Place:Maipú, Santiago, Chile

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NameMaipú
Alt namesMaipúsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates33.517°S 70.767°W
Located inSantiago, Chile
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Maipú is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region, integrated into the Greater Santiago conurbation. It was founded on February 16, 1821 and it is the place of the Battle of Maipú (April 5, 1818), where Chile's independence was consolidated. Inhabitants are mostly part of a middle to upper-middle class young professionals.

According to the 2002 census, Maipú was the second largest commune in Chile, behind Puente Alto. However, the National Statistics Institute estimates that as of 2008, Maipú has surpassed the latter in population.

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