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Encyclopedia > Santiago Metropolitan Region
Región Metropolitana de Santiago
Image:ChileRegionMetropolitana.png
See other Chilean regions
Capital Santiago
Provinces Santiago

Chacabuco
Cordillera
Maipo
Melipilla
Talagante Image File history File links Done by User:Cantus File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Chile is divided into thirteen regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular región), each of which is headed by an intendant (intendente), appointed by the president. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... The snowcapped Andes are a Santiago landmark Santiago (Spanish: ) is Chiles capital and largest city. ... Santiago is one of the six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile. ... The Chacabuco Province includes the region around Santiago, Chile. ... Cordillera Province may mean: Cordillera Province, Bolivia Cordillera Province, Chile This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Maipo is a province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile. ...

Area

  - Total

Ranked 13th

15,403.2 km² Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Population

  - 2002 Census
  - Density For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ...

Ranked 1st

6,061,185
392.1/km²

ISO 3166-2 CL-RM

The Santiago Metropolitan Region (in Spanish, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is a landlocked administrative region in central Chile. It is the most populated region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Most commercial and administrative centers are located in this region, including Chile's main international airport, Arturo Merino Benítez.
ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... A landlocked country is one that has no coastline. ... Chile is divided into thirteen regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular región), each of which is headed by an intendant (intendente), appointed by the president. ... The snowcapped Andes are a Santiago landmark Santiago (Spanish: ) is Chiles capital and largest city. ... View of the Airport Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, located in Santiago, Chile, is Chiles largest aviation facility. ...



 
Regions of Chile
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I: Tarapacá | II: Antofagasta | III: Atacama | IV: Coquimbo | V: Valparaíso | VI: O'Higgins | VII: Maule | VIII: Bío-Bío | IX: Araucanía | X: Los Lagos | XI: Aysen | XII: Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena
RM: Santiago Metropolitan Region

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Santiago (region of Chile) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Santiago (region of Chile) (152 words)
Metropolitan region in central Chile; area 15,549 sq km/6,003 sq mi; population (1996) 5,680,520.
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