- Puente Alto
Puente Alto (Spanish: "High altitude bridge") is a city and commune of
Chile . It is the capital of the Cordillera Province in theSantiago Metropolitan Region . Located at the south of the Greater Santiago conurbation, it houses 492,603 inhabitants (city proper, 2002 census), making it the largest city in Chile (excluding conurbations or absorptions). However, the National Statistics Institute proyects that Maipú (also part of Greater Santiago), as of 2005, has surpassed it in population.tats
*Area: 88.2 km² [http://sir.mideplan.cl/ Sistema de Información Regional] , Ministry of Planning of Chile.]
*Population: 627,263 (2006 projection)
*Average annual household income: US$23,501 (PPP, 2006)
*Population below poverty line: 10.6% (2006) [ [http://www.mideplan.cl/final/bajar.php?path=casen2006regional&id=CASEN2006-Metropolitana.pdf Poverty in the Santiago Metropolitan Region] , Ministry of Planning of Chile.]Gallery
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