Santiago
capital city of Chile
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Summary
Santiago is a city in Chile[1]. Santiago ranks in the top 1% of city in chile entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,074 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Santiago Metropolitan Region[3]
- Country: Chile[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mapocho River[5]
- Instance of: big city[6], largest city[7], global city[8]
- Official language: Spanish[9]
- Shares border with: Cordón de Chacabuco[10]
- Founder: Pedro de Valdivia[11]
- Named after: St. James the Elder[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Beijing[13], São Paulo[14], Madrid[15], Ankara[16], Kyiv[17], Riga[18], Minneapolis[19], Santiago de Querétaro[20], Tunis[21], La Paz[22], Manila[23], San José[24], Buenos Aires[25], Hefei[26]
- Postal code: 3580000[27]
- Commons category: Santiago de Chile[28]
- Local dialing code: 56 2[29]
- Inception: 1541[30]
- Coordinate location: -33.4375, -70.65[31]
- Official website: https://www.gobiernosantiago.cl/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Santiago, Chile[33]
- Commons gallery: Santiago de Chile[34]
- Population: 5,128,590[35], 6,257,516[36]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[39], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[40], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[41], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[42]
- Capital of: Chile[43], Santiago Metropolitan Region[44], Santiago province[45], Captaincy General of Chile[46], Santiago de Chile Intendancy[47]
- Official name: Santiago de Chile[48]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Santiago include Red Metropolitana de Movilidad[49], a public transport network[50], in Chile[51], founded in 2007[52].
Why It Matters
Santiago has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Santiago is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]
Entities named for Santiago include Red Metropolitana de Movilidad[49], a public transport network[50], in Chile[51], founded in 2007[52].