Valparaíso

Valparaíso
Banner Coat airms Valparaíso Location in Chile
Eik-name(s):  The Jewel o the Paceefic, Valpo
Coordinates (city): 33°03′S 71°37′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)
• 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)

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.