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).
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
Santiago, Chile Media
1541 founding of Santiago. Painting by Pedro Lira, the portrait of Pedro de Valdivia and Juan Martín de Candia; proclaiming the City of Santiago de Chile, c. 1541
Inés de Suárez, successfully defending Santiago against a Mapuche attack in 1541 (painting of 1897).
Santiago de Chile in 1615 by the Inca painter Guamán Poma in his work "Nueva corónica y buen gobierno". Royal Library, Denmark.
Puente de Cal y Canto over the Mapocho river, was one of the landmarks of the colonial city of Santiago after its inauguration in 1779, it was demolished in August 1888. Painting of 1828 by de la Touanne, Adam and Sabatier.
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.
Santiago changing its physiognomy and starting to create most of the buildings that exist today. The Portal Fernández Concha on the site of the Portal Sierra Bella, painted in 1872 by Recaredo Santos Tornero.
Other websites
- Municipality homepage
- Santiago Tourist Archived 2020-11-01 at the Wayback Machine - An Independent Travel Guide