2025年1月15日 · Santiago, capital of Chile. It lies on the canalized Mapocho River, with views of high Andean peaks to the east. The city was founded as Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (‘Santiago of the New Frontier’) in 1541 by the Spanish conquistador …

Santiago (/ ˌ s æ n t i ˈ ɑː ɡ oʊ /, US also / ˌ s ɑː n-/; [3] Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo]), also known as Santiago de Chile (Spanish: [san̪ˈtja.ɣo ðe ˈtʃi.le] ⓘ), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas.It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Region, which has a population of seven ...

Santiago, officially Santiago de Chile, is the federal capital of Chile, and the center of its largest metropolitan area, known as "Greater Santiago." It is situated at an elevation of 1,700 feet (520 m) in the country's central valley.

Santiago, región metropolitana, central Chile, bordering Argentina on the east, Valparaíso region on the north and west, and O’Higgins region on the south. Santiago, created a province in 1826 and a metropolitan region in 1974, is divided into the provinces of Santiago, Chacabuco, Cordillera, Maipo, Melipilla, and Talagante.

Within its borders, Chile has four distinct geographic zones: the dry northern desert, the fertile Central Valley, the forests and lakes of south-central Chile, and the archipelagos, fiords, and channels of the far south.

2019年8月30日 · In contrast, Santiago is located midway along Chile's length and lies in a Mediterranean temperate valley between the coastal mountains and the Andes. Santiago itself has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters.

Situated in north-central Chile in the fertile Central Valley, Santiago lies at an altitude of about 1,700 feet (520 meters) in a depression formed by mountain ranges. To the east are the Andes, and to the west are the coastal ranges. Most of the Andean peaks are snow-covered in winter.

Santiago is the capital of Chile, the center of the metropolitan region, and home to one third of the country's inhabitants (5,623,000 of 16,185,000, according to the UN's World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision). The city is located in a closed basin between the Andes and the Coastal Range (Cordillera de la Costa).

2024年6月10日 · Santiago is located in Chile, a long and narrow country that stretches down the west coast of South America. The city is surrounded by the Andes mountains to the east and the Chilean Coastal Range to the west.

The rapid population growth of Santiago, Chile’s capital, has brought a series of problems for the city, all of which were complicated by Chile’s unusual geography. One Landsat image spans the breadth of this narrow country, from the Pacific Ocean to Argentina.