Santiago

Santiago
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


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Nickname: 
"The City of the Island Hills"
Coordinates: 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 (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
DemonymSantiaguinos (-as)
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
Area code+56 2
HDI (2021)0.886[2]very high
Websitewww.gobiernosantiago.cl

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.

With its geographical conditions, because it is located in a valley surrounded by the Andes mountains, Santiago has a large amount of air pollution.

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