Valparaíso

Valparaíso is a city of almost 300,000 people on the Pacific coast of . Frequently referred to as simply Valpo, it is about 120 km west of the capital, .
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  • Type: City with 251,000 residents
  • Description: city in Chile
  • Also known as: Ciudad de Valparaíso”, “Valparaiso”, and “Valparaiso, Chile

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saudi Aramco and Library of the National Congress of Chile.

Gas station
Photo: Eagleamn, Public domain.
or Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, is a majority state-owned petroleum and natural gas company that is the national oil company of .

Library
The is a service of the National Congress of Chile that serves as an information center for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

The is a plaza in Valparaíso, . It is named after Rafael Sotomayor. The square is lined by buildings occupying full block-fronts of the streets that flank it.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cerro Concepción and Panteón Hill.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
in one of the 42 hills of the city of Valparaíso, . It is surrounded by Ecuador and Cumming Streets and it has its base on Condell Street.

Valparaíso

Latitude
-33.0458° or 33° 2′ 45″ south
Longitude
-71.6197° or 71° 37′ 11″ west
Population
251,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
IATA airport code
VAP
United Nations Location Code
CL VAP
Open location code
47RCX93J+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3298545361
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3868626
Wiki­data ID
Q33986
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Valparaíso” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Валпараисо
  • Achinese: Valparaiso
  • Adyghe: Вальпараисо
  • Afrikaans: Valparaiso
  • Afrikaans: Valparaíso
  • Albanian: Valparaiso
  • Amharic: ቫልፓራይሶ
  • Arabic: فالبارايسو
  • Aragonese: Valparaíso
  • Armenian: Վալպարաիսո
  • Arpitan: Valparaíso, Ch·ili
  • Arpitan: Valparaíso
  • Assamese: वालपाराईसो
  • Asturian: Valparaíso
  • Avaric: Вальпараисо
  • Aymara: Valparaíso
  • Azerbaijani: Valparaiso
  • Balinese: Valparaíso
  • Bambara: Valparaíso
  • Banjar: Valparaiso
  • Bashkir: Вальпараисо
  • Basque: Valparaiso
  • Basque: Valparaíso
  • Bavarian: Valparaíso
  • Belarusian: Вальпараіса
  • Bengali: ভালপারাইসো
  • Bhojpuri: वालपाराईसो
  • Bishnupriya: ভালপারাইসো
  • Bislama: Valparaiso
  • Bosnian: Valparaíso
  • Breton: Valparaiso
  • Breton: Valparaíso
  • Buginese: Valparaiso
  • Bulgarian: Валпараисо
  • Bulgarian: Валпарайсо
  • Burmese: ဗယ်လ်ပါရိုင်ဆိုမြို့
  • Burmese: ဗလၲပရမိစော
  • Catalan: Valparaíso
  • Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Valparaíso
  • Central Bikol: Valparaiso
  • Central Kurdish: ڤالپارایسۆ
  • Chamorro: Valparaíso
  • Chavacano: Valparaiso
  • Chavacano: Valparaíso
  • Chechen: Вальпараисо
  • Cheyenne: Valparaíso
  • Chinese: Valparaíso
  • Chinese: 瓦尔帕莱索
  • Chinese: 瓦爾帕萊索
  • Chuvash: Вальпараисо
  • Cornish: Valparaiso
  • Corsican: Valparaíso
  • Crimean Tatar: Valparaiso
  • Croatian: Valparaiso
  • Croatian: Valparaíso
  • Czech: Valparaiso
  • Czech: Valparaíso
  • Danish: Valparaiso
  • Danish: Valparaíso
  • Dhivehi: ވަލޕަރައިސޮ
  • Dimli (individual language): Valparaíso
  • Dinka: Valparaiso
  • Dutch: Valparaiso
  • Dutch: Valparaíso
  • Dzongkha: བལྤ་རཨིསོ
  • Egyptian Arabic: فالبارايسو
  • Esperanto: Valparaiso
  • Esperanto: Valparaíso
  • Estonian: Valparaiso
  • Estonian: Valparaíso
