Las Condes

Las Condes
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Coat of arms
Map of Las Condes commune in Greater Santiago
Location in Chile
Location in Chile
Las Condes
Location in Chile
Coordinates (city): 33°24.7′S 70°33′W / 33.4117°S 70.550°W / -33.4117; -70.550
CountryChile
RegionSantiago Metropolitan Region
ProvinceSantiago Province
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • AlcaldeDaniela Peñaloza Ramos (UDI)
Area
 • Total99.4 km2 (38.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2002 Census)[3]
 • Total249,893
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
 • Urban
249,893
 • Rural
0
Sex
 • Men110,916
 • Women138,977
Time zoneUTC-4 (CLT[4])
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (CLST[5])
Area code56 +
Websitewww.lascondes.cl

Las Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid- to high income families, and known in the Chilean collective consciousness as home to the country's economic elite. Most of Las Condes' commercial activity is situated along Apoquindo Avenue, which is called colloquially "Sanhattan". It belongs to the Northeastern zone of Santiago de Chile.

  1. ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Municipality of Las Condes" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  5. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.