A commune is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile. It may contain cities, towns, villages, hamlets as well as rural areas. In highly populated areas, such as Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción, a conurbation may be broken into several communes. In sparsely populated areas, conversely, a commune may cover a substantial rural area together with several settled areas which could range from hamlets to towns or cities. The term commune is ambiguous in English, but the word is commonly used in translation for comuna. A comuna is similar to a county in Anglo-American usage and practice. Each commune is governed by a directly elected body known ...
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