  • Ewe: Valparaiso
  • Extremaduran: Valparaíso
  • Faroese: Valparaíso
  • Fiji Hindi: Valparaiso
  • Fiji Hindi: Valparaíso
  • Fijian: Valparaíso
  • Finnish: Valparaiso
  • Finnish: Valparaíso
  • French: Valparaiso
  • French: Valparaíso
  • Friulian: Valparaíso
  • Gagauz: Valparaíso
  • Galician: Valparaíso
  • Gan Chinese: 瓦尔帕莱索
  • Ganda: Valparaíso
  • Georgian: ვალპარაისო
  • German: Valparadiso
  • German: Valparaíso
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Valparaíso
  • Gilaki: بالپارايسؤ
  • Gilaki: والپارايسؤ
  • Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍉
  • Greek: Βαλπαραΐσο
  • Guarani: Valparaiso
  • Guarani: Valparaíso
  • Gujarati: વાલ્પારાઇસો
  • Haitian: Valparaíso, Chili
  • Haitian: Valparaíso
  • Hakka Chinese: Valparaíso
  • Hausa: Valparaiso
  • Hawaiian: Valparaíso
  • Hebrew: ואלפראיסו
  • Hebrew: ולפראיסו
  • Hebrew: ולפריסו
  • Hindi: वालपाराईसो
  • Hungarian: Valparaíso
  • Icelandic: Valparaiso
  • Icelandic: Valparaíso
  • Ido: Valparaíso
  • Iloko: Valparaíso
  • Inari Sami: Valparaíso
  • Indonesian: Valparaíso
  • Interlingua: Valparaíso
  • Interlingue: Valparaíso
  • Inuktitut: ᕙᓪᐸᕃᓱ
  • Inupiaq: Bal’paraisu
  • Irish: Valparaíso, an tSile
  • Irish: Valparaíso
  • Italian: Provincia di Valparaiso
  • Italian: Valparaiso
  • Italian: Valparaíso
  • Jamaican Creole English: Valparaiyso
  • Japanese: ヴァルパライソ
  • Japanese: バルパライーソ
  • Japanese: バルパライソ
  • Javanese: Valparaiso
  • Kabardian: Вальпараисо
  • Kabyle: Valparaiso
  • Kalaallisut: Valparaíso
  • Kannada: ವ್ಯಾಲ್ಪರೀಸೊ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Balparayiso
  • Karachay-Balkar: Вальпараисо
  • Khmer: បលពារៃសោ
  • Khmer: បាល់ប៉ារ៉ាអ៊ីសូ
  • Kikuyu: Valparaiso
  • Kinyarwanda: Valparaíso
  • Kirghiz: Вальпараисо
  • Komi-Permyak: Вальпараисо
  • Komi: Вальпараисо
  • Kongo: Valparaíso
  • Korean: 발파라이소
  • Kurdish: Valparaiso
  • Kurdish: Valparaíso
  • Ladino: Valparaiso
  • Lao: ບັນປາ​ລາ​ອີ​ໂຊ
  • Lao: ປາ​ລາ​ອີ​ໂຊ
  • Latgalian: Valparaiz
  • Latin: Vallis Paradisi
  • Latvian: Valparaiso
  • Ligurian: Valparaíso
  • Limburgan: Valparaíso
  • Lingala: Balparai
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Valparaíso
  • Literary Chinese: 瓦爾帕萊索
  • Lithuanian: Valparaisas
  • Lithuanian: Valparaíso
  • Lojban: bal’pays
  • Lombard: Valparaiso
  • Low German: Valparais
  • Low German: Valparaiso
  • Low German: Valparaíso
  • Lower Sorbian: Valparaíso
  • Luxembourgish: Valparaíso
  • Macedo-Romanian: Valparaíso
  • Macedonian: Валпараисо
  • Maithili: वल्परैसो
  • Malagasy: Valparaiso
  • Malagasy: Valparaíso
  • Malay: Balparaiso
  • Malay: Valparaíso
  • Malayalam: വല്പരഇസോ
  • Malayalam: വൽപറാസിയോ
  • Maltese: Valparaíso
  • Manx: Valparaiso
  • Manx: Valparaíso
  • Maori: Valparaíso
  • Marathi: बाल्परेझो
  • Mazanderani: والپرایزو
  • Mazanderani: ولپریسو
  • Min Dong Chinese: Wǎ’ěr pà lái suǒ
  • Min Dong Chinese: Wǎěr pà lái suǒ
  • Min Nan Chinese: Valparaiso
  • Minangkabau: Valparaiso
  • Mingrelian: ვალპარაისო
  • Mirandese: Valparaíso
  • Mongolian: Вальпараисо
  • Narom: Valparaiso
  • Nauru: Balparay
  • Neapolitan: Valparaíso
  • Nepali: भलपाराइसो
  • Nepali: वालपारैसो
  • Newari: वाल्पाराइसो
  • Northern Frisian: Valparaíso
  • Northern Luri: ولپریسو
  • Northern Sami: Valparaiso
  • Northern Sami: Valparaíso
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Valparaiso
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Valparaíso
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Valparaiso
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Valparaíso
