Santiago

Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge
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.
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
Location o Santiago commune in Greater Santiago
Santiago is located in Chile
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
ProvinceSantiago Province
Foondation12 Februar 1541
Area
 • Ceety58 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)
 • Ceety200,792
 • Density8,964/km2 (23,216/sq mi)
 • Urban
6,676,745
 • Metro
7.2 Million
Demonym(s)Santiaguinos (-as)
Time zoneUTC−4 (CLT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−3 (CLST)
Websitemunicipalidaddesantiago.cl

Santiago, kent as Santiago de Chile (Spainish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈtʃile]) an aw, is the caipital an mucklest ceety in Chile, an the centre o its mucklest conurbation (Greater Santiago). 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.

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.

Uisage note[eedit | eedit soorce]

Municipality o Santiago Commune

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.

Poleetical diveesions[eedit | eedit soorce]

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)[1] lie athin Santiago Province, wi some peripheral auries contained in the provinces o Cordillera, Maipo an Talagante.

Map o Santiago communes
Map o Santiago communes
Note: Communes in the peripheries are no shawn tae thair full extent.
Communes in Santiago Province
Santiago
Cerrillos
Cerro Navia
Conchalí
El Bosque
Estación Central
Huechuraba
Independencia
La Cisterna
La Florida
La Granja
La Pintana
La Reina
Las Condes
Lo Barnechea
Lo Espejo
Lo Prado
Macul
Maipú
Ñuñoa
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Peñalolén
Providencia
Pudahuel
Quilicura
Quinta Normal
Recoleta
Renca
San Joaquín
San Miguel
San Ramón
Vitacura
Communes in ither provinces
Padre Hurtado
Pirque
Puente Alto
San Bernardo
San José de Maipo

Internaitional relations[eedit | eedit soorce]

Twin touns — Sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]

Santiago is twinned wi:

Pairtner ceety[eedit | eedit soorce]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Alexander Galetovic; Pablo Jordán (Summer 2008). "Santiago: ¿Dónde estamos?, ¿Hacia dónde vamos?" (PDF) (in Spaingie). Estudios Públicos.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. Prefeitura.Sp - Descentralized Cooperation Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "International Relations - São Paulo City Hall - Official Sister Cities". Prefeitura.sp.gov.br. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2010.
  4. "Twin cities of Riga". Riga Ceety Cooncil. Archived frae the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.
  5. "Sister Cities of Manila". © 2008-2009 City Government of Manila. Archived frae the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]