Ranked lists of Chilean regions
Population -- By population
Table:
Region
Men
Women
Total
%
Comparable country

Arica and Parinacota
120,566
118,560
239,126
1.33
New Caledonia

Tarapacá
174,128
162,641
336,769
1.87
Iceland

Antofagasta
326,032
296,608
622,640
3.46
Montenegro

Atacama
161,381
151,105
312,486
1.74
Iceland

Coquimbo
382,004
389,081
771,085
4.28
Comoros

Valparaíso
896,720
929,037
1,825,757
10.14
Guinea-Bissau

Santiago
3,578,730
3,735,446
7,314,176
40.62
Hong Kong

O'Higgins
461,205
457,546
918,751
5.10
Djibouti

Maule
517,428
525,561
1,042,989
5.79
Cyprus

Biobío
1,039,596
1,074,690
2,114,286
11.74
North Macedonia

Araucanía
487,581
502,217
989,798
5.50
Djibouti

Los Ríos
202,230
202,202
404,432
2.25
The Bahamas

Los Lagos
423,107
418,016
841,123
4.67
Guyana

Aisén
56,380
51,948
108,328
0.60
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Magallanes
84,852
79,809
164,661
0.91
Curaçao

Chile
8,911,940
9,094,467
18,006,407
100.00
Burkina Faso

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The Arica y Parinacota Region ( Spanish : Región de Arica y Parinacota pronounced [ aˈɾika i paɾinaˈkota ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . It borders Peru to the north , Bolivia to the east and Chile 's Tarapacá Region to the south . It is also the country 's newest region , created under Law No . 20,175 . It became operational on October 8 , 2007 . Chile 's former Tarapacá region was a former Peruvian province , which was occupied by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific , and then formally annexed in 1929 by the Treaty of Lima .
New Caledonia ( /ˌkælɪˈdoʊniə/ ; French : Nouvelle-Calédonie ) [ nb 1 ] is a special collectivity of France , currently governed under the Nouméa Accord , located in the southwest Pacific Ocean , to the south of Vanuatu , about 1,210 km ( 750 mi ) east of Australia and 20,000 km ( 12,000 mi ) from Metropolitan France . The archipelago , part of the Melanesia subregion , includes the main island of Grande Terre , the Loyalty Islands , the Chesterfield Islands , the Belep archipelago , the Isle of Pines , and a few remote islets . The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea . French people , and especially locals , refer to Grande Terre as Le Caillou ( the pebble ) . New Caledonia has a land area of 18,576 km2 ( 7,172 sq mi ) divided into three provinces . The North and South Provinces are located on the New Caledonian mainland , while the Loyalty Islands Province is a series of islands off the mainland . Its population of 271,407 ( October 2019 census ) consists of a mix of the original inhabitants , Kanak people , who are the majority in the North Province and the Loyalty Islands Province and people of European descent ( Caldoches and Metropolitan French ) , Polynesian people ( mostly Wallisians ) , and Southeast Asian people , as well as a few people of Pied-Noir and North African descent who are the majority in the South Province . The capital of the territory is Nouméa .
The Tarapacá Region ( Spanish : Región de Tarapacá , pronounced [ taɾapaˈka ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first-order administrative divisions . It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north , Bolivia 's Oruro Department on the east , the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west . The port city of Iquique ( 2002 pop . 216,419 ) is the region 's capital . Much of the region was once the Tarapacá Province of Peru , which was annexed by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific . The region was important economically as a site of intense saltpeter mining , before synthetic nitrate manufacturing became possible . A number of abandoned mining towns can still be found in the region . The present day Tarapacá Region was created in 2007 by subdividing the former Tarapacá Region under Law No . 20,175 , which was signed by President Michelle Bachelet in Arica .
Iceland ( Icelandic : Ísland ; [ ˈistlant ] ( listen ) ) [ c ] is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic , with a population of 360,390 and an area of 103,000 km2 ( 40,000 sq mi ) , making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe . [ d ] The capital and largest city is Reykjavík . Reykjavik and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the country are home to over two-thirds of the population . Iceland is volcanically and geologically active . The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields , mountains , and glaciers , and many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands . Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate , despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle . Its high latitude and marine influence keep summers chilly , with most of the archipelago having a tundra climate . According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók , the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first permanent settler on the island . In the following centuries , Norwegians , and to a lesser extent other Scandinavians , emigrated to Iceland , bringing with them thralls ( i.e. , slaves or serfs ) of Gaelic origin . The island was governed as an independent commonwealth under the Althing , one of the world 's oldest functioning legislative assemblies . Following a period of civil strife , Iceland acceded to Norwegian rule in the 13th century . The establishment of the Kalmar Union in 1397 united the kingdoms of Norway , Denmark , and Sweden .
The Antofagasta Region ( Spanish : Región de Antofagasta , pronounced [ antofaˈɣasta ] ) is one of Chile 's sixteen first-order administrative divisions . It comprises three provinces , Antofagasta , El Loa and Tocopilla . It is bordered to the north by Tarapacá and by Atacama to the south and is the second-largest region of Chile . To the east it borders Bolivia and Argentina . The capital of the region is the port city of Antofagasta , another important city being Calama . The main economic activity is copper mining in the giant porphyry copper systems located inland . Climate is extremely arid albeit somewhat milder near the coast . Nearly all of the region is devoid of vegetation except close to the Loa River or at oasises such as San Pedro de Atacama . Much of the inland is covered by salt flats , tephra and lava flows . The coast exhibits prominent cliffs . The region was sparsely populated by indigenous Changos and Atacameños until massive Chilean immigration in conjunction with a saltpeter boom in the later 19th century . The region used to be Bolivian until the War of the Pacific broke out in 1879 .
Montenegro ( /ˌmɒntɪˈneɪɡroʊ , -ˈniːɡroʊ , -ˈnɛɡroʊ/ ( listen ) ; Montenegrin : Црна Гора , romanized : Crna Gora , [ tsr̩̂ːnaː ɡǒra ] ) is a country of South and Southeast Europe on the coast of the Balkans . It borders Bosnia-Herzegovina to the northwest , Serbia to the northeast , Kosovo [ a ] to the east , Albania to the southeast , the Adriatic Sea to the southwest , and Croatia to the west . Montenegro has an area of 13,812 square kilometres and a population of 620,079 ( 2011 census ) . Its capital Podgorica is one of the twenty-three municipalities in the country . Cetinje is designated as the Old Royal Capital . During the Early Medieval period , three principalities were located on the territory of modern-day Montenegro : Duklja , roughly corresponding to the southern half ; Travunia , the west ; and Rascia proper , the north . In 1042 , archon Stefan Vojislav led a revolt that resulted in the independence of Duklja from the Byzantine Empire and the establishment of the Vojislavljević dynasty . After being ruled by the Nemanjić dynasty for two centuries , the independent Principality of Zeta emerged in the 14th and 15th centuries , ruled by the House of Balšić between 1356 and 1421 , and by the House of Crnojević between 1431 and 1498 , when the name Montenegro started being used for the country . After falling under Ottoman rule , Montenegro regained de facto independence in 1697 under the rule of the House of Petrović-Njegoš , first under the theocratic rule of prince-bishops , before being transformed into a secular principality in 1852 . Montenegro 's de jure independence was recognised by the Great Powers at the Congress of Berlin in 1878 , following the Montenegrin-Ottoman War . In 1905 , the country became a kingdom . After World War I , it became part of Yugoslavia .
The Atacama Region ( Spanish : Región de Atacama , pronounced [ ataˈkama ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . It comprises three provinces : Chañaral , Copiapó and Huasco . It is bordered to the north by Antofagasta , to the south by Coquimbo , to east with Provinces of Catamarca , La Rioja and San Juan of Argentina , and to the west by the Pacific Ocean . The regional capital Copiapó is located at 806 km ( 501 mi ) north of the country 's capital of Santiago . The region occupies the southern portion of the Atacama Desert , the rest of the desert is mainly distributed among the other regions of Norte Grande .
The Coquimbo Region ( Spanish : Región de Coquimbo , pronounced [ koˈkimbo ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . It is approximately 400 kilometres ( 250 mi ) north of the capital , Santiago . The capital and largest city is La Serena , other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre Ovalle .
