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Valparaiso, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 563
Housing Units (2000): 245
Land area (2000): 0.547408 sq. miles (1.417780 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.547408 sq. miles (1.417780 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50125
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.079961 N, 96.830881 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68065
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Valparaiso, FL -- U.S. city in Florida
Population (2000): 6408
Housing Units (2000): 2023
Land area (2000): 11.937132 sq. miles (30.917028 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.811106 sq. miles (2.100756 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 12.748238 sq. miles (33.017784 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73675
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 30.507047 N, 86.497024 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 32580
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Valparaiso, IN -- U.S. city in Indiana
Population (2000): 27428
Housing Units (2000): 11559
Land area (2000): 10.903980 sq. miles (28.241177 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.084678 sq. miles (0.219316 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.988658 sq. miles (28.460493 sq. km)
FIPS code: 78326
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 41.476151 N, 87.056919 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46383
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Valparaíso

Valparaíso (, ) is a major city, seaport, and educational center in the county or commune of Valparaíso, Chile. Greater Valparaíso is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located northwest of Santiago and is one of the South Pacific's most important seaports. Valparaíso is the capital of Chile's third most populated administrative region and has been the headquarters for the Chilean National Congress since 1990.

Valparaíso played an important geopolitical role in the second half of the 19th century, when the city served as a major stopover for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by crossing the Straits of Magellan. Valparaíso mushroomed during its golden age, as a magnet for European immigrants, when the city was known by international sailors as "Little San Francisco" and "The Jewel of the Pacific". In 2003, the historic quarter of Valparaíso was declared a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World HeritageSite

Examples of Valparaíso's renown glory include Latin America's oldest stock exchange, the continent's first volunteer fire department, Chile's first public library, and the oldest Spanish language newspaper in continuous publication in the world, El Mercurio de Valparaíso.

The second half of the twentieth century was not kind to Valparaíso, as many wealthy families abandoned the city. The opening of the Panama Canal and reduction in ship traffic dealt a staggering blow to Valparaíso’s port-based economy. However, over the past 15 years, the city has staged an impressive renaissance, attracting many artists and cultural entrepreneurs who have set up shop in the city's hillside historic districts. Today, many thousands of tourists visit Valparaíso from around the world to marvel at the city's unique labyrinth of cobbled alleys and colorful buildings. The port of Valparaíso continues to be a major distribution center for container traffic, copper, and fruit exports. Valparaíso also receives growing attention from cruise ships that visit during the South American summer. Most significantly, Valparaíso has transformed itself into a major educational center with four large traditional universities and several large vocational colleges. The city exemplifies Chilean culture, with festivals every year, and a number of street artists and musicians.

Valparaiso (play)

Valparaiso is Don DeLillo's second play, in which a man suddenly becomes famous following a mistake in the itinerary of an ordinary business trip which takes him to Valparaíso, Chile, instead of Valparaiso, Indiana.

The 1999 play, which incorporates live performance with video projection, looks at how the media has affected modern mankind. The central character, Michael Majeski, tries desperately to establish his own identity by throwing himself under the spotlight of celebrity. The piece is composed entirely of interviews, for a range of different media, and culminates in the protagonist committing assisted suicide with a microphone lead on a TV talk show.

Valparaiso received its premiere at the American Repertory Theater in 1999 under the direction of David Wheeler. Since then it has seen numerous revivals, including a production by Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre and a French-language version in Paris. In 2002, the Rude Mechanicals of New York staged the New York premiere, referred to by the New York Times as "a revelatory new production", directed by Hal Brooks. In 2003, it received its college premiere at Savannah College of Art and Design under the auspices of the Ghlei company. In 2005, Don DeLillo granted the UK premiere rights of the play to 24-year-old film school graduate Jack McNamara, whose production premiered at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London on April 25, 2006. The London production was produced by Weaver Hughes Ensemble. US productions in 2007: The Garage Theatre, Long Beach, California; directed by Jeff Kriese and running from October 05, 2007 to November 03, 2007. The Hideout Theatre, Austin, Texas; a Search Party Production, directed by Jeremy O. Torres and running from November 01, 2007 to November 04, 2007. US productions in 2008 include HB Studio, an HB Ensemble production, New York, New York; directed by Rasa Allan Kazlas and running from 11 June 2008 to 28 June 2008.

Valparaiso (album)

Valparaiso is Rita Connolly's second solo recording, released in 1996. It features a guest appearance by Iarla O'Lionaird on vocals.

Valparaiso (disambiguation)

Valparaíso is a city in Chile.

Valparaiso may also refer to:

Usage examples of "valparaiso".

With that master mariner he passed the Straits of Magellan, saw the sack of Valparaiso, reached the far Pelew Islands, and Mindanao, and came home round the perilous Cape of Storms, bronzed of face, and hard of muscle, and rich beyond the dreams of man.

Sophie, meanwhile, took herself off to an auction sale where she bought a carpet, three divan beds, a mahogany wardrobe and chest of drawers, four pairs of curtains, an etching entitled Off Valparaiso and a statuette of a girl with a beach-ball.

The final account came from a naval station radio operator at Valparaiso, Chile.

Besides, he had just watched the clip from the Valparaiso video, and he had to agree that the little lady was splendidly endowed, ah yes, so maybe these two jackasses would have something interesting to say about her obviously fey assets.

With the primitive microclimate generators just beginning to emerge from the orbital factories of Domino Valparaiso, they woke the slumbering ecology and shook it rudely.

In South America, the civilisation of the Andes came to birth in the harsh northern desert, not in the far more pleasant part which the Spaniards called Valparaiso (‘paradise valley’).

For instance, there was a fire at the d'Anconia ore docks in Valparaiso tomorrow morning, a fire that razed them to the ground along with half of the port structures.

I received orders to set sail for Port Jackson, in New South Wales, and thence to Valparaiso, touching at Tahiti on the way.

Struggling to find equilibrium after such a terrible loss, Kincaid had welcomed the assignment to the Valparaiso in an effort to distance himself from increasingly painful memories-- only to find himself torn in two directions by the officers who vied for his company.