[[File:Gran Torre Santiago (39693576311).jpg|thumbnail|Gran Torre Santiago, in the financial district of the city.]]
[[File:Gran Torre Santiago (39693576311).jpg|thumbnail|Gran Torre Santiago, in the financial district of the city.]]
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'''Santiago''' is the capital city of [[Chile]].
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'''Santiago de Chile''' is the capital city of [[Chile]].
The population of Santiago is estimated at 6.16 million.
The population of Santiago is estimated at 6.16 million.
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Santiago counts with the second biggest [[subway]] system of [[Latin America]].<ref>https://www.publimetro.cl/cl/noticias/2019/01/16/metro-santiago-mas-grande-sudamerica.html</ref>
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The Presidential Palace of [[La Moneda]] is located in the city, however the Congress is in [[Valparaíso]].
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Santiago was founded in 1541 with the name ''Santiago del Nuevo Extremo'' by the [[Spanish]] [[explorer]] [[Pedro de Valdivia]].
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Today Santiago is the biggest and more important city of the Nation, is the political and economic center of the country and one of the most importants of Latin America.