Concepción, Chile
Concepción La Concepción de María Purísima del Nuevo Extremo (oreeginal name) | |
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| Eik-name(s): Biobío's Pearl | |
| Motto(s): La Capital del Sur de Chile The Caipital o the Sooth o Chile | |
 Location in the Biobío Region | |
  Concepción Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates (alcalde's office): 36°49′41.50″S 73°03′04.93″W / 36.8281944°S 73.0513694°WCoordinates: 36°49′41.50″S 73°03′04.93″W / 36.8281944°S 73.0513694°W | |
| Kintra | Chile |
| Region | Biobío |
| Province | Concepción |
| Foondit | 5 October 1550 |
| Foondit bi | Pedro de Valdivia |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Patricio Kuhn (UDI) |
| Area | |
| • Ceety an Commune | 222 km2 (86 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Ceety an Commune | 292,589 |
| • Density | 1318/km2 (3,410/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,322,581 |
| Demonym(s) | Penquista |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Post code | 3349001 |
| Telephone prefix | 56 + 41 |
| Website | Municipality o Concepción |
Concepción is a ceety an commune o Chile. The ceety is the seicont-lairgest conurbation (Greater Concepción), wi a population o aroond 889,725 an aurie o 222 km2. Its the maist populous ceety an metropolitan aurie in the sooth o Chile, an is the caipital o the Concepción Province an the Region o Bio-Bío.
Inhabitants o Concepción are referred tae as "Penquista" . The ceety is nicknamed bi Concepción's inhabitants the "La Perla del Bio-Bío" .
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Twin touns — Sister Ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Concepción is twinned wi the follaein ceeties:
Sucre, Bolivie
Caracas, Venezuela
La Plata, Argentinae
Cascavel, Brazil
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Bethlehem, Palestine
Auckland, New Zealand
See forby
[eedit | eedit soorce]External links
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Concepcion, Chile. |
- Concepción municipality (Spaingie)
- El Sur, newspaper of Concepción (Spaingie)
- Viveconce, Event schedule of Concepción (Spaingie)
- Octava, Website directory Archived 2022-01-22 at the Wayback Machine (Spaingie)
- HelloChile - Spanish tutoring and tourism in and around the city of Concepción, Information in English about the Chilean life and places to visit (Inglis)
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Concepcion, Chile. |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ (in Spaingie) "Municipality of Concepción". Retrieved 3 September 2010.