Concepción
city in Chile
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Summary
Concepción is a city in Chile[1]. Concepción draws 4,389 Wikipedia views per month (city in chile category, ranking #8 of 73).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Concepción[3]
- Country: Chile[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], commune of Chile[6]
- Official language: Spanish[7]
- Shares border with: Hualpén[8], Talcahuano[9], Chiguayante[10]
- Founder: Pedro de Valdivia[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Bethlehem[12], La Plata[13], Monterrey[14], Cascavel[15], Auckland[16], Cuenca[17], Guayaquil[18], San Miguel de Tucumán[19], Rosario[20], Campinas[21]
- Postal code: 3349001[22]
- Commons category: Concepción, Chile[23]
- Local dialing code: 41[24]
- Inception: January 1, 1550[25]
- Highest point: Cerro Caracol[26]
- Significant event: Siege of Concepcion[27], Independence of Chile[28]
- Official website: http://www.concepcion.cl[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Concepción, Chile[30]
- Commons gallery: Concepción, Chile[31]
- Population: 217,537[32], 229,650[33]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36]
- Capital of: Biobío Region[37], Concepción Province[38], Concepción[39]
- Official name: Concepción[40]
- Category for people born here: Q8731201[41]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Concepción[42]
- Native label: Concepción[43]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Concepción, Chile[44]
- Owner of: Estadio Ester Roa Rebolledo[45]
Why It Matters
Concepción has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Concepción is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]