The Comoros ( /ˈkɒməroʊz/ ( listen ) ; Arabic : جزر القمر , Juzur al-Qumur / Qamar ) , officially the Union of the Comoros ( Comorian : Udzima wa Komori , French : Union des Comores , Arabic : الاتحاد القمري al-Ittiḥād al-Qumurī / Qamarī ) , is an island country in the Indian Ocean located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa between northeastern Mozambique , the French region of Mayotte , and northwestern Madagascar . The capital and largest city in Comoros is Moroni . The religion of the majority of the population is Sunni Islam . As a member of the Arab League , the Comoros is the only country in the Arab world which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere . At 1,660 km2 ( 640 sq mi ) , excluding the contested island of Mayotte , the Comoros is the fourth-smallest African nation by area . The population , excluding Mayotte , is estimated at 832,322 . As a nation formed at a crossroads of different civilisations , the archipelago is noted for its diverse culture and history . The archipelago was first inhabited by Bantu speakers who came from East Africa , supplemented by Arab and Austronesian immigration . The sovereign state is an archipelago consisting of three major islands and numerous smaller islands , all in the volcanic Comoro Islands . The major islands are commonly known by their French names : northwestern-most Grande Comore ( Ngazidja ) , Mohéli ( Mwali ) , and Anjouan ( Nzwani ) . In addition , the country has a claim on a fourth major island , southeastern-most Mayotte ( Maore ) , though Mayotte voted against independence from France in 1974 , has never been administered by an independent Comoros government , and continues to be administered by France ( currently as an overseas department ) . France has vetoed United Nations Security Council resolutions that would affirm Comorian sovereignty over the island .
The Valparaíso Region ( Spanish : Región de Valparaíso , pronounced [ balpaɾaˈiso ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . [ FN 1 ] With the country 's second highest population of 1,790,219 million in 2017 , and fourth smallest area of 16,396.1 km2 ( 6,331 sq mi ) , the region is Chile 's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region to the southeast . Its capital is the port city of Valparaíso , other important cities include Viña del Mar , Quillota , Quilpué , and San Antonio .
Guinea-Bissau ( /ˌɡɪni bɪˈsaʊ/ ( listen ) ; Portuguese : Guiné-Bissau ) , officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( Portuguese : República da Guiné-Bissau [ ʁɛˈpuβlikɐ ðɐ ɣiˈnɛ βiˈsaw ] ) , is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres ( 13,948 sq mi ) with an estimated population of 1,874,303 . It borders Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south-east . Guinea-Bissau was once part of the kingdom of Gabu , as well as part of the Mali Empire . Parts of this kingdom persisted until the 18th century , while a few others were under some rule by the Portuguese Empire since the 16th century . In the 19th century , it was colonised as Portuguese Guinea . Upon independence , declared in 1973 and recognised in 1974 , the name of its capital , Bissau , was added to the country 's name to prevent confusion with Guinea ( formerly French Guinea ) . Guinea-Bissau has a history of political instability since independence , and only one elected president ( José Mário Vaz ) has successfully served a full five-year term . Only about 2% of the population speaks Portuguese , the official language , as a first language and 33% as a second language . As for Creole , the national language , also considered language of unity , 54% of population speak it as a first language and about 52% speaks it as a second language ( According to a study conducted in 2012 pertaining to language policy in Guinea-Bissau ) The remainder speak a variety of native African languages . There are diverse religions in Guinea-Bissau with no one religion having a majority . The CIA World Factbook ( 2008 estimate ) states there are about 40% Muslims , 22% Christians , 15% Animists , and 18% unspecified or other . The country 's per-capita gross domestic product is one of the lowest in the world .
Santiago Metropolitan Region ( Spanish : Región Metropolitana de Santiago ) is one of Chile 's 16 first-order administrative divisions . It is the country 's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation 's capital , Santiago . Most commercial and administrative centers are located in the region , including Chile 's main international airport , Arturo Merino Benítez . With an area of 15,403.2 km2 ( 5,947 sq mi ) and population over 7 million , it is Chile 's smallest by area , most populated and most densely populated region . It is also the country 's only region that does not have a Roman numeral identifier .
