Concepción, Chile
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| Concepción La Concepción de María Purísima del Nuevo Extremo (oreeginal name) |
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| Panoramic vista o Concepcion center, Top o left:Bell Tower in Concepcion University, Top o richt:Aerial view o Concepcion Bay, middle: Concepcion courts o palace, Bottom o left:Indepence Square, Bottom o richt:Pairk o Ecuador | |||
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| Eik-name(s): Biobío's Pearl | |||
| Motto: La Capital del Sur de Chile The Caipital o the Sooth o Chile |
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| Location in the Biobío Region | |||
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| Coordinates (alcalde's office): 36°49′41.50″S 73°03′04.93″W / 36.828194°S 73.0513694°W | |||
| Kintra | Chile | ||
| Region | Biobío | ||
| Province | Concepción | ||
| Foondit | 5 October 1550 | ||
| Foonder | Pedro de Valdivia | ||
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| - Alcalde | Patricio Kuhn (UDI) | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Ceety an Commune | 222 km2 (85.7 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2006) | |||
| - Ceety an Commune | 292,589 | ||
| - Densitie | 1,318/km2 (3,413.6/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 1,322,581 | ||
| Demonym | Penquista | ||
| Time zone | CLT (UTC−4) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | CLST (UTC−3) | ||
| Post code | 3349001 | ||
| Telephone prefix | 56 + 41 | ||
| Wabsteid | Municipality o Concepción | ||
Concepción is a ceety an commune o Chile. The ceety is the seicont-lairgest conurbation (Greater Concepción), wi a population o aroond 889,725 an aurie o 222 km2. Its the maist populous ceety an metropolitan aurie in the sooth o Chile, an is the caipital o the Concepción Province an the Region o Bio-Bío.
Inhabitants o Concepción are referred tae as "Penquista" . The ceety is nicknamed bi Concepción's inhabitants the "La Perla del Bio-Bío" .
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Gallery [edit]
Twin touns — Sister Ceeties [edit]
Concepción is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
Sucre, Bolivie
Caracas, Venezuela
La Plata, Argentinae
Cascavel, Brazil
Rosario, Argentinae
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Bethlehem, Palestine
Auckland, New Zealand
See forby [edit]
External links [edit]
- Concepción municipality (Spainyie)
- El Sur, newspaper of Concepción (Spainyie)
- Viveconce, Event schedule of Concepción (Spainyie)
- Octava, Website directory (Spainyie)
- HelloChile - Spanish tutoring and tourism in and around the city of Concepción, Information in English about the Chilean life and places to visit (Inglis)