San Antonio, Chile

San Antonio is a Chilean commune and city; it is the capital and main city of the San Antonio province, in the Valparaíso region. It is one of the most important seaport of Chile.

The city is named after Saint Anthony ().

Geography
The city of San Antonio is just to north of the mouth of the Maipo, on small hills and dunes near the coast of central Chile, at and altitude of  above sea level.

The commune has an area of . It is at about  south of  Valparaíso, the capital of the region.

San Antonio is bordered on the north and northeast by the commune of San Esteban; on the east, by the commune of Melipilla and the Maipo river; on the south, by the same river and by the communes of Santo Domingo and San Pedro; and on the west, by the Pacific Ocean.

Population
 (last national census), there were 87,205 people living in the commune, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The city of San Antonio has an urban area of  and a population, in 2002, of 83,435 inhabitants.

San Antonio and several cities around it form a greater space, the Greater (or Conurbation) San Antonio.

Related pages
Communes of Chile
Provinces of Chile

References

Other websites

 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website 
 Municipalidad de San Antonio website  

Category:Cities in Chile
Category:Valparaíso Region