Hills of Valparaíso

Hills in Valparaiso, Chile

Hills of Valparaíso (Los cerros de Valparaíso) are the predominant geographical feature that rise above the main port area of Valparaíso in Chile.

In many cases, the hills have communities tied to the name of the specific hills. The sea level area below the hills with the four historical coastline is known as the 'plan' area, a term used after the 1906 earthquake for the project to rebuild the city [1] The lower hills closer to the bay have Ascensores (Hill elevators or Funicular railways).

Some tourist promotion material claim that the city is formed from 42 hills.[2] Some maps of the lower hills have other named hills identified making a different total.[3]

In April 2014, the Great Fire of Valparaíso burned a large portion of the upper hills, destroying 2,800 homes, killing 16 people, and displacing a large number of people.[4]

(Cerro) Hill name |  |

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Playa Ancha |  |
Mesilla |  |
Perdices |  |
Cordillera |  |
San Francisco |  |
Artillería |  |
Arrayán |  |
Santo Domingo |  |
Toro |  |
Alegre |  |
Concepción |  |
Cárcel |  |
La Loma |  |
Jiménez |  |
Panteón |  |
San Juan de Dios |  |
Yungay |  |
Bellavista |  |
Mariposas |  |
Monjas |  |
Florida |  |
La Cruz |  |
El Litre |  |
Las Cañas |  |
La Virgen |  |
Pajonal |  |
Merced |  |
Santa Elena |  |
Ramaditas |  |
Barón |  |
Larraín |  |
Lecheros |  |
Rodríguez |  |
Molino |  |
O´Higgins |  |
Rocuant |  |
Placeres |  |
Polanco |  |
Delicias |  |
San Roque |  |
Esperanza |  |
Rodelillo |  |

## Notes

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1. ^ page 3 of Editorial Kactus (2009) Valparaíso, Coleccíon Souvenir. ISBN 956-7136-21-1
2. ^ "The 42 hills of Valparaíso - Picture of Cerro Concepcion, Valparaiso - Tripadvisor".
3. ^ "The Hills of Valparaíso, Chile". 6 October 2013.
4. ^ Faure, F; Diaz, S; Araneda, T; Taub, M; Millan, M; Hoffmann, A; Bustos, F; Barros, A; Gonzalez, D; Fritsch, R (2015), "Post-traumatic stress disorder in adults victims of fire in Valparaiso, Chile, April 2014", Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 357, Elsevier B.V (published 2015-10-15): e219 – e220, doi:10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.760, ISSN 0022-510X