Hong Kong ( /ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ/ ( listen ) ; Chinese : 香港 , Cantonese : [ hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People 's Republic of China ( HKSAR ) , is a city and special administrative region on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China . With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities [ d ] in a 1,104-square-kilometre ( 426 sq mi ) territory , Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world . Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island at the end of the First Opium War in 1842 . The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War , and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898 . The territory was returned to China in 1997 . As a special administrative region , Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country , two systems . Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages , the territory has become one of the world 's most significant financial centres and commercial ports . It is the world 's tenth-largest exporter and ninth-largest importer . As one of the world 's leading international financial centres , Hong Kong has a major capitalist service economy characterised by low taxation and free trade , and the currency , Hong Kong dollar , is the eighth most traded currency in the world . Hong Kong hosts the largest concentration of ultra high-net-worth individuals of any city in the world . Although the city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world , there is severe income inequality among its residents . Hong Kong is a highly developed territory and ranks fourth on the UN Human Development Index .
The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region ( Spanish : Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins pronounced [ liβeɾtaˈðoɾ xeneˈɾal βeɾˈnaɾðo oˈçiɣins ] ) , often shortened to O'Higgins Region , is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . It is subdivided into three provinces . It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme , one of Chile 's founding fathers . The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean , to the east by the Republic of Argentina , to the north by the Valparaíso and Santiago Metropolitan Regions , and to the south by the Maule Region . It extends approximately between the parallels of 33° 51 ' and 35° 01 ' south latitude , and between the meridian of 70° 02 ' west longitude and the Pacific Ocean . The capital and largest city of the region is Rancagua . The second major town is San Fernando .
Djibouti ( /dʒɪˈbuːti/ ( listen ) jih-BOO-tee ; Afar : Yibuuti , Arabic : جيبوتي Jībūtī , French : Djibouti , Somali : Jabuuti , officially the Republic of Djibouti ) is a country located in the Horn of Africa . It is bordered by Somalia in the south , Ethiopia in the south and west , Eritrea in the north , and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the east . Across the Gulf of Aden lies Yemen , which does not share a land border with Djibouti . The country has a total area of 23,200 km2 ( 8,958 sq mi ) . The state of Djibouti is predominantly inhabited by two ethnic groups , the Somali and the Afar people , with the former comprising the majority of the population . In antiquity , the territory together with Somalia was part of the Land of Punt . Nearby Zeila , now in Somalia , was the seat of the medieval Adal and Ifat Sultanates . In the late 19th century , the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Somali and Afar sultans with the French and its railroad to Dire Dawa ( and later Addis Ababa ) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden . It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967 . A decade later , the Djiboutian people voted for independence . This officially marked the establishment of the Republic of Djibouti , named after its capital city . The sovereign state joined the United Nations the same year , on 20 September 1977 In the early 1990s , tensions over government representation led to armed conflict , which ended in a power-sharing agreement in 2000 between the ruling party and the opposition .
The Maule Region ( Spanish : Región del Maule , pronounced [ ˈmau̯.le ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . Its capital is Talca . The region derives its name from the Maule River which , running westward from the Andes , bisects the region and spans a basin of about 20,600 km2 . The Maule river is of considerable historic interest because , among other reasons , it marked the southern limits of the Inca Empire .
