Quilpué
Quilpué is a city and capital of the Marga Marga Province in central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It is part of the Greater Valparaíso metropolitan area. It is widely known as "City of the Sun" (Ciudad del Sol) and the urban part of it also comprises the town of El Belloto, an area that showed rapid growth in the late 1990s.
Quilpué | |
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Coat of arms Quilpué Location in Chile | |
| Nickname: "City of the Sun" (Ciudad del Sol) | |
| Coordinates (city): 33°03′S 71°27′W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Valparaíso |
| Province | Marga Marga |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Valeria Melipillán (Social Convergence) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 536.9 km2 (207.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 141 m (463 ft) |
| Population (2017 Census) | |
| • Total | 151,708 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Postal code | 2430000 |
| Area code | +56 32 |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
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