Editing Santiago (section)

==Administrative divisions==
[[File:Edificio de la Municipalidad de Santiago 20220619 01.jpg|thumb|City Hall of Santiago]]
Greater Santiago lacks a metropolitan government for its administration, which is distributed between authorities, complicating the operation of the city as a single entity.<ref>Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2004), Boletín de Políticas Públicas: ''[http://www.puc.cl/icp/webcp/papers/boletin_santiago.pdf Una autoridad metropolitana para Santiago]'' {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The highest authorities in Santiago are considered to be the [[governor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region]], who is [[Regional Governor (Chile)|popularly elected to the office]], now held by [[Claudio Orrego]], and the regional presidential delegate of Santiago Metropolitan Region, an official appointed by the president of Chile.

The conurbation of Greater Santiago does not fit perfectly into any administrative division, as it extends into four different [[Provinces of Chile|provinces]] and 35 [[Communes of Chile|communes]] plus 11 [[Satellite city|satellite communes]] which together make the Santiago Metropolitan Area. The majority of its {{cvt|641.4|km²|2}} (as of 2002)<ref name="galetovic">{{Cite web |last=Alexander Galetovic; Pablo Jordán |date=Summer 2008 |title=Santiago: ¿Dónde estamos?, ¿Hacia dónde vamos? |url=http://www.cepchile.cl/dms/archivo_3739_1932/r101_galetovic_santiago.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002030521/http://www.cepchile.cl/dms/archivo_3739_1932/r101_galetovic_santiago.pdf |archive-date=2 October 2008 |access-date=17 September 2008 |publisher=Estudios Públicos |language=es}}</ref> lie within [[Santiago Province, Chile|Santiago Province]], with some peripheral areas contained in the provinces of [[Cordillera Province, Chile|Cordillera]], [[Maipo Province|Maipo]], and [[Talagante Province|Talagante]].

Although there is no official consensus in this regard, the communes of the city are usually grouped into seven sectors: [[North zone of Santiago de Chile|north]], [[Santiago (commune)|center]], [[Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile|northeast]], [[Southeastern zone of Santiago de Chile|southeast]], [[South zone of Santiago de Chile|south]], [[Northwestern zone of Santiago de Chile|southeast]] and [[Southwestern zone of Santiago de Chile|southwest]].

<div style="float: right"><div><div>[[File:Comunas de Santiago (nombres).svg|right|upright=1.55|Map of Santiago communes]]</div><div><small>Note: Communes in the peripheries are not shown to their full extent.</small></div></div></div>
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Communes of [[Santiago Province (Chile)|Santiago Province]]
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{|
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| style="width:20px; background:red;"| || [[Santiago (commune)|Santiago Centro]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#ffec80;"| || [[Cerrillos, Chile|Cerrillos]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#f60;"| || [[Cerro Navia]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#a40;"| || [[Conchalí]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#55d400;"| || [[El Bosque, Chile|El Bosque]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#fea;"| || [[Estación Central]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#f59;"| || [[Huechuraba]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#a00;"| || [[Independencia, Chile|Independencia]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#b3ff80;"| || [[La Cisterna]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#00aad4;"| || [[La Florida, Chile|La Florida]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#00d4aa;"| || [[La Granja, Chile|La Granja]]
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{|
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| style="width:20px; background:#89a02c;"| || [[La Pintana]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#8d5fd3;"| || [[La Reina]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#aa00d4;"| || [[Las Condes]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#80a;"| || [[Lo Barnechea]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#c8ab37;"| || [[Lo Espejo]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#ffb380;"| || [[Lo Prado]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#87cdde;"| || [[Macul]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#fc0;"| || [[Maipú, Chile|Maipú]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#ff80e5;"| || [[Ñuñoa]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#d3bc5f;"| || [[Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Chile|Pedro Aguirre Cerda]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#59f;"| || [[Peñalolén]]
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{|
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| style="width:20px; background:#de87cd;"| || [[Providencia, Chile|Providencia]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#ff7f2a;"| || [[Pudahuel]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#c87137;"| || [[Quilicura]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#ff8080;"| || [[Quinta Normal]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#a00;"| || [[Recoleta, Chile|Recoleta]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#d45500;"| || [[Renca]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#5fd38d;"| || [[San Joaquín]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#efa;"| || [[San Miguel, Chile|San Miguel]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#aade87;"| || [[San Ramón, Chile|San Ramón]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#a02c89;"| || [[Vitacura]]
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Communes in other provinces
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{|
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| style="width:20px; background:yellow;"| || [[Padre Hurtado]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#3771c8;"| || [[Pirque]]
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{|
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| style="width:20px; background:blue;"| || [[Puente Alto]]
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| style="width:20px; background:#4a0;"| || [[San Bernardo, Chile|San Bernardo]]
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{|
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| style="width:20px; background:#04a;"| || [[San José de Maipo]]
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