Atacama Region

This airticle is aboot the Atacama Region; for the desert, see Atacama Desert. The Atacama Region (Spaingie: III Región de Atacama) is ane o Chile's 15 first order regions. It comprises three provinces, Chañaral, Copiapó an Huasco. It is bordered tae the north bi Antofagasta, tae the sooth bi Coquimbo, tae east wi Provinces o Catamarca, La Rioja an San Juan o Argentinae, an tae wast wi the Paceefic Ocean. The regional caipital Copiapó is locatit at 806 km (501 mi) north o the kintra's caipital o Santiago. The region occupy the soothren portion o Atacama Desert, the rest o the desert is mainly distributit amang the ither regions of Norte Grande. References Freemit airtins Gobierno Regional de Atacama Archived 2007-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie) Template:Communes in Atacama Region Template:Atacama Region rivers an lakes