Central Santiago

The Historic Center is the traditional financial downtown district in . It comprises the historical center, including Cerro Santa Lucia, historic and public buildings.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 404,000 residents
  • Description: commune of Chile
  • Also known as: “Centro Histórico”, “commune of Santiago”, “Santiago”, “Santiago center”, “Santiago Centro”, “Santiago commune”, and “Santiago downtown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts and Museum of Precolombian Art.

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The , located in , , is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader art. Established in 1880, the organization is managed by the Artistic Union.

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The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art is an art museum dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artifacts from and .

Peak
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, also known in Mapuche as Huelén Hill, is a small hill in the centre of Santiago, Chile. It is situated between Alameda del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins in the south, Santa Lucía Street in the west and Victoria Subercaseaux on the east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santiago and West and South.

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is the capital and economic center of . With its many museums, events, theaters, restaurants, bars and other entertainment and cultural opportunities, it is also the cultural center of the country.

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Western and Southern Santiago comprises a variety of districts of the downtown of . If you travel to the city by plane or train, here is where you will end up.

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The northern part of starts from Bellavista and ranges out to the city borders in the north comprising the municipalities of Recoleta, Independencia, Renca, Quilicura and Huecuraba.

Central Santiago

Latitude
-33.43778° or 33° 26′ 16″ south
Longitude
-70.65058° or 70° 39′ 2″ west
Population
404,000
Elevation
549 metres (1,801 feet)
Open location code
47RFH86X+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10882467329
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
8261395
Wiki­data ID
Q188002
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Satellite Map

Discover Central Santiago from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Central Santiago” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սանտյագո կոմունա”
  • Basque: “Santiago (komuna)”
  • Basque: “Santiago”
  • Belarusian: “Сант’яга”
  • Catalan: “Santiago”
  • Cebuano: “Santiago”
  • Chinese: “Santiago”
  • Chinese: “圣地亚哥”
  • Chinese: “聖地亞哥”
  • Danish: “Santiago”
  • Dutch: “Santiago”
  • Esperanto: “Santiago (komunumo)”
  • French: “Santiago”
  • German: “Santiago Centro”
  • German: “Santiago de Chile”
  • German: “Santiago”
  • Hebrew: “סנטיאגו (קומונה)”
  • Japanese: “サンティアゴ”
  • Korean: “산티아고”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Santiago”
  • Portuguese: “Comuna de Santiago”
  • Portuguese: “Santiago Centro”
  • Portuguese: “Santiago”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Santiago”
  • Russian: “Сантьяго”
  • Scots: “commune o Santiago”
  • Scots: “Santiago (commune)”
  • Scots: “Santiago Centro”
  • Scots: “Santiago”
  • Serbian: “Сантијаго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santiago (općina)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Santiago”
  • Slovenian: “Komuna Santiago”
  • Spanish: “comuna de Santiago”
  • Spanish: “Comuna de Santiago”
  • Spanish: “Santiago (comuna)”
  • Spanish: “Santiago centro”
  • Spanish: “Santiago Centro”
  • Spanish: “Santiago de Chile: Zona Centro”
  • Spanish: “Santiago-centro”
  • Spanish: “Santiago”
  • Swedish: “Santiago”
  • Turkish: “Santiago (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Santiago”
  • Ukrainian: “Сантьяго (комуна)”
  • Ukrainian: “Сантьяго”

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