One of the historic Trolleybuses in Valparaíso | trolleybus es still in daily service in 2012

For a few years in the early 1960s, a trolleybus line connected the city with Valparaíso, and the electric route network included three branches within Viña.

In 1996, the World Monuments Fund declared Valparaíso ’ s unusual system of funicular elevators ( highly-inclined cable cars ) one of the world ’ s 100 most endangered historical treasures.

A new regional Metro system, opened to the public on 24 November 2005, updated parts of the railroad that joined Santiago to Valparaíso and cities in between ( originally built in 1863 ) and connects Valparaíso with Viña del Mar and other cities.

The metro railway extends along most of Gran Valparaíso and is the second metro system in operation in Chile ( after Santiago ’ s ), and includes an underground section that crosses Viña del Mar ’ s downtown.

The public healthcare system mainly relies on the Hospital Carlos Van Buren located at the plan and Hospital Valparaíso ( officially Hospital Eduardo Pereira ) located at St. Roque Hill.

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile ( UC or PUC ) () is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two Pontifical Universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.

During his administration he promoted some initiatives of enormous impact, such as the abolition of slavery, the reorganization of the defense system of the port of Valparaíso and the opening of the Chilean markets to world commerce.

Errázuriz Echaurren contracted the new sewerage system for Santiago, and the water reservoir of Peñuelas, which still provides the water for Valparaíso.

There is a metro system which serves most of the communes in the conurbation: The Gran Valparaíso Metro System

There have been repeated case studies regarding the installation of a high speed line between the cities of Valparaíso and Santiago, some even considering maglev trains, but no serious action has ever been taken on the matter.

The opening of the Panama Canal and reduction in ship traffic dealt a staggering blow to Valparaíso, though the city has staged an impressive renaissance in recent years.

Though nearby San Antonio has become the country ’ s most commercially important seaport in terms of tonnage moved, the City of Valparaíso remains a vibrant center of Chilean culture.

The Greater Valparaíso metropolitan area ( which includes Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué and Villa Alemana ) has the third-largest concentration of population in the country after Greater Santiago and Greater Concepción.

Football was introduced to Chile by English immigrants, and the first private Catholic school in Chile was founded by French immigrants in Valparaíso: Le Collège des Sacrés Cœurs ( The Sacred Hearts School ) which has been operating for about 170 years.

Valparaíso has a very mild Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ) closely resembling that of San Francisco or Santa Barbara at a similar latitude in the northern hemisphere.

Valparaíso ’ s road infrastructure has been undergoing substantial improvement, particularly with the completion of the “ Curauma — Placilla — La Pólvora ” freeway bypass, which will allow trucks to go directly to the port facility over a modern highway and through tunnels, without driving through the historic and already congested downtown streets.

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, the commune of Valparaíso spans an area of and has 275, 982 inhabitants ( 135, 217 men and 140, 765 women ).

The Fundación Valparaíso ( Valparaíso Foundation ), founded by the North American poet Todd Temkin, has executed major neighborhood redevelopment projects ; has improved the city ’ s tourist infrastructure ; and administers the city's jazz, ethnic music, and opera festivals ; among other projects.

During recent years, Mr. Temkin has used his influential Sunday column in El Mercurio de Valparaíso to advocate for many major policy issues, such as the creation of a " Ley Valparaíso " ( Valparaíso Law ) in the Chilean Congress, and the possibility that the Chilean government must guarantee funding for the preservation of Valparaíso's beloved funicular elevators.

“ Valparaíso Downhill ” is a new mountain bike race that takes place in February, and that has bicycle racers compete down stairs and alleys, going from the surrounding hills down to the " plan " ( Valparaíso's " lowlands ").

In 1866, Whistler decided to visit Valparaíso, Chile, a journey that has puzzled scholars, although Whistler stated that he did it for political reasons.

The city has benefitted from major investments in infrastructure that have greatly improved the traffic flow in the downtown area, especially in routes connecting Viña del Mar with Santiago, Valparaíso and Quilpué.

* Universidad de Valparaíso has Business and Administration, Marine Sciences and Engineering faculties

The Araras campus also has units in the cities of Valparaíso and Anhembi.

The university has on two campuses: the major one in Valparaíso on Calle Playa Ancha 850 and the second in San Felipe.

Talca has a Mediterranean climate with dry summers and wet winters, though it is hotter in summer and cooler in winter than coastal cities like Valparaíso and Concepcíon.

Paita has is one of the best natural harbours of the Peruvian coast and runs regular mail steamers between Valparaíso and Panama.

On 3 November, Fisher was advised that Spee had been sighted off Valparaíso and acted to reinforce Cradock by ordering, already sent to patrol the eastern coast of South America, to reinforce his squadron.

Chilean republicans were fighting for independence from Spain, but Valparaíso had been neglected during the colonial period and was a mean, uninviting place.

On a deeper level, both countries were in a heated competition for the control of the commercial routes on the Pacific ; and for the Chileans specially, whose relations with independent Peru had already been strained by economic problems centering on rivalry between their ports of Callao and Valparaíso.

The founders of PCR belonged to ESPARTACO ( led by the Valparaíso senator Jaime Barros Pérez Cotapos ), a group that had been expelled from the Communist Party of Chile ( PCCh ), and Revolutionary Communist Union, another splinter group of PCCh.

" met the Bg May Dacre in full sail up the River boarded her and found all well she had put into Valparaíso having been struck by Lightning and much damaged.

As many as 28 different funicular railways have served Valparaíso at one time or another, of which 14 were still in operation in 1992 and still around 12 in 2010.

* Valparaíso, Chile, since 1976

The Chilean cumbia style is called " sound " and continues to be the most popular cumbia style in the northern part of the country ( from XV region of Arica and Parinacota to V Region of Valparaíso and some regions of Southern Chile ).

The Region of Valparaíso is populated by some 1. 71 million inhabitants.

Finally in 1888 Chile annexed Easter Island, located some 2, 000 miles west of Valparaíso, and by occupying Easter Island, Chile joined the imperial nations.

The Chamber of Deputies meets in Chile's National Congress located in the port city of Valparaíso, some 120 km west of the capital, Santiago.

Congress meets in the Chile Congress building, which was built during the last years of the Pinochet regime and stands in the port city of Valparaíso, some 140 km west of the capital, Santiago.

There are also a number of indie and electronica bands which have some notoriety in Santiago and Valparaíso.