Los Andes, founded in 31 May 1791 as Santa Rosa de Los Andes, is a Chilean town of 80,000 inhabitants and a municipality ("comuna") located in the province of the same name, in Valparaíso Region ("Fifth Region" of Chile). It lies on the route between Santiago and Chile's primary border crossing with Argentina near the summit of the cordillera de los Andes.
Los Andes stands at the beginning of the now derelict metre gauge Transandine Railway, opened in 1910, which once ran to Mendoza in Argentina, providing a link between the broad gauge line from Valparaiso to Los Andes, operated by the Chilean State Railway, and the broad gauge line from Mendoza to Buenos Aires operated by the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway.
Coordinates: 32°50′S 70°37′W / -32.833, -70.617
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