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A number of South American capital cities are currently named after saints.
- Santiego, Chile is named after St. James.
- Asunción, Paraguay (full title: La Muy Noble y Leal Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Asunción) is named after St. Mary.
A number of other South American capital cities originally were named after saints or had religious names which have since been changed.
For example:
- Buenos Aires in Argentina, was originally named "Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre" after St. Mary.
- Bogotá in Columbia, was originally named "Santa Fé de Bacatá" where Santa Fé translates into English as "holy faith"
- Caracas in Venezuela was founded as "Santiago de León de Caracas" where "Santiago" translates as per the capital of Chile.
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