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 Santiago (region of Chile) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Santiago (region of Chile)
The region is part of the Central Valley, which the fine climate and fertile soil have made the centre of the country's wine industry.
Metropolitan region in central Chile; area 15,549 sq km/6,003 sq mi; population (1996) 5,680,520.
The capital is the national capital of Santiago; its other chief towns are Talagaute and Melipilla.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Santiago+(region+of+Chile)   (152 words)

  
 Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The immigrants that founded the city of Chipilo in 1882 came from the Veneto region in northern Italy, and thus spoke a northern variant of the Venetian dialect.
Russian is heard in the Baja California region of Valle de Guadalupe, thanks to the immigrants from southern Russia who settled these areas.
They are the Molokans or "milk eaters", and they preserve their culture in Baja California, with the architecture in their houses and museums, they produce fine wine (Along with the large Italian community that lives near them) and their language and traditions, as well as dresses and festivities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mexico   (5464 words)

  
 List of metropolitan areas by population at opensource encyclopedia
This page lists the 102 largest metropolitan areas of the world by population.
Figures are all rounded to three significant digits (four in cases of populations above ten million), as these can only be rough estimates.
List of metropolitan areas by population in directory
www.wiki.tatet.com /List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population.html   (224 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Chile
13 regions (regiones, singular - region); Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso
note: Chile is in the process of completely overhauling its criminal justice system; a new, US-style adversarial system is being gradually implemented throughout the country with the final stage of implementation in the Santiago metropolitan region expected in June 2005
Chile has increasingly assumed regional and international leadership roles befitting its status as a stable, democratic nation.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Santiago, Chile
Santiago is one of the six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile.
Maipo is a province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of Chile.
The Santiago Metropolitan Region (in Spanish, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is a landlocked administrative region in central Chile.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Santiago%2C-Chile   (4149 words)

  
 Chile Tours, Hotels, Travel and Holidays Reservations
Chile tourism Santiago chile, travel, transportation, driving, entertainment, special deals,information on Chile, turística ofertas turísticas de Chile, oferta de turismo.
Santiago of Chile Hotel, ski resort, Isla negra, Hacienda Los Lingues, vineyards, wine tours, Santiago de Chile, Valparaiso Viña del mar, ski program Chile.
Digital santiago chile maps, roads, city maps, National Parks.
www.chileantourism.cl   (4149 words)

  
 Chile Information Project -- "Santiago Times" -- Political, Environment, Human Rights, Economic News; April 7, 1997
Regions with the highest number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants are the Santiago Metropolitan Region with 24.5, Region V with 18.9, Region II with 10.2, Region I with 4.7, and Region IV with 4.3.
Officials are betting that Santiago's "Metro culture" will safeguard the new line from soccer-related vandalism, but just in case, Carabinero police announced that the expanded Baquedano part of Line 5 will house a special police station.
Inmobiliaria Manso de Velasco will invest US$300 million to construct a huge new industrial park in Pudahuel, on the outskirts of Santiago.
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Region: / Spain/ Canary Islands/ Las Palmas Region/ Puerto Del Rosario (fuerteventura)/
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www.nonsolo.info /?Region_id=30049&Region=1〈=en   (3299 words)

  
 Chile Regions
Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Spanish for "Metropolitan Region of Santiago." The city was founded in 1541 by Pedro de Valdivia, who named it Santiago del Nuevo Extremo.
Computed the 2002 census populations of regions by adding the populations of the provinces in each region.
The thirteen regiones are divided into 51 provincias (provinces), which are further subdivided into comunas (municipalities).
www.statoids.com /ucl.html   (3299 words)

  
 Chile Regions
Santiago was in honor of Saint James, patron saint of Castile; Nuevo Extremo (new limit) referred to it being the farthest point of the conquest at that time.
Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Spanish for "Metropolitan Region of Santiago." The city was founded in 1541 by Pedro de Valdivia, who named it Santiago del Nuevo Extremo.
Los Lagos (the Lakes): Los Lagos region, except for Chiloé province
www.statoids.com /ucl.html   (857 words)

  
 Araucania & Bio-Bio Region
Region VIII: Chile's Bio Bio Region, Located some 500km (310mi) south of Santiago, this region of close to two million people and the size of Holland ranks top in forest industries and is one of the south's most industrialized.
The region is linked to the rest of the country by rail, road, with multiple daily bus services, and by air, with several daily flights to/from Santiago (flight time ca.
There are rail connections (to Temuco, the regional capital), several daily bus services from Santiago and many other cities north and south, and by air, with several flights per day from Santiago and other cities.
www.chileoutdoors.com /english/about_chile/araucania_bio-Bio_region.htm   (346 words)

