Coquimbo Region
Coquimbo Region
Región de Coquimbo | |
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Coordinates: 29°54′28″S 70°15′15″W / 29.90778°S 70.25417°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital | La Serena |
Provinces | Elqui, Limarí, Choapa |
Government | |
• Intendant | Lucía Pinto (UDI) |
Area | |
• Total | 40,579.9 km2 (15,668.0 sq mi) |
• Rank | 7 |
Highest elevation | 6,216 m (20,394 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2013 census)[1] | |
• Total | 742,178 |
• Rank | 8 |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | CL-CO |
HDI (2019) | 0.830[2] very high |
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.[3]
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,[4] 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.[source?]
Administration
[change | change source]The Coquimbo region is divided in three provinces: Choapa, Elqui and Limarí.
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Provinces | Capital | Code | Comunas | Area[3] (km²) |
Population[3] (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 "Coquimbo Region". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Región de Coquimbo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "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
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- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Coquimbo Official website (in Spanish)
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