Santiago
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.
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| Coordinates: 33°26′15″S 70°39′00″W / 33.43750°S 70.65000°WCoordinates: 33°26′15″S 70°39′00″W / 33.43750°S 70.65000°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Santiago Metropolitan Region |
| Province | Santiago Province |
| Foundation | 12 February 1541 |
| Founded by | Pedro de Valdivia |
| Named for | Saint James |
| Area | |
| • Capital city | 641 km2 (247.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Capital city | 6,269,384 |
| • Density | 9,821/km2 (25,436/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 6,903,479 |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $192.3 billion[1] |
| • Per capita | $27,900 |
| Time zone | UTC−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
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La Moneda in Santiago
Santiago Stock Exchange
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Catedral Metropolitana de Santiago (Cathedral)
Vitacura at night
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Entel Tower with the Andes behind
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Municipal Theatre of Santiago
Bernardo O'Higgins Boulevard
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Santiago
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Paseo Ahumada
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Santiago at night
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La Torre Telefónica
Cerro el Plomo Street
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Downtown Santiago
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A Marcopolo Gran Viale operated by TransSantiago
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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.
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Inés de Suárez in Defense of the City of Santiago (1897), oil painting by José Mercedes Ortega.
Preserved colonial Church of Santo Domingo, built between 1747 and 1796.
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Battle of Maipú, 1818
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Painting of 1840 by Claude Gay depicting a tertulia of Santiago neighbors.
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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.
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This is a photo of a national monument in Chile:
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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.
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References
- ↑ "TelluBase—Chile Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ↑ Sub-national HDI. "Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ↑ "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
- Municipality homepage
- Santiago Tourist Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine - An Independent Travel Guide
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