Page 19 - HP3A 003 The Regions of Chile

of Latin America’s most thriving

and exciting cities, with its center

dubbed as “Sanhatten,” after New

York City’s “Manhatten”.

We come next to the region of

O’Higgins, named after General

and the famous Plaza de Armas, with Bernardo O’Higgins, who was

the city’s stunning cathedral. Due Chile’s liberator. This region is

to its location nestled between the largely rural, as are other regions

Andes, the city has also had many the further south we travel.

problems with pollution, forcing

the government to take restrictive The next region south is the

measures. Regardless, Santiago is one Maule region, named after its