The capital and largest city of Chile, in the central part of the country east-southeast of Valparaiso. On a plain in the foothills of the Andes, it was founded in 1541. Population: 4,830,000.
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Santiago (säntēä'gō), city (1990 est. pop. 4,395,000), central Chile, capital of Chile and of Metropolitana de Santiago region, on the Mapocho River. It is the political, commercial, and financial heart of the nation, although Valparaiso has been the seat of the Chilean congress since 1990. Much of Chile's industry is distributed among other cities, but Santiago is an active manufacturing center. Textiles, foodstuffs, clothing, footwear, and other goods are produced. There are also large iron and steel foundries in the city, which has a subway and an international airport.
The city was founded and named Santiago de Nueva Estremadura on Feb. 12, 1541, by Pedro de Valdivia. Laid out according to Valdivia's plan in a gridiron pattern between the hill of Santa Lucía and the Mapocho, a mountain torrent, Santiago has spread over a broad valley plain and is today one of the largest cities in South America. Low foothills encompass the valley, and the snowcapped Andes, forming a superb backdrop, rise in the eastern distance. For most of the year the capital (alt. c.1,700 ft/520 m) has a nearly perfect climate-warm days and cool nights.
While some structures from the colonial era remain, the atmosphere of Santiago is fairly modern (much construction took place in the late 19th cent.), with neoclassical government offices, modern office buildings, and sumptuous residences. Spacious parks, plazas, gardens, and wide avenues (the Avenida Bernardo O'Higgins extends 2 mi/3.2 km in a straight line through the city) are characteristic features. The city also has a zoo, camping grounds, and several sports stadiums. Focal point of the intellectual and cultural development of Chile from colonial times to the present, Santiago has many national establishments-the library, the museum, the theater, and (besides other institutions of higher learning) the National Univ., which is the successor to the Univ. of San Felipe, founded by a royal decree of 1758.
Santiago has experienced several catastrophes. In Sept., 1541, the indigenous Mapuche peoples nearly wiped out the new settlement; it was completely leveled by an earthquake in 1647; and the Mapocho has frequently flooded the city. In 1863 the Campañía Church, with doors that opened inward, caught fire from a falling lamp, and 2,000 worshipers perished.
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Santiago is Spanish and Portuguese for the Apostle St. James (from the joining of Sant’, saint + Iago, Iacobus — Latin for Jacob). He is the patron saint of Spain and his name is revered throughout the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world. Although the Spanish San Diego can also be translated as St. James, San Diego usually refers to Didacus of Alcalá.
Santiago is the name of:
In Argentina:
- Santiago del Estero Province
- Santiago del Estero, capital of the province
In Brazil:
In Cape Verde:
In Chile:
- Santiago, Chile, the capital
- Santiago (commune)
- Santiago Province, Chile
- Santiago Metropolitan Region
In Colombia:
In Costa Rica:
- Santiago de Palmares
- Santiago de Paraíso
- Santiago de Puriscal
- Santiago de San Rafael
- Santiago de San Ramón
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:
- Guayaquil, officially called Santiago de Guayaquil
- Santiago Island (Galápagos)
In Guatemala:
In Jamaica:
- Jamaica, formerly known as Santiago
- Spanish Town, Jamaica, formerly known as Santiago de la Vega
In Mexico:
- Querétaro, Querétaro, formerly called Santiago de Querétaro
- Santiago, Nuevo León
- Santiago, Baja California Sur
- Santiago Maravatío (Guanajuato)
- Santiago Tianguistenco, a city in the State of México
- Santiago Jamiltepec (Oaxaca)
In Nicaragua:
- León, Nicaragua, originally called Santiago de los Caballeros de León
In Panama:
In Paraguay:
- Santiago, Paraguay, town and district in Misiones Department
In Peru:
- Santiago de Cusco, a district of Cusco
- Santiago de Surco, a district of Lima
- Santiago de Chuco, a province of the La Libertad region
- Santiago River (Peru)
In the Philippines:
- Santiago, Agusan del Norte
- Santiago, General Trias, Cavite
- Santiago, Ilocos Sur
- Santiago City, Isabela province
- Santiago Island (Philippines), Pangasinan province
In Portugal:
- Santiago (Alcácer do Sal), a parish in the municipality of Alcácer do Sal
- Santiago (Arganil), a parish in the municipality of Arganil
- Santiago (Armamar), a parish in the municipality of Armamar
