Central Chile
Central Chile is one of the most important regions of Chile. It is where you will find Santiago, a number of charming small towns in the Andean highlands, the largest ski resort in Chile, and important seaside ports like Valparaiso. Valle Nevado…Popular Destinations
Pichilemu
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
Pichilemu is a holiday town with beaches in Central Chile, south of Valparaíso.
Destinations
Rancagua
Photo: Marco Antonio Correa Flores, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rancagua is a city in the O'Higgins Region. It is somewhat of a tourist destination, though largely because of the vineyards that have been developed in the surrounding area.
Viña del Mar
Photo: MARZAL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Viña del Mar is a beach resort town close to Santiago in Central Chile.
Juan Fernández Islands
Juan Fernández Islands is a small island archipelago 670 km off the coast of Central Chile.Los Andes
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Los Andes is a town of 67,000 people about 80 km north of Santiago in Central Chile in the fertile Aconcagua valley.
Algarrobo
Photo: fernando aguilera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Algarrobo is a town of 10,000 people, and a popular summer destination on the central coast of Chile.
Santa Cruz
Photo: RL GNZLZ, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Santa Cruz is a small city in the Colchagua Valley region of Central Chile, famous for its surrounding vineyards.
Portillo
Photo: Sinopsis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portillo is a ski resort in Central Chile. It is close to the Argentine border, and the skiing area runs right across the serpentine road to Mendoza.
Reñaca
Photo: Daniel Nussbaum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reñaca is a city to the north of Viña del Mar in Central Chile.
Notable Places in the Area
Museum of Precolombian Art
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art is an art museum dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artifacts from Central and South America.
Alameda railway station
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alameda is a railway station in Santiago, Chile, serving the south of the country.
Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, located in Santiago, Chile, is one of the major centers for Chilean art and for broader South American art.
Localities in the Area
West and South
Western and Southern Santiago comprises a variety of districts west and south of the downtown of Santiago.Bellavista and North
Photo: Carlos yo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The northern part of Santiago starts from Bellavista and ranges out to the city borders in the north comprising the municipalities of Recoleta, Independencia, Renca, Quilicura and Huecuraba.
Central Chile
- Type: Region
- Description: natural region of continental Chile
- Category: locality
- Location: Chile, South America
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Latitude
-33.4627° or 33° 27' 46" southLongitude
-70.6618° or 70° 39' 42" westOpen Location Code
47RFG8PQ+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 8281555122OpenStreetMap Feature
place=regionWikidata ID
Q2171004Central Chile Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Կենտրոնական Չիլի
- Bavarian: Valle Longitudinal
- Chinese: 智利中部地區
- Dutch: Zona Central
- English: Zona Central
- French: Centre du Chili
- German: Zentralchile
- Greek: Κεντρική Χιλή
- Hebrew: מרכז צ'ילה
- Indonesian: Zona Central
- Italian: Cile centrale
- Japanese: チリ中央
- Japanese: 中央チリ
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Zona central
- Portuguese: Vale Central
- Spanish: Centro-norte y Centro-sur
- Spanish: Centro de Chile
- Spanish: Chile Central
- Spanish: Chile central
- Spanish: Valle Central (Chile)
- Spanish: Valparaíso-Biobío
- Spanish: Valparaíso-Biobío (Chile)
- Spanish: Zona Central (Chile)
- Spanish: Zona Central de Chile
- Spanish: Zona Centro de Chile
- Spanish: Zona central (chile)
- Spanish: Zona central de Chile
- Spanish: Zona central de chile
- Venetian: Ciłe sentrałe
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