Barrio Yungay is a neighborhood of

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the 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 region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, located to the west of the city center in the

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

and to the west of

Barrio Brasil Barrio Brasil is a neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, located to the west of the city center in the commune of Santiago and to the east of Barrio Yungay. Barrio Brasil is close to the neighborhoods Dieciocho, Concha y Toro, Yungay, and República ...

History

This neighborhood was a rural area until 1835. The land was owned by José Santiago Portales Larraín, who was the father of

Diego Portales Diego José Pedro Víctor Portales y Palazuelos (; June 16, 1793 – June 6, 1837) was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto's government, he played a pivotal role in shaping the state and po ...

. After the death of the head of the family, the that made up the estate were divided into lots. The westernmost portion was purchased by the Chilean State for the purpose of creating the Quinta Normal de Agricultura. The

Plaza Yungay Plaza Yungay is a square located in Barrio Yungay, an historical neighborhood of Santiago, Chile, located at the western limits of the commune of Santiago. The plaza is the home of a monument commemorating the end of Chile's War of the Confederati ...

and the San Saturnino parish church, which are the heart of the neighborhood, were created on the land inherited by Diego Portales. Barrio Yungay was officially born in 1839 as a way of commemorating the Chilean victory in the

Battle of Yungay The Battle of Yungay (or Yungai) was the final battle of the War of the Confederation, fought on January 20, 1839, near Yungay, Peru. The United Restorer Army, led by Chilean General Manuel Bulnes, consisting mainly of Chileans and 600 North ...

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* {{Coord, 33.4376, S, 70.6736, W, source:wikidata, display=title Neighborhoods in Santiago, Chile