Cyprus ( /ˈsaɪprəs/ ( listen ) ; Greek : Κύπρος [ ˈcipros ] ; Turkish : Kıbrıs [ ˈkɯbɾɯs ] ) , officially the Republic of Cyprus ( Greek : Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία , lit . Cypriot Republic ; Turkish : Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti , lit . Republic of Cyprus ) , is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean , located south of Turkey , west of Syria and Lebanon , north of Israel , the Gaza Strip ( Palestinian region ) and Egypt , and southeast of Greece . The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC . Archaeological remains from this period include the well-preserved Neolithic village of Khirokitia , and Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world . Cyprus was settled by Mycenaean Greeks in two waves in the 2nd millennium BC . As a strategic location in the Middle East , it was subsequently occupied by several major powers , including the empires of the Assyrians , Egyptians and Persians , from whom the island was seized in 333 BC by Alexander the Great . Subsequent rule by Ptolemaic Egypt , the Classical and Eastern Roman Empire , Arab caliphates for a short period , the French Lusignan dynasty and the Venetians , was followed by over three centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 ( de jure until 1914 ) . Cyprus was placed under the UK 's administration based on the Cyprus Convention in 1878 and was formally annexed by the UK in 1914 . While Turkish Cypriots made up 18% of the population , the partition of Cyprus and creation of a Turkish state in the north became a policy of Turkish Cypriot leaders and Turkey in the 1950s . Turkish leaders for a period advocated the annexation of Cyprus to Turkey as Cyprus was considered an extension of Anatolia by them ; while , since the 19th century , the majority Greek Cypriot population and its Orthodox church had been pursuing union with Greece , which became a Greek national policy in the 1950s . Following nationalist violence in the 1950s , Cyprus was granted independence in 1960 .
The Biobío Region ( Spanish : Región del Biobío [ ˌbi.oˈβi.o ] ) , is one of Chile 's sixteen first-order administrative divisions . With a population of 1.5 million people , it is divided into three provinces : Arauco , Biobío and Concepción . In the Bio Bio , Concepción is the capital and largest city . Other important cities include Coronel , Hualpén , Los Ángeles , and Talcahuano .
North Macedonia [ c ] ( officially the Republic of North Macedonia ; [ d ] before 2019 : Macedonia ) , is a country in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe . It is one of the successor states of Yugoslavia , from which it declared independence in September 1991 . A landlocked country , North Macedonia has borders with Kosovo [ e ] to the northwest , Serbia to the northeast , Bulgaria to the east , Greece to the south , and Albania to the west . It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical region of Macedonia . The capital and largest city , Skopje , is home to roughly a quarter of the nation 's 2.06 million inhabitants . The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians , a South Slavic people . Albanians form a significant minority at around 25% , followed by Turks , Romani , Serbs , Bosniaks , and Aromanians . The history of the region dates back to antiquity , beginning with the kingdom of Paeonia , presumably a mixed Thraco-Illyrian polity . In the late sixth century BC , the area was incorporated into the Persian Achaemenid Empire , then annexed by the kingdom of Macedonia in the fourth century BC . The Romans conquered the region in the second century BC and made it part of the much larger province of Macedonia . Τhe area remained part of the Byzantine Empire , but was often raided and settled by Slavic tribes beginning in the sixth century of the Christian era . Following centuries of contention between the Bulgarian , Byzantine , and Serbian Empire , it was part of the Ottoman dominion from the mid-14th until the early 20th century , when following the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 , the modern territory of North Macedonia came under Serbian rule .
The Araucanía ( /ˌærɔːˈkeɪniə/ ARR-aw-KAY-nee-ə [ citation needed ] ) , Araucanía Region ( Spanish : Región de La Araucanía pronounced [ aɾau̯kaˈni.a ] ) is one of Chile 's 16 first-order administrative divisions , and comprises two provinces : Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south . Its capital and largest city is Temuco ; other important cities include Angol and Villarrica . Chile did not incorporate the lands of the Araucanía Region until the 1880s , when it occupied the area to end resistance by the indigenous Mapuche by both military and political means . This opened up the area for Chilean and European immigration and settlement . In the 1900-1930 period , the population of Araucanía grew considerably , as did the economy despite recessions striking the rest of Chile . Araucanía became one of the principal agricultural districts of Chile , gaining the nickname of granary of Chile . The administrative Araucanía Region was established in 1974 , in what was the core of the larger historic region of Araucanía . In the 21st century , Araucanía is Chile 's poorest region in terms of GDP per capita . About a third of the region 's population is ethnic Mapuche , the highest proportion of any Chilean region . The Araucanía Region has been the main location of the confrontations of the ongoing Mapuche conflict , as the Mapuche have pressed their land claims against the central government .
