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Santiago (Chile)

LC control no.n 79077402
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingSantiago (Chile)
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Geographic subdivision usageChile--Santiago
Variant(s)Santiago de Chile
Santiago de Chile (Chile)
Municipalidad de Santiago (Chile)
Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (Chile)
Beginning date1541-02-12
Associated countryChile
Found inIts Memoria, 1995: t.p. (Municipalidad de Santiago)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 33°27ʹ00ʺS 070°40ʹ00ʺW)
Wikipedia, September 3, 2015 (Santiago, also Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile; founded in 1541; on February 12, 1541, Pedro de Valdivia officially founded the city of Santiago del Nuevo Extremo (Santiago of New Extremadura) in honor of St. James, patron saint of Spain; 33°27ʹS 70°40ʹW)
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