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Viña del Mar
Valparaiso, Chile · South America
About Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Valparaíso, 6km from Valparaíso.
Viña del Mar is in Valparaiso, Chile, with about 330,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Valparaíso, about 7 km away.
Viña del Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiɲa ðel ˈmaɾ]; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea" or "Vineyard-on-Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as La Ciudad Jardín ("The Garden City"), the city is located on the central coast, on the basins of the Reñaca and Marga Marga streams andRead more
along the shores of Valparaíso Bay.
It was founded under its current name on 28 December 1874, by the Chilean politician and writer José Francisco Vergara, who, together with his wife Mercedes Alvares, inherited the lands where the city is now located. To this end, he decided to hire a group of engineers who laid out the street plans and formed an urban nucleus.
With a population of 334,871 inhabitants according to the 2024 census, it is the most populous municipality in the region and fourth-largest city in Chile. Furthermore, together with the communes of Valparaíso, Concón, Quilpué, and Villa Alemana, it forms the Greater Valparaíso metropolitan area (pop. 935,602 in the 2017 census), and it is also a twin city of Valparaíso, as it is completely conurbated with it.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Viña del Mar?
Within an hour or so of Viña del Mar: Valparaíso (6 km).
Are there any good drives near Viña del Mar?
The nearest famous roads are Ruta 5 (Chilean Pan-American Highway), Paso de los Libertadores (Cristo Redentor) and Paso Internacional Los Libertadores.
Where is Viña del Mar?
Viña del Mar is in Valparaiso, Chile, about 7 km from Valparaíso.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 334,248
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Valparaiso
- Timezone
- America/Santiago
- Coordinates
- -33.0246, -71.5518
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