The Los Ríos Region ( Spanish : XIV Región de Los Ríos , pronounced [ loz ˈri.os ] , lit . Region of the Rivers ) is one of Chile 's 16 regions , the country 's first-order administrative divisions . Its capital is Valdivia . It began to operate as a region on October 2 , 2007 , having been created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile . It consists of two provinces : Valdivia and the newly created Ranco Province , which was formerly part of Valdivia Province .
The Bahamas ( /bəˈhɑːməz/ ( listen ) ) , known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas , is a country within the Lucayan Archipelago in the West Indies . It is a member of the Commonwealth Realms under the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II . The archipelagic state consists of more than 700 islands , cays , and islets in the Atlantic Ocean , and is located north of Cuba and Hispaniola Island ( Haiti and the Dominican Republic ) , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands , southeast of the U.S. state of Florida , and east of the Florida Keys . The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence . The Royal Bahamas Defence Force describes the Bahamas ' territory as encompassing 470,000 km2 ( 180,000 sq mi ) of ocean space . The Bahamas were inhabited by the Lucayans , a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taíno people , for many centuries . Columbus was the first European to see the islands , making his first landfall in the 'New World ' in 1492 . Later , the Spanish shipped the native Lucayans to slavery on Hispaniola , after which the Bahama islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648 , when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera . The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718 , when the British clamped down on piracy . After the American Revolutionary War , the Crown resettled thousands of American Loyalists to the Bahamas ; they took their slaves with them and established plantations on land grants . African slaves and their descendants constituted the majority of the population from this period on . The slave trade was abolished by the British in 1807 ; slavery in the Bahamas was abolished in 1834 .
Los Lagos Region ( Spanish : Región de Los Lagos pronounced [ loz ˈlaɣos ] , lit . Region of the Lakes ) is one of Chile 's 16 regions , which are first order administrative divisions , and comprises four provinces : Chiloé , Llanquihue , Osorno and Palena . The region contains the country 's second largest island , Chiloé , and the second largest lake , Llanquihue . Historically , the Huilliche have called this territory between Bueno River and Reloncaví Sound Futahuillimapu , meaning great land of the south . Its capital is Puerto Montt ; other important cities include Osorno , Castro , Ancud , and Puerto Varas . The mainland portion of Los Lagos Region south of Reloncaví Sound ( Palena Province ) is considered part of Patagonia . Los Lagos Region economy is dominated by the service sector but based in fishing , salmon aquaculture , forestry and cattle farming . Tourism is economically important in Andes where ski resorts , hot springs and recreational fishing are popular offers . The region hosts Monte Verde , one of the oldest archaeological sites of the Americas . The largest indigenous group of the region are the Huilliche who lived in the area before the arrival of the Spanish . The Spanish crown settled Chiloé Archipelago in 1567 while the rest of the region begun to be slowly colonized by non-indigenous people only in the late 18th century . In the 1850s Germans arrived to colonize the shores of Llanquihue Lake under a Chilean state-sponsored program .
