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Santiago

This page is about the capital of Chile. For other uses, see Santiago (disambiguation).

Santiago (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 40 percent of the population of Chile.[3] In Chile, people call the city Gran Santiago (Greater Santiago) or Santiago.

Capital city
Skyline of Santiago, with Sanhattan and Gran Torre Santiago, from San Cristóbal Hill
La Moneda Palace
National Library of Chile
San Cristóbal Hill
Torre Entel
Santa Lucía Hill
Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago
National Museum of Fine Arts
Flag of Santiago
Flag
Coat of arms of
Coat of arms
 
Coordinates: 33°26′15″S 70°39′00″W / 33.43750°S 70.65000°W / -33.43750; -70.65000Coordinates: 33°26′15″S 70°39′00″W / 33.43750°S 70.65000°W / -33.43750; -70.65000
Country Chile
RegionSantiago Metropolitan Region
ProvinceSantiago Province
Foundation12 February 1541; 484 years ago (1541-02-12)
Founded byPedro de Valdivia
Named forSaint James
Area
 • Capital city641 km2 (247.6 sq mi)
Elevation
570 m (1,870 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Capital city6,269,384
 • Density9,821/km2 (25,436/sq mi)
 • Metro
6,903,479
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$192.3 billion[1]
 • Per capita$27,900
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (CLT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−03:00 (CLST)
Postal code
8320000
HDI (2021)0.886[2] – very high
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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

  • La Moneda in Santiago

  • Santiago Stock Exchange

  • Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago (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

  • National Museum of Fine Arts

Santiago Media

  • The Founding of Santiago (1888), oil painting by Pedro Lira (1888). The artwork depicts Pedro de Valdivia and Juan Martín de Candia, proclaiming the founding of the city.

  • Inés de Suárez in Defense of the City of Santiago (1897), oil painting by José Mercedes Ortega.

  • Map of colonial Santiago in 1712 by Frézier and Bellin.

  • Preserved colonial Church of Santo Domingo, built between 1747 and 1796.

  • Painting of 1840 by Claude Gay depicting a tertulia of Santiago neighbors.

  • Plano de Santiago, 1895, del «Álbum de planos de la principales ciudades y puertos de Chile» publicados por Nicanor Boloña. [Santiago] : Dir. General de Obras Públicas, Of. de Geografía y Minas, 1896.

  • This is a photo of a national monument in Chile:

  • A Jesuit Church in Santiago in 1857, by Charles Barbant and Son for Le Monde Illustré.

  • View of Paseo Ahumada, in the city center, in the late 1920s.

References

  1. ↑ "TelluBase—Chile Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. ↑ Sub-national HDI. "Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "SÍNTESIS DE RESULTADOS CENSO 2017" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics of Chile. June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

Other websites

Media related to Santiago de Chile at Wikimedia Commons


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