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San Pedro de la Paz

South America

San Pedro de la Paz is a Chilean city and commune in Concepcion Province, Biobio Region, with some 80,447 inhabitants at the 2002 census. Most residents commute daily across the Biobio River to the city of Concepcion, and the commune is considered part of the Greater Concepcion conurbation.

Facts
Population
80,447 1
Area (sq km)
112.5 2
Population Estimate Year
2002 1
Elevation (m)
20 2
Latitude
36.84082 degrees south 2
Longitude
73.10311 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC-04:00 3
Partially Attested
Founding Year
1603 1
The article describes an earlier fort, la Candelaria, destroyed in 1599; 1603 is the year fort San Pedro de la Paz was rebuilt and a settlement grew around it, so it is taken as the founding year of the present settlement.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: San Pedro de la Paz
  • Introduction, paragraph 1, population figure
    It has some 80,447 inhabitants according to the 2002 national census.
  • Introduction, paragraph 1, census year of the population figure
    It has some 80,447 inhabitants according to the 2002 national census.
  • Lead section
    It was rebuilt as part of La Frontera by Alonso de Ribera as fort San Pedro de la Paz in 1603.
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. San Pedro de la Paz (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -36.84082, longitude -73.10311
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 20 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 112.5 sq km
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3. GeoNames: San Pedro de la Paz - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 6693576
    -36.83897 -73.10028 P PPL CL 06 81 08108 121631 23 America/Santiago
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 23 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -36.75, -73.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -36.75, -73.25
-36.75 -73.25 Csb
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Wikidata: San Pedro de la Paz
Wikidata Q19344, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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