Guyana ( /ɡaɪˈɑːnə/ or /ɡaɪˈænə/ ) , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana , is a country on the northern mainland of South America . It is the only English speaking country in South America , and is culturally considered part of the Anglophone-Caribbean sphere . In addition it is one of the founding member countries of the Caribbean Community organization ( CARICOM ) . Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north , Brazil to the south and southwest , Venezuela to the west , and Suriname to the east . With an area of 215,000 square kilometres ( 83,000 sq mi ) , Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state on mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname . The region known as the Guianas consists of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the land of many waters . Major rivers in Guyana include the Essequibo , the Berbice , and the Demerara . Originally inhabited by many indigenous groups , Guyana was settled by the Dutch before coming under British control in the late 18th century . It was governed as British Guiana , with a mostly plantation-style economy until the 1950s . It gained independence in 1966 , and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970 . The legacy of British rule is reflected in the country 's political administration and diverse population , which includes Indian , African , Amerindian , and multiracial groups . Guyana is the only South American nation in which English is the official language .
The Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region ( Spanish : Región de Aysén , pronounced [ ai̯ˈsen ] , or XI Región de Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo ) , often shortened to Aysén Region or Aisén , is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . Although the third largest in area , the region is Chile 's most sparsely populated region with a population of 102,317 as of 2017 . The capital of the region is Coihaique , the region 's former namesake . The landscape is marked by several glaciations that formed many lakes , channels and fjords . The region contains icefields including the Northern Patagonian Ice Field and the Southern Patagonian Ice Field , the world 's third largest after those in Antarctica and Greenland . Laguna San Rafael National Park , reachable only by boat or plane , is one of the region 's most popular tourist destinations . Until the construction of Route 7 ( the Carretera Austral , or Southern Highway ) in the 1980s , the only overland routes from north to south through the region were extremely primitive tracks .
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ( /ˌɡrɛnəˈdiːnz/ ( listen ) ) is a multi island Anglo-Caribbean country in the Lesser Antilles island arc , in the southeast Windward Islands , which lies in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean . The sovereign state is also frequently known simply as Saint Vincent . Its 389 km2 ( 150 sq mi ) territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines , a chain of 32 smaller islands . Some of the Grenadines are inhabited - Bequia , Mustique , Union Island , Canouan , Palm Island , Mayreau , Young Island - while others are not : Tobago Cays , Petit Saint Vincent , Baliceaux , Bettowia , Quatre , Petite Mustique , Savan and Petit Nevis . Most of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines lies within the Hurricane Alley . To the north of Saint Vincent lies Saint Lucia , to the east is Barbados , and Grenada lies to the south . Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a densely populated country for its size ( over 300 inhabitants/km2 ) with approximately 110,211 inhabitants . Kingstown is the capital and main port . Saint Vincent has a British colonial history , and is now part of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States , CARICOM , the Commonwealth of Nations , the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC ) .
The Magallanes Region ( locally [ maɣaˈʝanes ] ) , officially the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region ( Spanish : Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena ) , is one of Chile 's 16 first order administrative divisions . It is the southernmost , largest , and second least populated region of Chile . It comprises four provinces : Última Esperanza , Magallanes , Tierra del Fuego , and Antártica Chilena . Magallanes 's geographical features include Torres del Paine , Cape Horn , Tierra del Fuego island , and the Strait of Magellan . It also includes the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile . Despite its large area , much of the land in the region is rugged or closed off for sheep farming , and is unsuitable for settlement . 80% of the population lives in the capital Punta Arenas , a major market city and one of the main hubs for Antarctic exploration . The main economic activities are sheep farming , oil extraction , and tourism . It is also the region with the lowest poverty level in Chile ( 5.8% ) ; households in Magallanes have the highest income of any region in Chile . Since 2017 , the region has had its own time zone . It uses the summer time for the whole year ( UTC−3 ) .
