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Las Condes is a commune of
ChileChile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
located in Santiago Province,
Santiago Metropolitan RegionThe Santiago Metropolitan Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago...
. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid to high income families. Most of Las Condes commercial activity is situated along Apoquindo Avenue where locals have labeled the location "Sanhattan," a portmanteau of Santiago and Manhattan.
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- Area: 99.4 km²
- Population: 274,035 (2006 projection)
- Average annual household income: US$67,672 (PPP
The purchasing power parity theory uses the long-term equilibrium exchange rate of two currencies to equalize their purchasing power...
, 2006)
- Population below poverty line: 2.3% (2006)
- Regional quality of life index: 87.42, high, 2 out of 52 (2005)
- Human Development Index
The Human Development Index is an index used to rank countries by level of "human development", which usually also implies whether a country is developed, developing, or underdeveloped.-Summary:...
: 0.933, 2 out of 341 (2003)
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