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Chile's second-oldest city, La Serena is blessed with beautiful architecture and a long golden shoreline, making it a sort of thinking-man's beach resort. With its stone churches, shady avenues and pretty plazas, La Serena now threatens Viña del Mar's supremacy as Chile's premier beach resort.
Fast Facts
Population
160,150
Currency
Name: Chilean Peso
Code: CLP
Symbol: Ch$
Electrical Plugs
220V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Spanish
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -4
Country Dialing Code
+56
Weights & Measures
Metric
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