City
Santiago
Capital of Chile
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Andes; Cerro San Cristóbal; Cerro Santa Lucía; Gran Torre Santiago; Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago; Palacio de La Moneda; Mapocho River; Parque Forestal
- Viewpoint
- Favor an elevated panoramic viewpoint looking east from the summit of Cerro Santa Lucía or the lower slopes of Cerro San Cristóbal, looking across the urban canopy toward Providencia and Las Condes, with Gran Torre Santiago in the middle-ground and the towering Andes filling the entire upper background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in the forested slopes of Cerro San Cristóbal, Parque Forestal, and urban gardens.
- Guarded against
- Not a generic South American capital
Population4,837,295Wikidata: 5,128,590
Coordinates33.46°S, 70.65°W
Elevation575 m
Area838 km²
Time zoneAmerica/SantiagoUTC−3
Solar noon13:43clock runs 1.7 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Santiago and you surface nearest to Yungaisi, China — 22 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Córdoba | AR | 648 km |
| Buenos Aires | AR | 1,137 km |
| Montevideo | UY | 1,339 km |
| Asunción | PY | 1,551 km |
| Sucre | BO | 1,691 km |
| Porto Alegre | BR | 1,873 km |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra | BO | 1,895 km |
| Arequipa | PE | 1,899 km |
Twinned cities
- Ankara TR
- Athens GR
- Beijing CN
- Brasília BR
- Buenos Aires AR
- Guayaquil EC
- Hefei CN
- Kyiv UA
- La Paz BO
- Madrid ES
- Manila PH
- Mexico City MX
- Riga LV
- San José CR
- Santiago de Querétaro MX
- Santo Domingo DO
- São Paulo BR
- Tunis TN
18 of 23 twinned cities are in this atlas. See the full network →