The Santiago Metropolitan Region (Spanish: Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Most commercial and administrative centers are located in this region, including Chile's main international airport, Arturo Merino Benítez.
With a surface of 15.403,2 km², it is the smallest of all the Chilean r...
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The Santiago Metropolitan Region (Spanish: Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Most commercial and administrative centers are located in this region, including Chile's main international airport, Arturo Merino Benítez.
With a surface of 15.403,2 km², it is the smallest of all the Chilean regions but it is also the most popoulated, with 7,003,122 inhabitants estimated for 2009. The region is composed by the provinces of Chacabuco, Cordillera, Maipo, Melipilla, Santiago and Talagante, with the regional capital being Santiago.
The Metropolitan Region has various special charasteristics for being the political capital of the country, amongst them is that it is the only region that doesn't have a roman number that identifies it. It is also the only landlocked region in the country.
The Region's history starts in 1541, a few days...
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