La Reina, Chile 6.29

La Reina is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was originally the Larraín family ranch; the corruption of the Larraín surname gives the area its unusual name. It was created in 1963 from an eastern portion of the Ñuñoa commune.La Reina is a leafy, residential commune, inhabited by mostly mid to upper-mid income families and high-income groups. It consistently ranks in the top five communes with the best quality of life in the Metropolitan Region. A small airport —Aerodrómo Eulogio Sánchez Errázuriz — is located on the southern part. The military recently opened its new hospital complex along the commune's main avenue Avenida Larraín.DemographicsAccording to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Reina spans an area of 23.4sqkm and has 96,762 inhabitants (44,293 men and 52,469 women), making the commune an entirely urban area. The population grew by 4.7% (4,352 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. The 2006 projected population was 96,551.IndicatorsAverage annual household income: US$42,248 Population below poverty line: 7.8% Regional quality of life index: 86.23, high, 4 out of 52 Human Development Index: 0.883, 5 out of 341