Apoquindo Avenue is a major
thoroughfare
A thoroughfare is a primary passage or way as a transit route through regularly trafficked areas, whether by road on dry land or, by
extension, via watercraft or aircraft. On land, a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a multi-lane highway ...
in
Santiago, Chile
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital (political), capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated Regions of Chile, region, t ...
. It extends
through the commune of
Las Condes
Las Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid- to high income families, and known in the Chilean collective consciousness as home to the country's economi ...
.
Description
Apoquindo Avenue originates immediately east of
Tobalaba Avenue. The main stretch of this street runs eastward from the eastern end of
Providencia Avenue
Avenida Providencia is a major thoroughfare in Santiago, Chile. It runs along the commune of Providencia.
Description
Providencia begins at the northern terminus of Vicuña Mackenna Avenue as a continuation of Alameda Avenue. Immediately, the op ...
at Canal San Carlos to
Américo Vespucio Avenue
Américo Vespucio Avenue is a
ring road in Santiago, Chile named after Renaissance cartographer Amerigo Vespucci. Two adjacent sections of the avenue are occupied by Vespucio Norte Express and Vespucio Sur free-flow tolling highways, which are ...
, passing on the way through El Golf neighborhood. Glass fronted buildings rise on both sides of the avenue along this section. It has three lanes each way and wide sidewalks.
West of Manquehue Avenue, Las Condes Avenue branches off from Apoquindo. The
Church of San Vicente Ferrer marks the terminus of the avenue.
Santiago Metro
The eastern portion of the Line 1 of the
Santiago Metro
The Santiago Metro ( es, Metro de Santiago) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It currently consists of seven lines (numbered 1-6 and 4A), 136 stations, and of revenue route. The system is managed by th ...
runs under Apoquindo Avenue, stopping at
El Golf,
Alcántara
Alcántara is a municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, on the Tagus, near Portugal. The toponym is from the Arabic word ''al-Qanṭarah'' (القنطرة) meaning "the bridge".
History
Archaeological findings have atteste ...
,
Escuela Militar,
Manquehue,
Hernando de Magallanes and
Los Dominicos stations.
See also
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Apoquindo
Apoquindo (Runasimi ''Apuk-kintu'' flowers for the deity) is the name of a river and pre-Columbian settlement located east of the city of Santiago de Chile, at the foot of the foothills, in the present town of Las Condes. This settlement later b ...
*
Apoquindo massacre
The Apoquindo massacre, also known as the Apoquindo shootings, was an incident in Santiago, Chile, on October 21, 1993, in which eight people died after members of the Chilean left-wing guerrilla movement Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro robbed a Banco ...
References
{{Commons category, Avenida Apoquindo
Streets in Chile