Key facts
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Santiago
- Province
- Cordillera
- Type
- Municipality
- Alcalde
- Matias Toledo ( Ind. )
- Total
- 88.2 km (34.1 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 673 m (2,208 ft)
- Density
- 6,440/km (16,700/sq mi)
- Urban
- 568,068
- Time zone
- UTC-4 ( CLT )
- Summer dst
- UTC-3 ( CLST )
- Area code
- country 56 + city 2
- Website
- Municipality of Puente Alto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Santiago Metropolitan Region
- Population
- 568086
- Area
- 88.2
- Elevation
- 700
- Capital of
- Cordillera Province
- Official website
- www.mpuentealto.cl
- Image
- 12. Plaza de Puente Alto.jpg
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- Commons category
- Puente Alto
- inception
- 1898-01-01
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Puente Alto (Spanish: "Tall Bridge") is a city and commune of Chile. It is the capital of the Cordillera Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and is located in the south-east corner of the Greater Santiago conurbation. It has a population of 568,086, making it the most populous commune of Chile.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puente Alto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.