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Reñaca Chile

Reñaca is at the northernmost edge of the city of Viña del Mar and has been incorporated into it. To the north, along the coastal road, are the Cochoa area and then the town of Concón. It is a summer vacation destination and receives a very large influx of tourists during the summer months. The main tourist area is clustered around the principal beach, which is locally known as “Long Beach.” The lower part of the hillside overlooking the beach is covered with residential buildings that sprawl up the slope. Most of these apartments are owned by non-residents and remain empty during the March–November off-season. The town also extends eastward up the valley through which the Estero de Reñaca flows, where the majority of the year-round population lives. The town has reached its housing capacity in the valley and has expanded up the hillsides into the upscale neighborhoods of Los Almendros and Jardín del Mar. Reñaca has grown slowly but steadily over the years, evolving from a very small community into a more self-sufficient town that lacks few of the amenities of a proper city. It is home to The Mackay School, the first British school in Chile and one of the oldest in the Southern Hemisphere, which is an all-boys school. The Sagrado Corazón school is also a long-established institution and was a girls-only school until 2007. Both schools arrived in Reñaca around 1965 and were the only schools in the town until the early 1990s, when a group of already established schools moved from Viña del Mar to the upper reaches of the north side of town.

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Arturo Merino Benitez Intl (SCL)

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Reñaca, Chile

Reñaca Chile