Valparaíso
Valparaíso (Spaingie pronunciation: [balpaɾaˈiso]) is a ceety an commune o Chile, center o its third lairgest conurbation (Greater Valparaíso) an ane o the kintra's maist important seaports an a increasin cultural centre in the Soothwast Paceefic hemisphere. The ceety is the caipital o the Valparaíso Province an the Valparaíso Region. Awtho Santiago is Chile's offeecial caipital, the Naitional Congress o Chile wis established in the ceety in 1990.
Valparaíso | |
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Eik-name(s): The Jewel o the Paceefic, Valpo | |
Coordinates (city): 33°03′S 71°37′W / 33.050°S 71.617°WCoordinates: 33°03′S 71°37′W / 33.050°S 71.617°W | |
Kintra | Chile |
Region | Valparaíso |
Province | Valparaíso |
Foondit | 1536 |
Capital | Valparaíso |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipality |
• Alcalde | Jorge Sharp Fajardo (Independent) |
Area | |
• City | 401.6 km2 (155.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
Population (2012 census)[2] | |
• City | 284,630 |
• Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
• Urban | 275,141 |
• Metro | 930,220 |
• Rural | 841 |
Demonym(s) | Porteño (m), porteña (f) |
Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
Area code(s) | (kintra) 56 + (ceety) 32 |
Climate | Csb |
Website | Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie) |
References
eedit- ↑ "Municipality of Valparaíso" (in Spainish). Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ↑ a b c (in Spaingie) Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas
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