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Greater Valparaíso (Gran Valparaíso) is the third largest metropolitan area in Chile, after the Greater Concepción and Greater Santiago. It takes this name after the city of Valparaíso, the oldest city of the group and the most important harbour in Chile. It's total population is 979,127 at the 2012 census, with an area of 401.6 square ...
The Great Fire of Valparaíso (Spanish: Gran Incendio de Valparaíso) [1] [2] started on 12 April 2014 at 16:40 local time (19:40 UTC), in the hills of the city of Valparaíso, Chile. [4] The wildfire destroyed at least 2,500 homes, leaving 11,000 people homeless.
Facade of El Mercurio de Valparaíso's publishing building in Calle Esmeralda The "Broadcasting Building" of the Parque Cultural de Valparaíso (PCdV) which has been established on a former prison's ground on Cerro Cárcel. [47] [48] Valparaíso's newspaper, El Mercurio de Valparaíso is the oldest Spanish-language newspaper in circulation in ...
To access the services of Metro Valparaiso the only means of payment is the Metroval card, a smart contactless card, costing CLP$1,350 (US$2.05) in May 2016 and sold at all stations. The card can be loaded in all ticket offices with cash or Redcompra; the minimum charge for general users is $300 and $1,000 to use Redcompra, all loads must be ...
Gran Concepción is the third largest conurbation in Chile, after Greater Santiago and Greater Valparaíso, with 945,650 inhabitants according to the 2012 pre census. Overview [ edit ]
The Polanco Palace is a luxurious mansion located in the El Almendral neighborhood of the Chilean city of Valparaíso.It was built in 1903 [2] by order of the Chilean merchant [3] Benignus Polanco Humeres for residential use, [4] and since 1942 it has been used by the Valparaíso Carabiniers prefecture.
The Valparaíso Region (Spanish: Región de Valparaíso, pronounced [balpaɾaˈiso]) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. [FN 1] With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 as of 2017, and fourth-smallest area of 16,396.1 km 2 (6,331 sq mi), the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region to the southeast. [1]
This is the list of the stations in the Valparaíso Metro in the boroughs or comunas of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué, Villa Alemana and the city of Limache, all part of the city of Valparaíso, capital of region Valparaíso and Chile's third biggest, most populous and important city, except for Limache, a suburban city in region Valparaíso.