  • Norwegian: Valparaíso
  • Novial: Valparaíso
  • Nyanja: Valparaiso
  • Occitan (post 1500): Valparaiso
  • Occitan (post 1500): Valparaíso
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܒܐܠܦܐܪܐܝܣܘ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Valparaíso
  • Oriya: ବଲ୍ପରଇ େସା
  • Ossetian: Вальпараисо
  • Pampanga: Valparaiso
  • Pampanga: Valparaíso
  • Panjabi: ਬਾਲਪਰਾਈਸੋ
  • Papiamento: Valparaíso
  • Pedi: Valparaiso
  • Pennsylvania German: Valparaíso
  • Persian: والپارایزو
  • Persian: والپارایسو
  • Pfaelzisch: Valparaíso
  • Picard: Valparaíso
  • Piemontese: Valparaíso
  • Polish: Valparaiso
  • Polish: Valparaíso
  • Portuguese: Valparaíso, Chile
  • Portuguese: Valparaíso
  • Quechua: Valparaíso
  • Romanian: Valparaíso
  • Romansh: Valparaíso
  • Russia Buriat: Вальпараисо
  • Russian: Вальпараисо
  • Russian: Вальпарайзо
  • Russian: Вальпарайсо
  • Samoan: Valparaiso
  • Samogitian: Valparaėsos
  • Sango: Valparaíso
  • Sanskrit: वालपाराईसो
  • Sardinian: Valparaiso
  • Scots: Valparaíso
  • Scottish Gaelic: Valparaiso
  • Serbian: Valparaíso
  • Serbian: Валпараисо
  • Serbian: рајска долина
  • Serbo-Croatian: Valparaiso
  • Serbo-Croatian: Valparaíso
  • Serbo-Croatian: Валпараисо
  • Shona: Valparaíso
  • Sicilian: Valparaiso
  • Sicilian: Valparaíso
  • Silesian: Valparaíso
  • Sinhala: වල්පරයිසෝ
  • Skolt Sami: Valparaíso
  • Slovak: Valparaíso
  • Slovenian: Valparaiso
  • Slovenian: Valparaíso
  • Slovenian: Valpo
  • Somali: Baalparaizo
  • South Azerbaijani: ولپریسو
  • Southern Sotho: Valparaíso
  • Spanish: Aliamapu
  • Spanish: Capital legislativa
  • Spanish: Valparaiso de Chile
  • Spanish: Valparaíso de Chile
  • Spanish: Valparaiso
  • Spanish: Valparaíso
  • Spanish: Valpo
  • Sranan Tongo: Balparaiso
  • Sundanese: Valparaiso
  • Swahili: Valparaiso
  • Swedish: Valparaiso
  • Swedish: Valparaíso
  • Swiss German: Valparaíso
  • Tagalog: Aliamapu
  • Tagalog: Balparaiso
  • Tagalog: Lambak na Paraiso
  • Tagalog: Lambak ng Paraiso
  • Tagalog: Lambak Paraiso
  • Tagalog: Paraisong Lambak
  • Tagalog: Valle Paraiso
  • Tagalog: Valle Paraíso
  • Tagalog: Valparaiso
  • Tagalog: Valparaíso
  • Tagalog: Valpo
  • Tahitian: Valparaíso
  • Tajik: Валпараисо
  • Tamil: வல்பெய்ரசோவ்
  • Tatar: Вальпараисо
  • Telugu: వల్పరైజో
  • Tetum: Valparaíso
  • Thai: บัลปาราอิโซ
  • Thai: บัลปาราอีโซ
  • Thai: วัลปาไรโซ
  • Tibetan: བལྤ་རཨིསོ
  • Tok Pisin: Valparaiso
  • Tosk Albanian: Valparaíso
  • Turkish: Valparaiso
  • Turkish: Valparaíso
  • Turkmen: Valparaiso
  • Tuvinian: Вальпараисо
  • Twi: Valparaiso
  • Udmurt: Вальпараисо
  • Uighur: Valparayiso
  • Uighur: ۋالپاراىسو
  • Ukrainian: Вальпараїсо
  • Upper Sorbian: Valparaíso
  • Urdu: بآلپارایسو
  • Uzbek: Valparaíso
  • Venetian: Valparaíso
  • Veps: Val’paraiso
  • Veps: Valparaiso
  • Veps: Valparaíso
  • Vietnamese: Valparaíso
  • Vlaams: Valparaíso
  • Vlax Romani: Valparaiso
  • Vlax Romani: Valparaíso
  • Volapük: Valparaíso
  • Võro: Valparaiso
  • Walloon: Valparayso
  • Waray (Philippines): Valparaíso
  • Welsh: Valparaiso
  • Welsh: Valparaíso
  • Western Frisian: Valparaíso
  • Western Mari: Вальпараисо
  • Western Panjabi: والپرائیسو
  • Wu Chinese: 瓦尔帕莱索
  • Xhosa: Valparaíso
  • Yakut: Вальпараисо
  • Yiddish: וואלפאראיסא
  • Yiddish: וואלפּאראיסא
  • Yiddish: וואַלפּאַראַיסאָ
  • Yoruba: Valparaíso
  • Yue Chinese: 瓦爾帕萊索
  • Zeeuws: Valparaíso
  • Zhuang: Valparaíso
  • Zulu: IValparaiso
  • Valparaėsos
  • Valparaiso
  • Valparaíso
  • वालपाराईसो

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