  
 Chile Regions
Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Spanish for "Metropolitan Region of Santiago." The city was founded in 1541 by Pedro de Valdivia, who named it Santiago del Nuevo Extremo.
Computed the 2002 census populations of regions by adding the populations of the provinces in each region.
The thirteen regiones are divided into 51 provincias (provinces), which are further subdivided into comunas (municipalities).
www.statoids.com /ucl.html   (346 words)

  
 Rentals in Chile - Available Properties - Viviun the Leader in International Property Listings
Space, Clean, And Beautiful Apartment - Warm and well decorated apartment, in the best place to live in Santiago, not only because It is the most secure area, but also the greener, with plarks, a sport center just ahead, and the always important super market.
15 Acres 3 Houses For Rent in Barnechea - Las Condes, Santiago Chile - Hacienda Las Varas
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www.viviun.com /Rentals/Chile   (443 words)

  
 Travel Art: trekking Patagonia Chile
In the Lake Region you will hike in different National Parks and return, with breathtaking memories, to Santiago.
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You will see the beauty of the untouched nature in the south most region of Chile.
www.travelart.cl /patagonia_chile.htm   (2070 words)

  
 Renewable Energy Businesses in Chile
Address: Los Militares 5749 Las Condes, Santiago, Region Metropolitana Chile
Address: Colon 9275 Depto 21, Hualpen, VIII Region Chile 4272297
Address: Luis Johnson 2613, Independencia, Santiago, RM Chile 838-0738
energy.sourceguides.com /businesses/byGeo/byC/Chile/Chile.shtml   (468 words)

  
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This issue has had considerable publicity in the Santiago region and at least one school has been closed until the asbestos is removed.
Greenpeace has accused CONAMA of ignoring a report produced during 2001, identifying PCBs, VOCs and other carcinogenic substances in the air in Santiago, over 400 times higher than in coastal regions.
Chile's Region VII water utility Aguas Nuevo Sur Maule has awarded local company Hydro quality a contract to carry out an industrial wastewater consultancy project The five-year contract will help identify industry's wastewater requirements in the region, bring industrial clients onboard, establish the corresponding rates and recommend infrastructure modifications to allow industrial wastewater treatment.
www.velasquezgroup.net /old_bulletins/Bulletin4.html   (468 words)

  
 Chile Regions
Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Spanish for "Metropolitan Region of Santiago." The city was founded in 1541 by Pedro de Valdivia, who named it Santiago del Nuevo Extremo.
Computed the 2002 census populations of regions by adding the populations of the provinces in each region.
The thirteen regiones are divided into 51 provincias (provinces), which are further subdivided into comunas (municipalities).
www.statoids.com /ucl.html   (857 words)

  
 Patagoneando
Our country has a population of approximately 15.000.000 inhabitants, of which a third is concentrated in the Central Region, the majority in the capital Santiago.
Around Santiago there are areas of great natural beauty, which you can visit and enjoy in any of the excursions organized by PATAGONEANDO in the Metropolitan Region.
Due to its isolated conditions, the Region of Aysén was the last one to be integrated in Chile.
www.patagoneando.cl /sobre/i_sobre.html   (857 words)

  
 Regions of Chile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The only exception is the region where Santiago is situated, which is designated RM, that stands for Región Metropolitana, (Spanish for Metropolitan Region).
The Santiago Metropolitan Region began to operate in April 1980, with Santiago named National Capital.
The new territorial organization was implemented in phases with some initial "pilot regions" beginning to operate in 1974, and then from January 1, 1976 the process was extended to the remaining regions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Regions_of_Chile   (857 words)

  
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name for Region Metropolitana de Santiago msgid "Region Metropolitana de Santiago" msgstr "Hoofdstedelijke regio van Santiago" #.
name for Murcia, Region de msgid "Murcia, Region de" msgstr "Murcia, Regio" #.
name for Region Insular msgid "Region Insular" msgstr "Eilandenregio" #.
www.iro.umontreal.ca /translation/teams/PO/nl/iso_3166_2-0.37.nl.po   (857 words)

