Greater Concepción Explained

Official Name:Gran Concepción
Nickname:Pencopolis
Mapsize:200px
Subdivision Type:Region
Subdivision Name:Biobío
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Concepción Province
Leader Title:Mayor
Established Title:Foundation
Established Date:October 5, 1550
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:1
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:2
Population Metro:1001285
Timezone:Chile Time (CLT)[1]
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:Chile Summer Time (CLST)[2]
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:-36.7833°N -73.1167°W
Elevation M:4
Website:concepcion.cl

Gran Concepción is the third largest conurbation in Chile, after Greater Santiago and Greater Valparaíso, with 945,650 inhabitants according to the 2012 pre census.

Overview

It takes its name after the city of Concepción, the regional capital and main city.

The agglomeration is composed of:

Gran Concepción has also the second largest concentration of universities in Chile. Apart from the so-called Traditional Universities, it has several private institutions. The Universidad de Concepción is the most important university in the conurbation.

There is also a commuter rail system which serves most of the communes (Spanish; Castilian: comunas) in the conurbation: Biotren.

Commerce

The commerce in Greater Concepcion is mostly located in Concepcion city center, also in the Mall Plaza el Trebol, in Talcahuano.

Education

Universities

Institutes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chile Time . 2007-05-05 . World Time Zones .org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm . 2007-09-11 .
  2. Web site: Chile Summer Time . 2007-05-05 . World Time Zones .org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm . 2007-09-11 .