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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.
The Valparaíso trolleybus system has been in operation since 1952, and in 2012 it continues to use some of its original vehicles, built in 1952 by the Pullman-Standard Company, along with an assortment of other vehicles acquired later.
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.

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The Valparaíso Region is part of the very restricted range of the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis ; in prehistoric times this endemic Chilean tree had a significantly larger range.
After his retirement from politics, a debt that he had personally guaranteed forced him to sell all his property, having to move to a very modest house near Victoria square, in Valparaíso.

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The region of Valparaíso is the most notable area for Sauvignon Blanc in Chile due to its cooler climate which allows the grapes to be picked up to six weeks later than in other parts of Chile.

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Always a magnet for European immigrants, Valparaíso mushroomed during its golden age, when the city was known by international sailors as “ Little San Francisco ” and “ The Jewel of the Pacific .”
In addition, roads to link Valparaíso to San Antonio, Chile ’ s second largest port, and the coastal towns in between ( Laguna Verde, Quintay, Algarrobo, and Isla Negra, for example ), are also under various degrees of completion.
He went to Valparaíso, in Chile in order to collaborate with José de San Martín's campaign to liberate Perú.
The ore is processed at the Sewell and Colón concentrator plants, smelted and refined at Caletones, and shipped from the port of San Antonio, in the Valparaíso Region.
This administration also contributed with new tram systems in Santiago, Valparaíso, San Felipe and San Bernardo.
It is located at Isla Negra, El Quisco, San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region about 85 km to the south of Valparaíso and 110 km to the west of Santiago.
He then entered the diplomatic service as the U. S. Consul in Valparaíso, Chile, from 1869 to 1874 ; U. S. Minister to Uruguay and Paraguay, 1874 to 1882 ; U. S. Consul to San José, Costa Rica, 1897 to 1909.
Santo Domingo is an exclusive Chilean coastal city and commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region.
On 5 May 1873 the wedding bells sounded over the San Agustín de Valparaíso church.
The first owner of the lands here was Maria de la Campa y Cos, Countess of San Mateo de Valparaíso.

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Francisco Javier Álvarez authorized the construction of a railroad through his lands to join Santiago and the port of Valparaíso.
It was José Francisco Vergara who instigated the idea of the creation of a new city independent of Valparaíso.

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The Federico Santa María Technical University () ( UTFSM ) ( or simply Santa Maria University ) is a Chilean university founded in 1926 in Valparaíso, Chile.
Federico Santa María was born in Valparaíso, the son of Juan Antonio Santa María Artigas and of Magdalena Carrera Aguirre.
On July 9, 1819, exactly two years after Bouchard left Buenos Aires, the Santa Rosa and the María Sofía arrived to Valparaíso.
* Properly traditional universities, the eight universities existing in 1981: Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Universidad Austral de Chile, Universidad Católica del Norte, Universidad de Concepción, Universidad de Magallanes, Universidad de Santiago de Chile ( formerly Universidad Técnica del Estado ) and Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.

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The islands are volcanic in origin, and are usually attributed to the passing by of the Nazca Plate over the Juan Fernández hotspot which would have produced the Juan Fernández Ridge that extends into the Peru-Chile Trench at the latitude of Valparaíso Region in mainland South America.
Allende attended high school at the Liceo Eduardo de la Barra in Valparaíso.
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.
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.
Following von Spee's success on 1 November 1914 at the Battle of Coronel, off the coast of Valparaíso, Chile, where his German East Asia Squadron sank the cruisers ( Admiral Cradock's flagship ) and, von Spee's force put into Valparaíso.
He called a meeting of his officers and announced that he would attack the base which acted as a coaling station and wireless relay station for the British, as his intelligence, received from the German wireless station at Valparaíso, reported the port to be free of Royal Navy warships.
In 1870-1871 he visited South America in connection with the hospital accommodation for seamen at Valparaíso, Chile, and other ports ; and he served on different departmental committees, notably that of 1894-1896 on the Mercantile Marine Fund.
The dolphin is seen over a wider interval of latitudes than other Cephalorhynchus species-from Valparaíso at 33 ° S to Cape Horn at 55 ° S. The species appears to prefer areas of shallow water ( less than 200 m depth ) and in particular enjoys fast-flowing tidal areas and mouths of rivers.
Amy Woodforde-Finden was born Amy Ward in 1860 at Valparaíso, Chile, to an American officer serving as British Consul, and a British mother.
Although her crew suffered greatly from a shortage of provisions and heavy gales while rounding Cape Horn, she anchored safely at Valparaíso, Chile, on 14 March, having seized schooners Elizabeth and Nereyda along the way.
Bouchard confronted Cochrane at sea, to the point of challenging him to a single duel ; however, the Chilean Admiral refused to fight and sailed back to Valparaíso.
The Senate sessions at the new ( 1990 ) National Congress located in the port city of Valparaíso that replaced the old National Congress located in downtown Santiago, the nation's capital.
Captain Jorge MonttOn January 6, 1891, the political leaders of the Congressional party embarked on board the armored frigate Blanco Encalada, at Valparaíso, and Captain Jorge Montt of that vessel hoisted a broad pennant as commodore of the Congressional fleet.
Their first public performances were at the Universidad de Chile in Valparaíso organized by their first musical director, Ángel Parra ( son of Violeta Parra ).
One of the drawbacks of being an urban university is the difficulty of growing at the original site of its foundation-several PUCV buildings are on the historic palm-tree-lined Avenida Brasil, but most of its colleges are dispersed in throughout Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué and Quillota.
He was sent out to the Pacific in command of the frigate " Blanca ," and was present at the bombardment of Valparaíso and Callao, where he was badly wounded, and in other engagements of the war between Chile and Peru.
During his career, Prat had taken part in several major naval engagements, including battles at Papudo ( a coastal city north of Valparaíso ) ( 1865 ), and at the Battle of Abtao ( 1866 ), at the islet of Abtao across from Chiloé Island.

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