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Santiago
Santiago | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
| Santiago de Chile | |
 Collage o Santiago, left tae richt, tap tae bottom: Santa Lucía Hill, panoramic view o Santiago, La Moneda, Statue o the Immaculate Conception, Torre Telefónica, Naitional Museum o Fine Airts an Naitional Leebrar o Chile, Torre Entel, Estación Central Santiago Metro station an Railwey Station an San Francisco Kirk. | |
 Location o Santiago commune in Greater Santiago | |
  Santiago Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 33°27′0″S 70°40′0″W / 33.45000°S 70.66667°W | |
| Kintra |  Chile |
| Region |  Santiago Metropolitan Region |
| Province | Santiago Province |
| Foondation | 12 Februar 1541 |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 58 km2 (22.4 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 641.4 km2 (247.6 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 15403.2 km2 (5,947.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 520 m (1706 ft) |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Ceety | 200,792 |
| • Density | 8,964/km2 (23,216/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 6,676,745 |
| • Metro | 7.2 Million |
| Demonym(s) | Santiaguinos (-as) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Website | municipalidaddesantiago.cl |
Santiago, kent as Santiago de Chile (Spainish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈtʃile]) an aw, is the caipital an mucklest ceety in Chile, an the centre o its mucklest conurbation (Greater Santiago). It is locatit in the kintra's central valley, at an elevation o 520 m (1,706.04 ft) abuin mean sea level. Awtho Santiago is the caipital, legislative bodies meet in the coastal toun o Valparaíso, a ae-oor drive tae its wast.
Chile's steady economic growthe haes transformed Santiago intae ane o Laitin Americae's maist modren metropolitan auries, wi extensive suburban development, dozens o shoppin centres, an impressive heich-rise architectur. It is a Alpha(-) Warld Ceety an haes a gey modren transport infrastructur, includin the steadily growin unnergrund Santiago Metro, an effort at modrenisin public bus transport an a free flow toll-based rin road an inner ceety hiewey seestem, pairt o whilk is tunnelled unnerneath a muckle section o the ceety's main river Mapocho connectin the Eastren an Wastren extremes o the ceety in a 25-minute drive.
Santiago is the regional heidquarters tae mony multinaitionals, an a financial centre. Santiago haes a diverse cosmopolitian cultur.
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