Santiago

Santiago
Capital city
Skyline of Santiago, with Sanhattan and Gran Torre Santiago, from San Cristóbal Hill La Moneda Palace National Library of Chile San Cristóbal Hill Torre Entel Santa Lucía Hill Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago National Museum of Fine Arts
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Nickname:  "The City of the Island Hills"
Coordinates: 33°26′15″S 70°39′00″W / 33.43750°S 70.65000°W / -33.43750; -70.65000
Country	Chile
Region	Santiago Metropolitan Region
Province	Santiago Province
Foundation	12 February 1541; 483 years ago (1541-02-12)
Founded by	Pedro de Valdivia
Named for	Saint James
Area
• Capital city	641 km2 (247.6 sq mi)
Elevation	570 m (1,870 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Capital city	6,269,384
• Density	9,821/km2 (25,436/sq mi)
• Metro	6,903,479
Demonym	Santiaguinos (-as)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$192.3 billion[1]
• Per capita	$27,900
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−03:00 (CLST)
Postal code	8320000
Area code	+56 2
HDI (2021)	0.886[2] – very high
Website	www.gobiernosantiago.cl

Santiago (also known as Santiago de Chile) is the capital of Chile and the largest city in the country. It has a population of around 7 million people, about 40 percent of the population of Chile.^[3] In Chile, people call the city Gran Santiago (Greater Santiago) or Santiago.

With its geographical conditions, because it is located in a valley surrounded by the Andes mountains, Santiago has a large amount of air pollution.

1. ↑ "TelluBase—Chile Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
2. ↑ Sub-national HDI. "Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
3. ↑ "SÍNTESIS DE RESULTADOS CENSO 2017" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics of Chile. June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2023.