1The city of Valparaiso lies on the coast of Chile at about thirty three degrees south.
2Its longitude is roughly seventy one degrees west of the Greenwich meridian line.
3The population of the city is around two hundred and eighty five thousand people.
4The port handles nearly twelve million tonnes of cargo every single year.
5The harbour sits at sea level, but the famous hills rise to about three hundred metres.
6From the airport, the city is one hundred and twenty kilometres to the northwest.
7Tourists often confuse the spelling, so remember V-A-L-P-A-R-A-I-S-O, with an s at the end.
8The city was founded in fifteen thirty six, long before Chile became independent.
9Average rainfall is only three hundred and seventy millimetres a year, mostly in winter.
10Summer temperatures reach twenty four degrees, while winter nights drop to eight.
11The metro system has twenty stations and carries fifty thousand passengers daily.