{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Monte Patria | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = [[List of cities in Chile|City]] and [[Communes of Chile|Commune]] | image_skyline = Plantaciones-Monte Patria.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = Flag | image_shield = Escudo de Monte Patria.svg | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Monte Patria.svg | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coordinates = {{coord|30|50|S|70|42|W|region:CL-CO|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Chile}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Chile|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Coquimbo}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Limarí Province|Limarí]] | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = <ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url=https://www.munimontepatria.cl/ |title=Municipality of Monte Patria |accessdate=6 September 2010|language=es}}</ref> | government_type = [[Municipality]] | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Alcalde]] | leader_name = [[Juan Carlos Castillo]] | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="INE">{{cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |accessdate=1 May 2010|language=es}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 4366.3 | area_rank = 1 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1046 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 30056 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = 2 | population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]] | population_blank1 = 13,340 | population_blank2_title = [[Rural area|Rural]] | population_blank2 = 16,936 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 15,351 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 14,925 |timezone = [[Time in Chile|CLT]] | utc_offset = −4 |timezone_DST = [[Time in Chile|CLST]] | utc_offset_DST = −3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = 56 + 53 | website = [https://www.munimontepatria.cl/ Municipality of Monte Patria] | footnotes = }}
'''Monte Patria''' is a [[List of cities in Chile|city]] and one of four [[Communes of Chile|commune]]s in the [[Limarí Province]] of [[Chile]]'s north-central [[Coquimbo Region]].
==Administration== As a commune, Monte Patria is a third-level [[administrative division of Chile]] administered by a Communal Council ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Consejo Comunal''), headed by a directly elected [[alcalde]]. As of 2010, the alcalde is [[Juan Carlos Castillo]].
Monte Patria belongs to the 9th [[Electoral division of Chile|electoral district]] and the 4th Senate District (Coquimbo Region). It is represented in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] of the [[National Congress of Chile|National Congress]] by the Members Adriana Muñoz<!-- not the Cuban middle distance runner --> ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]) and [[Luis Lemus]] ([[Regionalist Party of the Independents|PRI]]). Currently, Coquimbo is represented in the [[Senate of Chile|Senate]] by [[Jorge Pizarro]] ([[Christian Democrat Party|PDC]]) and [[Evelyn Matthei]] ([[Independent Democrat Union|UDI]]).
==Geography== Monte Patria spans an area of {{convert|4366.3|km|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="INE"/>
==Demographics== According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Monte Patria commune had 30,276 inhabitants; of these, 13,340 (44.1%) lived in [[urban area]]s and 16,936 (55.9%) in [[rural area]]s. Thus, the Monte Patria population represents 5.1% of regional population and 19.2% of the provincial population. At that time, there were 15,351 men and 14,925 women residing in the commune.<ref name="INE"/>
==References== <references/>
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://www.munimontepatria.cl/ Municipality of Monte Patria]
{{Communes in Coquimbo Region}}
[[Category:Communes of Chile]] [[Category:Populated places in Limarí Province]]