Santiago

Santiago is a DO area of Valle del Maipo in Chile. It lies 5.3 km south of Peñalolén and 11 km north-east of Puente Alto.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DO area (área)

Within

Valle del Maipo

Area

12,466 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

33.5157° S, 70.5366° W

Legal basis

Decreto 464/1994 of the Ministry of Agriculture (zonificación vitícola), consolidated text 2026, with the 2025 amendment (Chiloé, Rapa Nui).

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

5.3 km south of Peñalolén

Nearest city

11 km north-east of Puente Alto 568,106 people

To the sea

101 km

Same latitude

Coastal Region (South Africa), Orange (Australia)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

578–3,222 m

Mean elevation

1,078 m

Mean slope

13.0° (23 %)

Steepest tenth

above 35°

Faces

west

Measured over the whole outline on 123,584 elevation cells of about 32 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries CHL ADM3 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))