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LOCAL GUIDE TO SANTIAGO DE CHILE
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Official Language
The official language is Castilian, there are languages of the peoples that is still used today, such is the Mapudungun (or Mapuche), Quechua and Rapa Nui.
Energy
The electrical voltage is 220 volts, 50 cycles (220V 50Hz). Therefore, those devices designed for 110V must use a transformer.
The lighting is quite good in almost all areas of Santiago. Most houses and apartments use gas piped city.
Measurement system
In Chile using the metric system:
1 Metro
3.3 Feet
1.6 Km
1 Mile
1 Liter
0.26 Gallons
0 Celsius
32 Fahrenheit
100 Celsius
Fahrenheit 212
Time
Time for Continental Chile is the standard time zone UTC-04: 00 (Universal Time Coordinate, before Greenwich Mean Time).
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is brought forward one hour (UTC-03: 00) from the second Saturday of October (at 12 PM) on the second Saturday of March.
Chile uses the 24 hours of: 3:00 PM is 15:00.
Chile uses the European date format (day, month, year): November 19 1997, 19-11-1997.
Schedules
Offices
Mon to Fri
9:00 to 18:00
Banks
Mon to Fri
9:00 to 14:00
Malls
Mon to Fri
11:00 to 21:00 / 22:00
Stores
Mon to Sat
10:00 to 22:00
Supermarkets
Mon to Sun
8:30 to 22:00 / 23:00
Cinemas
Mon to Sun
16:00, 19:00 and 22:00
Lunch
13:00 to 15:00
Dinner
21:00 to 24:00
Press
Chileans are the major newspapers: El Mercurio, La Nacion, Las Ultimas Noticias, La Epoca and the third of the time. It also distributes foreign press.
Radio and Television
There are 23 radio frequency modulated (FM) featuring popular music. The TV has 6 channels and two local cable television companies offering 60 channels.
Harmony FM
Carolina 99.3 FM
PORTALES AM
Carolina 99.3 FM
Concert FM 101.7
Pudahuel FM
Duna 89.7 FM
Conquistador 93.1 FM
Time 95.9 FM
El Conquistador 91.3 FM
Cooperative Chile 93.3 FM
Universo 93.7 FM
Time 95.9 FM
Infinita FM
RadioZero FM
Horizon FM
Integral FM
Radioactiva 92.5 FM
Beethoven 95.6 FM
Manquehue 105.7 FM
Uradi 99.9 FM
FM Radio Bio-Bio
Monumental AM
The official language is Castilian, there are languages of the peoples that is still used today, such is the Mapudungun (or Mapuche), Quechua and Rapa Nui.
Energy
The electrical voltage is 220 volts, 50 cycles (220V 50Hz). Therefore, those devices designed for 110V must use a transformer.
The lighting is quite good in almost all areas of Santiago. Most houses and apartments use gas piped city.
Measurement system
In Chile using the metric system:
1 Metro
3.3 Feet
1.6 Km
1 Mile
1 Liter
0.26 Gallons
0 Celsius
32 Fahrenheit
100 Celsius
Fahrenheit 212
Time
Time for
Schedules
Offices
Mon to Fri
9:00 to 18:00
Banks
Mon to Fri
9:00 to 14:00
Malls
Mon to Fri
11:00 to 21:00 / 22:00
Stores
Mon to Sat
10:00 to 22:00
Supermarkets
Mon to Sun
8:30 to 22:00 / 23:00
Cinemas
Mon to Sun
16:00, 19:00 and 22:00
Lunch
13:00 to 15:00
Dinner
21:00 to 24:00
Press
Chileans are the major newspapers: El Mercurio, La Nacion, Las Ultimas Noticias, La Epoca and the third of the time. It also distributes foreign press.
Radio and Television
There are 23 radio frequency modulated (FM) featuring popular music. The TV has 6 channels and two local cable television companies offering 60 channels.
Harmony FM
Carolina 99.3 FM
PORTALES AM
Carolina 99.3 FM
Concert FM 101.7
Pudahuel FM
Duna 89.7 FM
Conquistador 93.1 FM
Time 95.9 FM
El Conquistador 91.3 FM
Cooperative Chile 93.3 FM
Universo 93.7 FM
Time 95.9 FM
Infinita FM
RadioZero FM
Horizon FM
Integral FM
Radioactiva 92.5 FM
Beethoven 95.6 FM
Manquehue 105.7 FM
Uradi 99.9 FM
FM Radio Bio-Bio
Monumental AM
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