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Santiago could mean:

Places

In Argentina:

Santiago del Estero Province
- Santiago del Estero, capital of the province

In Brazil:

Santiago, Rio Grande do Sul

In Cape Verde:

Santiago, Cape Verde

In Chile:

In Colombia:

In Costa Rica:

Santiago de Palmares, Palmares Canton
Santiago de Paraíso, Paraíso Canton
Santiago de Puriscal
Santiago de San Rafael, San Rafael Canton
Santiago de San Ramón, San Ramón Canton

In Cuba:

Santiago de Cuba Province
- Santiago de Cuba, capital of the province

In Dominican Republic:

Santiago Province (Dominican Republic)
- Santiago de los Caballeros, capital of the province

In Ecuador:

Santiago de Guayaquil
Santiago Island (Galápagos)

In Jamaica:

Santiago, a Spanish possession that later became Jamaica

In Mexico:

Santiago de Querétaro
Santiago, Nuevo León
Santiago, Baja California Sur
Santiago River (Mexico), a river of eastern Mexico

In Panama:

Santiago de Veraguas, Veraguas

In Paraguay:

Santiago, Paraguay, a town and district in Misiones Department

In Peru:

Santiago de Surco, a district of Lima
Santiago de Chuco, Santiago de Chuco District, a province of the La Libertad region
Santiago River (Peru), a tributary of the Marañón River

In the Philippines:

Santiago, Agusan del Norte
Santiago, Ilocos Sur
Santiago City, Isabela province

In Portugal:

Santiago (Lisbon), a parish in the municipality of Lisbon
Santiago (Tavira), a parish in the municipality of Tavira
Santiago do Cacém, a parish and a municipality in the Setúbal
Santiago de Piães, a parish in the municipality of Cinfães
Vale de Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Odemira

In Spain:

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
Santiago (Valdés), a parish in the municipality of Valdés
Santiago (Sariego), a parish in the municipality of Sariego
Santiago (comarca), a comarca in the province of A Coruña
Santiago del Teide, Canary Islands

In the United States:

Santiago Peak, a mountain in Orange County, California
Santiago High School, Garden Grove, California
Santiago Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota
Santiago, Pennsylvania

Images for kids

Municipality of Santiago Commune
1541 founding of Santiago. Painting by Pedro Lira, the portrait of Pedro de Valdivia and Juan Martín de Candia; proclaiming the City of Santiago de Chile, c. 1541
Map of colonial Santiago at the beginning of the 18th century.
The Calicanto bridge over the Mapocho river was the main symbol of the city of Santiago after its inauguration in 1779.
Battle of Maipú, 1818
La Alameda, Santiago in 1860
Map of Santiago in 1895.
The Neptune Terrace, in the Santa Lucía Hill.
The Plaza de Armas in 1906.
View of Ahumada, in the city center, in the late 1920s.
Women prepare soup kitchens in 1932.
View of Alameda in 1930.
Extension of Greater Santiago, in 1965.
The expansion to the periphery forced the Santiago metro extension to the commune of Maipú and Puente Alto. here an Alstom NS 74 (center) begins to leave a metro station, while an Alstom NS 93 (far lower right) is nearing the same metro station.
The Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), part of the Costanera Center complex, is the second tallest building in Ibero-America
Satellite image of Santiago taken by Landsat 8 on 24 October 2014.
Santiago by Human Development Index on a commune-basis in 2017.
Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport
Estación Central railway station, with an X'Trapolis trainset
Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
Costanera Norte Expressway
Vicente Valdés station
Los Leones station
The Metropolitan Cathedral is one of the most representative buildings of colonial architecture.
The statue of the Virgin Mary at San Cristobal Hill is one of the main symbols of the city.
Municipal Theatre of Santiago.
Interior from Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center.
Estadio Nacional de Chile
Universidad de Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ski Center La Parva
Santiago Metropolitan Park
Santiago in the winter
Santiago in the summer
Municipal Theatre of Santiago
Palacio de La Moneda
Contemporary Art Museum of Santiago
Fine Arts Museum
Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
Former Congress Building
Chemamull statues at Precolumbian Art Museum of Santiago
Club de La Unión
Façade of the Santiago Stock Exchange
Basílica del Salvador
Paseo Bulnes, downtown Santiago
Paseo Ahumada, downtown Santiago
Entel Tower
A street in Santiago

See also

In Spanish: Santiago de Chile para niños

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