  
 RECEPTION OFFERED BY CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES, SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS
The prosperous industrial free zones of Santiago and the the Cibao region produce textiles and light manufacturing destined for the United States market, while the hotels and beaches of the northern region of Hispaniola attract a large number of tourists.
Thanks in large part to Santiago and the Cibao region, the commercial bonds between the United States and the Dominican Republic also are very strong.
Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.
www.usemb.gov.do /DCM/speeches02/santiago.htm   (679 words)

  
 iso_3166_2-0.37.nl.po
name for Region Metropolitana de Santiago msgid "Region Metropolitana de Santiago" msgstr "Hoofdstedelijke regio van Santiago" #.
name for Murcia, Region de msgid "Murcia, Region de" msgstr "Murcia, Regio" #.
name for Region Continental msgid "Region Continental" msgstr "Continentale regio" #.
www.iro.umontreal.ca /translation/teams/PO/nl/iso_3166_2-0.37.nl.po   (679 words)

  
 Sea Kayaking in Chile : YAK EXPEDITIONS : Paddling a kayak in the Andean foothills of Maule 
Transportation in from Santiago - Colbún Lake (VII region) - Santiago
Day 1: We will travel from Santiago to a destination of one of the most beautiful areas in the central Andes, where the abundant Maule River originates from Colbún Lake.
Paddling a kayak in the Andean foothills of Maule - Colbun Lake
www.yakexpediciones.cl /eng/SK-PrecordilleraMaule-2D.asp   (698 words)

  
 MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
Chile’ Energy Commission reported this Sunday that Argentina notified of further cuts in the supply of natural gas which will now affect the extreme south of the country Magallanes Region, and central Chile mostly in Santiago.
Santiago region, will receive 1,7 million cubic meters less per day affecting one of the main electricity generating companies, Electrica Santiago and Metrogas the main residential and industrial distributor.
Magallanes Region will experience a one million cubic meters per day cut which is very significant since most of the supply is consumed by Methanex, the world’s main producer of methanol.
www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=3665   (804 words)

  
 Dominican Republic General Information , Hotel , Travel Guide & News
Santiago Rodríguez has various sites of tourist attraction, among them the Clavijo Caves, which were inhabited by the indigenous people of the region, and the Yaguajal River cliff.
San Ignacio de Sabaneta is the capital of the Santiago Rodríguez province, one of the four provinces that make up the northwest region of the country.
Santiago Rodríguez, along with Colonels Pierre Thomas and José Martín, took charge of the weapons post in Sabaneta.
www.dominicanrepublic.com /thecountry/municipalities/san_ignacio_de_sabaneta.html   (804 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
13 regions (regiones, singular - region); Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo, Antofagasta, Araucania, Atacama, Bio-Bio, Coquimbo, Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, Los Lagos, Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Maule, Region Metropolitana (Santiago), Tarapaca, Valparaiso
15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonomista); Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas, Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*
14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara
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 Lam Chun Fai Hung Gar
SIFU JORGE CAVIERES M. from LIGA NACIONAL HUNG-GAR CHILE LI HON KI in SANTIAGO DE CHILE, REGION METROPOLITANA, CHILE, writes:
SIDAI JORGE GALLARDO NAVEA from HUNG-GAR CHILE in SANTIAGO DE CHILE, REGION METROPOLITANA, CHILE, writes:
SIFU JORGE CAVIERES M. from LIGA NACIONAL HUNG-GAR CHILE LI HON KI in SANTIAGO,CHILE, AREA METROPOLITANA, CHILE, writes:
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 Metro, Santiago, Chile
Home » Travel Guides » South America » Chile » Región Metropolitana de Santiago » Santiago » Transportation » Metro Reviews
Tips, Reviews and Photos plus Hotels, Restaurants, Activities and More in Santiago, Chile
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www.virtualtourist.com /travel/South_America/Chile/Region_Metropolitana_de_Santiago/Santiago-1558248/Transportation-Santiago-Metro-BR-1.html   (780 words)

  
 Chile Tours, Hotels, Travel and Holidays Reservations
Chile tourism Santiago chile, travel, transportation, driving, entertainment, special deals,information on Chile, turística ofertas turísticas de Chile, oferta de turismo.
Santiago de Chile hotels, hostels,lodging and accommodations with Online hotel reservation.Hoteles de Chile, La Serena, Pucón, Iquique, Antofagasta, Viña del mar, Valparaiso, Puerto Montt, Puerto varas, Isla de pascua, Punta Arenas y más.
Digital santiago chile maps, roads, city maps, National Parks.
www.chileantourism.cl /#english   (576 words)

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