Puente Alto
City and Commune in Santiago Metro., Chile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Puente Alto (Spanish: "High Bridge") is a city and commune of Chile. It is the capital of the Cordillera Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. Located at the south of the Great Santiago conurbation (of which it is part), it houses 568,106 inhabitants (city proper, 2017 census), making it the most populous commune in Chile.
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Puente Alto | |
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Coordinates (city): 33°37′S 70°34′W | |
Country | Chile |
Region | Santiago Metro. |
Province | Cordillera |
Founded | 1898 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Alcalde | Germán Codina Powers (RN) |
Area | |
• Total | 88.2 km2 (34.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 673 m (2,208 ft) |
Population (2017 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 568,106 |
• Density | 6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 492,603 |
• Rural | 312 |
Sex | |
• Men | 240,862 |
• Women | 252,053 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[3]) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[4]) |
Area code | country 56 + city 2 |
Website | Municipality of Puente Alto |
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