in 2007, for the third consecutive year, as the municipality with the highest living standard of Santiago.
Being the oldest commune of the traditional east part of Santiago, it has known to assimilate all the benefits of a great city (Metro, banks, Shopping mall, etc) without sacrificing its character as a traditional and residential commune. Recently, the municipality's many attractions and convenient location have led to an increased desire by young urban professionals to live there. The natural commercial response has been to purchase properties on which to erect multiple-unit buildings, thus triggering criticism from long-time residents.
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Stats
- Area: 16.9 km²1
- Population: 151,045 people (2008 projection)2
- Average annual household income: US$47,348 (PPP, 2006)23
- Population below poverty line: 4.3% (2006)2
- Regional quality of life index: 87.66, high, 1 out of 52 (2005)
- Human Development Index: 0.860, 6 out of 341 (2003)4
Notable residents
- Soledad Alvear, senator
- Jorge Arrate, politician
- José Balmes, painter
- Fanny Pollarolo, former deputy
- Mercedes Valdivieso, writer
- José Miguel Varas, journalist
References
- ^ Sistema de Información Regional, Ministry of Planning of Chile.
- ^ a b c Reporte estadístico comunal: Ñuñoa, Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile.
- ^ Implied PPP conversion rate: World Economic Outlook Database, October 2008, International Monetary Fund.
- ^ "Las Trayectorias del Desarrollo Humano en las Comunas de Chile (1994-2003)." United Nations Development Programme, Ministry of Planning of Chile.