Santiago: Caipital ceety o Chile

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.

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 / -33.45000; -70.66667
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

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.

 

In Chile thare are several entities that bear the name o Santiago that are aften confuised: The Commune o Santiago (whiles referred tae as Santiago Centro, Scots: Dountoun Santiago), is a administrative diveesion that comprises roughly the aurie occupee'd bi the ceety durin its colonial period. The Commune o Santiago, that is admeenistered bi a ceety cooncil an heidit bi a mayor, is pairt o the Santiago Province (heidit bi a Provincial Govrenor), that is itsel a subdiveesion o the Santiago Metropolitan Region (heidit bi an Intendant). Still, ootthrou this airticle, an as it is widely acceptit, the term Santiago will refer tae whit is commonly kent as Greater Santiago (Spaingie: Gran Santiago), a territorial extension defined bi its urban continuity that includes the Commune o Santiago in addition tae 36 ither communes, that thegither comprise the majority o the Santiago Province an some auries o neeburin provinces (see Poleetical diveesions). The Greater Santiago indwallers are cried Santiaguinos/as.

Greater Santiago lacks a metropolitan govrenment for its admeenistration, that is currently distributit atween various authorities, complicatin the operation o the ceety as a single entity. The heichest authority in Santiago is considered tae be the intendant o the Santiago Metropolitan Region, an unelectit delegate o the preses.

The hale o Greater Santiago disna fit perfectly intae ony admeenistrative diveesion, extendin ootthrou fower different provinces an 37 communes. The majority o its 641.4 km2 (247.65 sq mi) lie athin Santiago Province, wi some peripheral auries contained in the provinces o Cordillera, Maipo an Talagante.

 

Note: Communes in the peripheries are no shawn tae thair full extent.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Santiago is twinned wi:

Pairtner ceety

•   Paris, Fraunce (1997, "Friendship Pact")