Curaçao ( /ˈkjʊərəsoʊ , -saʊ , ˌkjʊərəˈsoʊ , -ˈsaʊ/ KEWR-əss-oh , -⁠ow , -⁠OH , -⁠OW , Dutch : [ kyraːˈsʌu , kur- ] ( listen ) ; Papiamento : Kòrsou [ ˈkɔrsɔu̯ ] ) is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region , about 65 km ( 40 mi ) north of the Venezuelan coast . It is a constituent country ( Dutch : land ) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Together with Aruba and Bonaire it forms the ABC islands . Collectively , Curaçao and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean . The country was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony in 1815-1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles in 1954-2010 , as Island Territory of Curaçao ( Dutch : Eilandgebied Curaçao , Papiamento : Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou ) and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao ( Dutch : Land Curaçao , Papiamento : Pais Kòrsou ) . It includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller , uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ( Little Curaçao ) . Curaçao has a population of 158,665 ( January 2019 est . ) and an area of 444 km2 ( 171 sq mi ) ; its capital is Willemstad .
Chile ( /ˈtʃɪli/ ( listen ) , /ˈtʃɪleɪ/ ; Spanish : [ ˈtʃile ] ) , [ nb 2 ] officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish : República de Chile ( help·info ) ) , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west . It borders Peru to the north , Bolivia to the northeast , Argentina to the east , and the Drake Passage in the far south . Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández , Salas y Gómez , Desventuradas , and Easter Island in Oceania . Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres ( 480,000 sq mi ) of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory . [ nb 3 ] , The arid Atacama Desert in northern Chile contains great mineral wealth , principally copper and lithium . The relatively small central area dominates in terms of population and agricultural resources , and is the cultural and political center from which Chile expanded in the late 19th century when it incorporated its northern and southern regions . Southern Chile is rich in forests and grazing lands , and features a string of volcanoes and lakes . The southern coast is a labyrinth of fjords , inlets , canals , twisting peninsulas , and islands . Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century , replacing Inca rule in the north and centre , but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile . After declaring its independence from Spain in 1818 , Chile emerged in the 1830s as a relatively stable authoritarian republic . In the 19th century , Chile saw significant economic and territorial growth , ending Mapuche resistance in the 1880s and gaining its current northern territory in the War of the Pacific ( 1879-83 ) after defeating Peru and Bolivia . In the 1960s and 1970s , the country experienced severe left-right political polarization and turmoil .
Burkina Faso ( UK : /bɜːrˌkiːnə ˈfæsoʊ/ , US : /- ˈfɑːsoʊ/ ( listen ) ; French : [ buʁkina faso ] ) , officially the Republic of Burkina Faso ( Mossi : Repibilik báága Burkĩna Faso ) , is a landlocked country in West Africa . It covers an area of around 274,200 square kilometres ( 105,900 sq mi ) and is surrounded by six countries : Mali to the north ; Niger to the east ; Benin to the southeast ; Togo to the southeast ; Ghana to the south ; and Ivory Coast to the southwest . The July 2019 population estimate by the United Nations was 20,321,378 . The countrys official language of government and business is French . Roughly 50% of the population speaks the Mossi language natively . Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta ( 1958-1984 ) , the country was renamed Burkina Faso on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara . Its citizens are known as Burkinabé ( /bɜːrˈkiːnəbeɪ/ bur-KEE-nə-bay ) . Its capital is Ouagadougou . The Republic of Upper Volta was established on 11 December 1958 as a self-governing colony within the French Community , and on 5 August 1960 it gained full independence , with Maurice Yaméogo as President . After protests by students and labour union members , Yaméogo was deposed in the 1966 coup d'état , led by Sangoulé Lamizana , who became President . His rule coincided with the Sahel drought and famine , and facing problems from the country 's traditionally powerful trade unions he was deposed in the 1980 coup d'état , led by Saye Zerbo . Encountering resistance from trade unions again , Zerbo 's government was overthrown in the 1982 coup d'état , led by Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo .