Montage of Valparaíso, Top left: A monument of Los Heroes de Iquique in Sotomayor Square, Top right:View of Downtown, include Ancha Beach, from Sebastiana Hills, Middle left:A façade residential built in Atkinson Street, Middle rightTurry Clock Tower in Cochrane area, Bottom left:A cablecar(funiculars) of Valparaíso in Concepcion Hills, Bottom right:Night View of Valparaíso Port and Errazuriz Avenue

Valparaíso (/ˌvælpəˈraɪzoʊ/, Spanish: [balpaɾaˈiso]) is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation (Greater Valparaíso), is located 69.5 miles (111.8 km) northwest of Santiago and one of the country's most important seaports; it is an increasingly important cultural center in the Southeast Pacific^{[citation needed]}. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region. Although Santiago is Chile's official capital, the National Congress of Chile was established in Valparaíso in 1990.

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