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Concepción is the second-largest city in Chile, located in the south-central part of the country. It serves as an important economic and cultural hub for the region, with a significant port and university presence.
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- Inception
- 1 January 1550
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- Instance of
- commune of Chile
- Official name
- Concepción
- Country
- Chile
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- +229650 (2012)
- Area
- +42.58
- Elevation
- +12
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Shares border with
- Chiguayante
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Concepción ( Spanish pronunciation: [konseβˈsjon] ; originally: Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz, "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and commune in south-central Chile, and the geographical and demographic core of the Greater Concepción metropolitan area, it is the second largest city in Chile by urban area and one of the three major conurbations in the country. It has a significant impact on domestic trade being part of the most heavily industrialized region in the country. It is the seat of the Concepción Province and the capital of the Biobío Region. It sits about 500 km south of the nation's capital, Santiago.
The city was first settled in the Bay of Concepción, in the zone that would later become the commune of Penco, now part of the Concepción conurbation. The city's demonym, penquista, comes from the place of its original foundation. The city center and historic district is located in the Valle de la Mocha (La Mocha Valley), where it relocated after serious damage left by an earthquake in 1751.
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