Santiago, Chile
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).
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 Location of Santiago commune in Greater Santiago | |
| Coordinates: 33°27′0″S 70°40′0″W / 33.45000°S 70.66667°WCoordinates: 33°27′0″S 70°40′0″W / 33.45000°S 70.66667°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| 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 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Website | municipalidaddesantiago.cl |
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
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
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Santiago, Chile 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.
Preserved colonial Church of Santo Domingo, built between 1747 and 1796.
Battle of Maipú, 1818
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.
Other websites
- Municipality homepage
- Santiago Tourist Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine - An Independent Travel Guide
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