What is the population of Puente Alto?
Puente Alto has a city population of 568,106. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
City profile · Chile · South America
Puente Alto
City population
568,106
#2
in Chile
#2
in Santiago Metropolitan
#984
worldwide
-33.612, -70.576 · 18 km from Santiago
About Puente Alto
The second-largest city in Santiago Metropolitan after the capital itself, Puente Alto has a population of 568,106. It sits 18 km from Santiago and at 700 m elevation. Three other cities of between 200,000 and 250,000 people lie within 16 km: La Pintana, San Bernardo, and Peñalolén. Puente Alto accounts for 2.9% of Chile's national population.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 19
Elevation
700 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Santiago
Coordinates
-33.612, -70.576
Record updated
2022-08-24
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 139 in ChileClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Puente Alto | 568K |
Puente Alto Population FAQ
Where is Puente Alto?
Puente Alto is in Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, 18 km from the capital, Santiago. Its coordinates are -33.612, -70.576.
How big is Puente Alto compared with other cities in Chile?
It is the 2nd largest of the 139 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Chile, holding 2.9% of the national population.