Hills of Valparaíso

Hills of Valparaíso (Cerros Valparaíso) are the predominant geographical feature that rise above the main port area of Valparaíso in Chile.

In many cases the hills have communities tied to the name of the specific hills. The sea level area below the hills with the four historical coastline is known as the 'plan' area, a term used after the 1906 earthquake for the project to rebuild the city [1]

The lower hills closer to the bay have Ascensores (Hill elevators or Funicular railways).

Some tourist promotion material claim that the city is formed from 42 hills.[2] Some maps of the lower hills have other named hills identified making a different total.[3]

In April 2014 in the upper hills around the top of Valparaiso a fire - known as the Great Fire of Valparaíso burned out of control, destroying 2,800 homes and killing 16 people, and displacing a large number of people [4]

(Cerro) Hill name
Santo Domingo
Art
Polanco
Los Placeres
Lecheros
Panteon
Cordillera
Toro
Allegre
Artilleria
Playa ancha
Florida
Domingo
Recreo
Rodriguez
Molino
La Carcel
Las Canas
La Cruz
Del Litre
Baron
Larrain
Monjas
Concepcion
La Loma
San Juan Dedios
Jimenez
Bellavista
Ramaditas
De La Merced
Sta. Elena
De La Virgen
Yungay
Chaparro
Carcel
Loceras
Carretas
Arrayan
Perdices
Mesilla
Miraflores
Mariposa
San Francisco

Notes
  1. page 3 of Editorial Kactus (2009) Valparaíso, Coleccíon Souvenir. ISBN 956-7136-21-1
  2. https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g294306-d318249-i176483318-Cerro_Concepcion-Valparaiso_Valparaiso_Region.html
  3. http://moon.com/2013/10/the-hills-of-valparaiso-chile/
  4. Faure, F; Diaz, S; Araneda, T; Taub, M; Millan, M; Hoffmann, A; Bustos, F; Barros, A; Gonzalez, D; Fritsch, R (2015-10-15), "Post-traumatic stress disorder in adults victims of fire in Valparaiso, Chile, April 2014", Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Elsevier B.V, 357: e219–e220, doi:10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.760, ISSN 0022-510X

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