Providencia is a municipality (comuna) in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the municipalities in the Eastern part of the city where high income families live. It also has an important commercial activity. There are many pedestrian areas, with cultural and recreation centers.
San Andrés and Providencia (Spanish: San Andrés y Providencia) is one of the departments of Colombia.
Nicaraguans claim that the treaty was signed under United States pressure and military occupation and thus does not constitute a sovereign decision, while Colombia argues that the treaty's final ratification in 1930, when U.S. forces were already on their way out, confirms its validity.
The island of Providencia was hit by Hurricane Beta on October 29, 2005.