Coquimbo Region
| Coquimbo Region (IV Región de Coquimbo) | |||
| Region of Chile | |||
 Islote de los Huevos, Coquimbo
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| Country |  Chile
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| Provinces | Elqui, Limarí, Choapa | ||
| Capital | La Serena | ||
| - coordinates | 29°54′S 71°15′W / 29.900°S 71.250°W | ||
| Lowest point | Sea level | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Area | 40,579.9 km² (15,668 sq mi) [1] | ||
| Population | 771,085 (2015) [2] | ||
| Density | 19 /km² (49 /sq mi) | ||
| Intendant | Claudio Ibáñez González | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CL-CO | ||
 Coquimbo , in red, in Chile
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| Website: Official website (in Spanish) | |||
The IV Coquimbo Region (Spanish: IV Región de Coquimbo) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.
The capital of the region is the city of La Serena; it is at 400 km (249 mi) north of Santiago, the capital of the country. Other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre Ovalle.
History[change | change source]
From 1826, Coquimbo was a province of Chile but in 1974, with the creation of the Regions of Chile, it became one of the Chilean regions.
Geography[change | change source]
The Coquimbo region borders the Atacama region to the north, Argentina on the east, the Valparaíso region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west.[1]
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Coquimbo region
The three main rivers are Elqui, Limarí and Choapa.
Population[change | change source]
As of 2015[update], there were (estimated) 771,085 persons living in the region,[2] for a population density of 19.0 inhabitants/km².
The largest city in the region is its capital, La Serena, with 160,148 inhabitants (2002 census). The port of Coquimbo had 148,438 inhabitants.
Administration[change | change source]
The Coquimbo region is divided in three provinces: Choapa, Elqui and Limarí.
| Provinces | Capital | Code | Comunas | Area[1] (km²) |
Population[1] (2002) |
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| Elqui (041) |
Coquimbo | 04101 | 8 La Serena | 1,892.8 | 160,148 |
| 04102 | 6 Coquimbo | 1,429.3 | 163,036 | ||
| 04103 | 5 Andacollo | 310.3 | 10,288 | ||
| 04104 | 7 La Higuera | 4,158.2 | 3,721 | ||
| 04105 | 9 Paihuano | 1,494.7 | 4,168 | ||
| 04106 | 10 Vicuña | 7,609.8 | 24,010 | ||
| Total of the Elqui province | 16,895.1 | 365,371 | |||
| Choapa (042) |
Illapel | 04201 | 2 Illapel | 2,629.1 | 30,355 |
| 04202 | 1 Canela | 2,196.6 | 4,379 | ||
| 04203 | 3 Los Vilos | 1,860.6 | 17,453 | ||
| 04204 | 4 Salamanca | 3,445.3 | 24,494 | ||
| Total of the Choapa province | 10,131.6 | 81,681 | |||
| Limarí (043) |
Ovalle | 04301 | 13 Ovalle | 3,834.5 | 98,089 |
| 04302 | 11 Combarbalá | 1,895.9 | 13,483 | ||
| 04303 | 12 Monte Patria | 4,366.3 | 30,276 | ||
| 04304 | 14 Punitaqui | 1,339.3 | 9,539 | ||
| 04305 | 15 Río Hurtado | 2,117.2 | 4,771 | ||
| Total of the Limarí province | 13,553.2 | 156,158 | |||
| Total of the region | 40,579.9 | 603,210 | |||
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Región de Coquimbo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Población país y regiones - Actualización 2002-2012 y Proyección 2013-2020" (XLS) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE). 4 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
Other websites[change | change source]
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- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Coquimbo Official website (in Spanish)
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