El Quisco | |
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 Coat of arms    El Quisco Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 33°23′28.71″S 71°41′34.58″W / 33.3913083°S 71.6929389°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Valparaíso |
| Province | San Antonio |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | José Antonio Jofré |
| Area | |
• Total | 50.7 km2 (19.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 11,329 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8,931 |
| • Rural | 536 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 4,815 |
| • Women | 4,652 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[3]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[4]) |
| Website | www |
El Quisco is a Chilean city and commune in San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region. Located in the country's central coast, it serves as a popular summer resort for the population of Santiago and forms part of the Coast of Poets, a cultural space named after four world-renowned Chilean poets: Pablo Neruda, Vicente Huidobro, Violeta Parra and Nicanor Parra. El Quisco is home to La Casa de Isla Negra, the former house of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, which is now a museum and Neruda's burial site.
- ^ "Municipality of El Quisco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ a b c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.