Maipú
Maipú is a commune in the Santiago Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile, forming part of the Greater Santiago conurbation.
Maipú is a commune in the Santiago Province in the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile, forming part of the Greater Santiago conurbation. It was founded on 16 February 1821 and is historically significant as the site of the Battle of Maipú, where Chile's independence was consolidated. With a population of 503,635, Maipú is the 2nd most populous commune in the country and is predominantly inhabited by a middle-class population.
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Worth seeing in and around Maipú
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estadio Municipal Sin Iluminacion
Estadio Municipal de La Cisterna is a multi-use stadium in Santiago, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home matches for Palestino.
8.7 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 02Votive Temple of Maipú
The Votive Temple of Maipú or Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic church located in the Chilean commune of Maipú. The height of this basilica is 300 feet tall.
700 m · national monument of Chile · Wikipedia - 03Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio
The Museo Nacional Aeronáutica y del Espacio is an institution responsible for disseminating the aeronautical heritage in Chile.
7.2 km · aerospace museum in Santiago · Wikipedia - 04Estadio Santiago Bueras
Estadio Santiago Bueras is a multi-use stadium in Maipu, Chile. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Santiago Morning.
1.9 km · multi-use stadium in Maipu, Chile · Wikipedia
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Getting to Maipú
- Airports
- Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), 14 km · Governor Francisco Gabrielli (MDZ), 199 km
- Stations
- San Pablo, 8.9 km · San Alberto Hurtado, 9.8 km · Neptuno, 8.3 km · Las Rejas, 8.7 km · Ecuador, 9.2 km
- Concepcion → Maipú423 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · CLP$58,440–90,590
- Temuco → Maipú603 km · quickest by air, 5h 13m · CLP$78,220–121,320
- Mendoza → Maipú192 km · quickest by road, 6h 40m · AR$21,350–28,450
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Maipú
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Maipú. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextCajón del Maipo, beautiful in spring, some 75 km south east of Santiago, day trip.
From Wikivoyage: Santiago, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Maipú
Maipú is 13 km from Santiago, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Padre Hurtadocity and commune in Santiago Province, Chile8.3 km