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San Pedro de la Paz
Biobio, Chile · South America
About San Pedro de la Paz
San Pedro de la Paz sits on the route: 10 minutes from Concepción.
San Pedro de la Paz is in Biobio, Chile, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Concepción, about 5 km away.
San Pedro de la Paz (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo ðe la pas]) is a Chilean city and commune located in the Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It has some 80,447 inhabitants according to the 2002 national census. In 2005, the Pedro Aguirre Cerda avenue, the main avenue in the city, was completed. Most of theRead more
inhabitants of this comuna commute daily to Concepción – either by car, bus or train – over the Biobío River. It is considered to be part of Greater Concepción conurbation.
San Pedro was established during the Conquest of Chile first as fort la Candelaria which was destroyed following the death of Governor Martín García Óñez de Loyola in 1599. It was rebuilt as part of La Frontera by Alonso de Ribera as fort San Pedro de la Paz in 1603. A small settlement grew up around it. During the Chilean War of Independence the town was burned in 1821, by the royalist Juan Manuel Picó on the order of Vicente Benavides during the Battle of San Pedro. The fort was ruined by the 1835 Concepción earthquake.
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San Pedro de la Paz is in Biobio, Chile, about 5 km from Concepción.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 121,631
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Biobio
- Timezone
- America/Santiago
- Coordinates
- -36.8390, -73.1003
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