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The Santiago Metropolitan Park is an urban park located within the city of Santiago, capital of Chile.Consisting of the San Cristóbal, Chacarillas and Los Gemelos hills, and the areas of Tupahue, Lo Saldés, Pirámide and Bosque Santiago, [2] the park is located between four communes of Santiago – Huechuraba, Providencia, Recoleta and Vitacura – and covers around 722 hectares, making it ...
Santiago. Santiago (/ ˌsæntiˈɑːɡoʊ /, US also / ˌsɑːn -/; [3] Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo]), also known as Santiago de Chile (Spanish: [san̪ˈtja.ɣo ðe ˈtʃi.le] ⓘ), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago ...
Plaza Baquedano, commonly known as Plaza Italia, is a major landmark in Santiago, Chile. The plaza was inaugurated in 1928, being crowned by a monument made by Chilean sculptor Virgínio Arias and featuring General Manuel Baquedano, giving the current name to the urban landmark. It is located where formerly the Mapocho River used to fork.
Website. (in Spanish) Gobierno Regional Metropolitano de Santiago. Santiago Metropolitan Region (Spanish: Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile 's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Most commercial and administrative centers ...
Its rate of population growth has been decreasing since 1990, due to a declining birth rate. [6] By 2050 the population is expected to reach approximately 20.2 million people, at which point it is projected to either stagnate or begin declining. [7] About 85% of the country's population lives in urban areas, with 40% living in Greater Santiago ...
Gran Torre Santiago is part of the Costanera Center complex, which includes the largest shopping mall in Latin America, [9] two hotels and two additional office towers. Gran Torre Santiago is 300 metres (980 ft) tall and 64 stories high plus 6 basement floors, with a floor pitch of 4.1 metres (13 ft) and 107.125 m 2 (1,153.08 sq ft) in area.
Since the mid-1990s, tourism in Chile has become one of the main sources of income for the country, especially in its most extreme areas. In 2005, this sector grew by 13.6%, generating more than US$500 million, equivalent to 1.33% of the national GDP. According to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), Chile was the eighth most popular ...
Sports venues in Santiago (2 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Santiago, Chile" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.