La Población is a music album recorded by Víctor Jara

Víctor Jara

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile...

 and released in 1972 and reissued in 2001. It was recorded in homage of the struggle of people living in the poorest working class districts of Santiago de Chile, sometimes referred to as “shanty towns”. The album included the collaborative work between Jara and the Chilean writer Alejandro Sieveking

Alejandro Sieveking

Alejandro Sieveking , is a Chilean playwright, theatre director and actor.-Career:Sieveking was born in the Chilean city of Rengo in Chile’s O’Higgins region in September the 7th of 1934...

. The other artists included on the album were, Isabel Parra (on the opening track, "Lo único que tengo"), Bélgica Castro, Huamarí, and Cantamaranto .

Track listing

All songs written by Víctor Jara

Víctor Jara

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile...

 except where indicated.

1. "Lo único que tengo" (The only thing I own)
2. "En el río Mapocho" (In the Mapocho River)
3. "Luchín"
4. "La toma - 16 marzo 1967" (The takeover - 16 March 1967)
5. "La carpa de las coligüillas"
6. "El hombre es un creador" (Man is a creator)
7. "Herminda de la Victoria" (Hermindra of Victory) (Alejandro Sieveking
   Alejandro Sieveking
   Alejandro Sieveking , is a Chilean playwright, theatre director and actor.-Career:Sieveking was born in the Chilean city of Rengo in Chile’s O’Higgins region in September the 7th of 1934...
   
   , Jara)
8. "Sacando pecho y brazo" (Rolling up your sleeves)
9. "Marcha de los pobladores" (March of the town folk)