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Valparaíso
Valparaíso photomontage
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Coat of arms
Nickname(s): The Jewel of the Pacific
Country Chile
Region Valparaíso
Province Valparaíso
Area
 • City 401.6 km2 (155.1 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 • City 275,982
 • Density 687.21/km2 (1,779.86/sq mi)
 • Urban 275,141
 • Rural 841
Sex
 • Male 135,217
 • Female 140,765
Time zone CLT (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) CLT (UTC-3)
Area code(s) 32

Valparaíso is a city in Chile, in the central coast del Litoral Central. It's also the capital of the province and region, and the legislative capital of the country. The city is part of the Greater Valparaíso conurbation.

The Chilean House of Representatives, the Command in Chief of the Chilean Army, the Fishing Undersecretary, the Fishing National Service, amidst other organizations, are in this city. The historical part of the city was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO, in 2003.

Images for kids

  • Valpo1830

    View of Valparaíso Bay (1830)

  • Bahía de Valparaíso, 1863

    Valparaíso (c. 1863)

  • Terremoto de Valparaíso 1906

    Valparaíso earthquake (1906)

  • Valparaíso - 1851

    Daguerreotype of Valparaíso about 1852.

  • Iglesia de San Francisco de Valparaiso en 1864

    Picture of the church of San Francisco in 1864.

  • Muelle de Pasajeros, 1888 - Félix Leblanc

    Picture of the city in 1888.

  • Titulares con que El Mercurio de Valparaíso informaba, el 14 de mayo de 1903, de lo ocurrido dos días antes.

    Headlines of El Mercurio de Valparaíso on May 14, 1903

  • Cerro Concepcion

    Houses in Valparaíso

  • Cerro Alegre January 2012 05

    Tourists in Cerro Alegre.

  • Valparaiso's Port and cityscape

    View of the bay, the harbor and the hills of Valparaíso.

  • Valparaíso Pullman trolleybus 715

    One of the historic trolleybuses that are still in daily service in 2017

  • Ascensor Polanco Superior

    Polanco Elevator

  • Ascensor Artillería

    Artillería funicular railway

  • BibSeverin02

    Severín's Public Library

  • Arco Británico

    Arco Británico

  • Valpo3

    Facade of El Mercurio de Valparaíso's publishing building in Calle Esmeralda

  • Vista interior edificio Parque Cultural Valparaíso

    The "Broadcasting Building" of the Parque Cultural de Valparaíso (PCdV) which has been established on a former prison's ground on Cerro Cárcel.

  • Entrada Estadio Playa Ancha

    Main entrance of Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, in 2011

  • Frontispucv

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  • Escuela de Derecho.

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  • Valparaíso Cerro Barón

    Streetview on cerro Barón

  • Valparaiso, Chile-04

    Plaza Sotomayor with monument of the heroes of Iquique

  • Ascensor Artilleria in Valparaíso

    Ascensor Artillería

  • Metro valpo

    Rapid Transit line near Bellavista

  • Aduana - Valparaiso

    Trolleybus in front of customs house

  • Iglesia San Francisco Barón

    San Francisco Church

  • Valparaiso strasse

    Downtown buildings in calle Prat

  • Kongress in valparaiso

    Entrance of the National congress building

  • Palacio de Tribunales de Valparaíso

    Palace of Justice

  • 275-valparaiso

    Cerro Artillería

  • La Sebastiana Neruda 1

    "La Sebastiana" on Cerro Florida, one of Pablo Neruda's houses

  • Valparaíso desde el mar

    View from the sea (center: Turri watchtower)

  • Valparaiso 406

    Typical architecture of Valparaíso

  • Año nuevo 2010 Valparaíso Chile

    Annual firework "New Year's by the Sea"

  • Valparaiso

    Colorful houses and picturesque ascensor to cerro Lecheros

  • Cerroesperanza

    View from cerro Esperanza

  • Coloured Fronts (3927272807)

    Many houses in Valparaíso are colourfully painted

  • Valparaiso, Chile

    Cerro Bellavista


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