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Santiago (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 33 27 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -33.4500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 070 40 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -70.6667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Mapocho river; was a colonial center, still noted for architecture of that period; was damaged by earthquake in 1647; site of President Allende's assassination during coup d'état in 1973. |
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| Santiago (preferred,C,V,LC,English-P,U)
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| Santiago (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Santiago de Chile (C,V)
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| Ciudad Santiago (NA,V)
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| סנטיאגו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (H,V)
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Santiago (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia 1541; settled earlier by Picunche Amerindians |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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since 1818 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Chile .......... (nation) |
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(World, South America) [1000049] |
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