Coquimbo Region
The IV Coquimbo Region (Spanish: IV Región de Coquimbo) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.
| 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 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.
HistoryEdit
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.
GeographyEdit
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]
The three main rivers are Elqui, Limarí and Choapa.
PopulationEdit
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.
AdministrationEdit
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 pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Región de Coquimbo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 25 August 2016. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ 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. CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
Other websitesEdit
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coquimbo Region. |
- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Coquimbo Official website (in Spanish)
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