Coquimbo Region
The IV Coquimbo Region (Spanish: IV Región de Coquimbo) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.
Coquimbo Region
Región de Coquimbo | |
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.png) Montage of Coquimbo Region | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Map of Coquimbo Región - Chile | |
| Coordinates: 29°54′28″S 70°15′15″W / 29.90778°S 70.25417°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| 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 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
changeFrom 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
changeThe 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
changeAs 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
changeThe Coquimbo region is divided in three provinces: Choapa, Elqui and Limarí.
| Provinces | Capital | Code | Comunas | Area[3] (km²) |
Population[3] (2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
changeReferences
change- ↑ 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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