- Santiago (Lisbon), a parish in the municipality of Lisbon
- Santiago (Seia), a parish in the municipality of Seia
- Santiago (Sesimbra), a parish in the municipality of Sesimbra
- Santiago (Tavira), a parish in the municipality of Tavira
- Santiago (Torres Novas), a parish in the municipality of Torres Novas
- Santiago da Guarda, a parish in the municipality of Ansião
- Santiago da Ribeira de Alhariz, a parish in the municipality of Valpaços
- Santiago de Besteiros, a parish in the municipality of Tondela
- Santiago de Bougado, a parish in the municipality of Trofa
- Santiago de Candoso, a parish in the municipality of Guimarães
- Santiago do Cacém, a parish and a municipality in the Setúbal
- Santiago de Carreiras, a parish in the municipality of Vila Verde
- Santiago de Cassurrães, a parish in the municipality of Mangualde
- Santiago de Figueiró, a parish in the municipality of Amarante
- Santiago de Litém, a parish in the municipality of Pombal
- Santiago de Montalegre, a parish in the municipality of Sardoal
- Santiago de Piães, a parish in the municipality of Cinfães
- Santiago de Riba-Ul, a parish in the municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis
- Santiago de Subarrifana, a parish in the municipality of Penafiel
- Santiago de Vila Chã, a parish in the municipality of Ponte da Barca
- Santiago do Escoural, a parish in the municipality of Montemor-o-Novo
- Santiago dos Velhos, a parish in the municipality of Arruda dos Vinhos
- São Pedro e Santiago, a parish in the municipality of Torres Vedras
- Santiago Maior (Alandroal), a parish in the municipality of Alandroal
- Santiago Maior (Beja), a parish in the municipality of Beja
- Santiago Maior (Castelo de Vide), a parish in the municipality of Castelo de Vide
- 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 de la Ribera, a cluster of San Javier in Murcia
- Santiago (comarca), a comarca in the province of A Coruña
- Santiago del Teide, Canary Islands
In the United States:
- Santiago High School, Garden Grove, California
- Santiago, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County
- Santiago Peak, a mountain in Orange County, California
In Uruguay:
- Montevideo, originally called San Felipe y Santiago de Montevideo
In Venezuela:
- Caracas, originally called Santiago de León de Caracas
In geography:
- Santiago River, a tributary of the Amazon River
Santiago is the name of:
- Benito Santiago, a professional baseball catcher
- Hugo Santiago, film director
- Joey Santiago, guitarist of the Pixies and The Martinis
- Tony Santiago, author, historian
- Rafael Santiago Maria, a Brazilian footballer known simply as Santiago
- Richard Santiago, a Puerto Rican boxer
Santiago Amador , a Colombian road cyclist- Santiago Cabrera, an actor
- Santiago Palavecino, an Argentine boxer
- James, son of Zebedee, also called Saint James the Greater
Fictional people:
- Dominic Santiago, a fictional character from Gears of War
- Santiago Arnavisca, a fictional character from Rainbow Six: Covert Operations Essentials
- Santiago, the name of a character in Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
- Santiago, the titular character of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
- Luis Santiago, a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5
- Santiago, a character from Mike Resnick's novels Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986), and The Return of Santiago (2003)
- Santiago (The Vampire Chronicles), character in Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire
- Santiago, the main character of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist (novel)
- Santiago, a character on the television show Friday Night Lights
In history:
In music:
- Santiago (band), an indie/punk band from Santa Rosa, California, USA
- Santiago, a 1996 album by The Chieftains
- "Santiago", the title of one of Loreena McKennitt's songs from her album The Mask and Mirror
Ships:
- Santiago (1856 ship), a British barque now in the ship's graveyard in Port River, Adelaide
- Santiago (ship), an American steamer barge
Santiago may also refer to:
- Order of Santiago, a Spanish Knightly order
- Santiago (name), about the common Spanish given name
- "Santiago", a shortened form of the Reconquista battle cry "Santiago y cierra España"
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中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
圣地亚哥
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 聖地牙哥
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- santiago del Estero 산티아고 델 에스테로
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