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Santiago de Chile | |
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![]() Santiago de Chile | |
![]() Location of Santiago commune in Greater Santiago | |
Coordinates: 33°27′0″S 70°40′0″W / 33.45000°S 70.66667°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Metropolitan Region |
Province | Santiago Province |
Foundation | February 12, 1541 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Irací Hassler Jacob (PC) |
Area | |
• City | 58 km2 (22.4 sq mi) |
• Urban | 641.4 km2 (247.6 sq mi) |
• Metro | 15,403.2 km2 (5,947.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 520 m (1,706 ft) |
Population (2009) | |
• City | 200,792 |
• Density | 8,964/km2 (23,216/sq mi) |
• Urban | 6,676,745 |
• Metro | 7.2 Million |
Demonym | Santiaguinos (-as) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
Website | municipalidaddesantiago.cl |
Santiago, Chile (also known as Santiago de Chile) is the capital of Chile and the largest city in the country. It has a population of around 7 million people, about 35.9 percent of the population of Chile. In Chile, people call the city Gran Santiago (Big Santiago) or Santiago. It has 26 comunas (municipalities).
With its geographical conditions, because it is located in a valley surrounded by the Andes mountains, Santiago has a large amount of air pollution.
Gallery
[change | change source]- La Moneda in Santiago
- Santiago Stock Exchange
- Cathedral
- Vitacura at night
- Entel Tower with the Andes behind
- Municipal Theatre of Santiago
- Bernardo O'Higgins Boulevard
- Santiago
- Paseo Ahumada
- Santiago at night
- La Torre Telefónica
- Cerro el Plomo Street
- Downtown Santiago
- Articulated bus
- National Museum of Fine Arts
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santiago de Chile.
- Municipality homepage
- Santiago Tourist Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine - An Independent Travel Guide