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Despite frequent earthquakes in Chile, Gran Torre Santiago, the tallest building in South America is located in Santiago, the capital of Chile. The building is 300 m (980 ft) high, with 62 floors above ground and 6 floors underground. The height of each floor is 4.1 m (13 ft) and the building area is 107.125 m 2 (1,153.08 sq ft). [23]
Continental shelf of Chile in the Southern Zone Sea. According to the principle that "the coastal State exercises over the continental shelf sovereign rights," [13] the continental shelf of Continental Chile encompasses the entirety of its territorial sea and its Exclusive Economic Zone, except for the 200 nautical miles projected from the Diego Ramírez Islands in the Southern Zone Sea, which ...
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.
The Edificio Crillón, also known as Edificio Larraín is a building in Santiago de Chile, located at 1035 Agustinas Street, between Bandera and Ahumada streets. The building, formerly known as Hotel Crillón, was a hotel and is a shopping gallery named Galería Crillón.
The building saw several modifications but it was restored to its original design in 1981. [24] Cerro El Plomo high shrine Santiago: 1998 ii, iii, vi (cultural) The Cerro El Plomo mountain was used as a ceremonial site by the Incas around 500 years ago, at the southernmost extent of their
Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of 756,102 square kilometers (291,933 sq mi), [10] [3] sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.
The “Mint House of Santiago de Chile” finally opened in 1805. [5] In 1929, an annex was commissioned the then President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to give the palace a facade to face the Alameda Avenue, the main street of Santiago. [6] The project was designed by Josué Smith strictly following the design of the original construction. [6]
Most commercial and administrative centers are located in the region, including Chile's main international airport, Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport. With an area of 15,403.2 km 2 (5,947 sq mi) and population over seven million, it is Chile's most populated and most densely populated region.