Coquimbo Region

The **IV Coquimbo Region** () is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.

The capital of the region is the city of La Serena; it is at  north of Santiago, the capital of the country. Other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre Ovalle.

## History

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

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.

The three main rivers are Elqui, Limarí and Choapa.

## Population

, there were (estimated) 771,085 persons living in the region, for a population density of  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.

## Administration

The Coquimbo region is divided in three provinces: Choapa, Elqui and Limarí.

|Provinces|Capital|Code|Comunas|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=6 valign="top"|Elqui (041)|rowspan=6 valign="top"|Coquimbo|04101|**8** La Serena|align="right"|1,892.8|align="right"|160,148|
|04102|**6** Coquimbo|align="right"|1,429.3|align="right"|163,036|||||
|04103|**5** Andacollo|align="right"|310.3|align="right"|10,288|||||
|04104|**7** La Higuera|align="right"|4,158.2|align="right"|3,721|||||
|04105|**9** Paihuano|align="right"|1,494.7|align="right"|4,168|||||
|04106|**10** Vicuña|align="right"|7,609.8|align="right"|24,010|||||
|colspan=4 align="right"|**Total of the Elqui province**|align="right"|16,895.1|align="right"|365,371|||||
|rowspan=4 valign="top"|Choapa (042)|rowspan=4 valign="top"|Illapel|04201|**2** Illapel|align="right"|2,629.1|align="right"|30,355|
|04202|**1** Canela|align="right"|2,196.6|align="right"|4,379|||||
|04203|**3** Los Vilos|align="right"|1,860.6|align="right"|17,453|||||
|04204|**4** Salamanca|align="right"|3,445.3|align="right"|24,494|||||
|colspan=4 align="right"|**Total of the Choapa province**|align="right"|10,131.6|align="right"|81,681|||||
|rowspan=5 valign="top"|Limarí (043)|rowspan=5 valign="top"|Ovalle|04301|**13** Ovalle|align="right"|3,834.5|align="right"|98,089|
|04302|**11** Combarbalá|align="right"|1,895.9|align="right"|13,483|||||
|04303|**12** Monte Patria|align="right"|4,366.3|align="right"|30,276|||||
|04304|**14** Punitaqui|align="right"|1,339.3|align="right"|9,539|||||
|04305|**15** Río Hurtado|align="right"|2,117.2|align="right"|4,771|||||
|colspan=4 align="right"|**Total of the Limarí province**|align="right"|13,553.2|align="right"|156,158|||||
|colspan=4|**Total of the region**|align="right"|**40,579.9**|align="right"|**603,210**|||||

## Related pages

- Regions of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de Coquimbo Official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Coquimbo Region
- **native name**: Región de Coquimbo
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Regions of Chile, Region of Chile
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: La Serena, Chile, La Serena
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **parts type**: Provinces of Chile, Provinces
- **parts**: Elqui Province, Elqui, Limarí Province, Limarí, Choapa Province, Choapa
- **leader title**: Intendant
- **leader name**: Lucía Pinto
- **leader party**: Independent Democratic Union, UDI
- **image skyline**: Montaje de la Región de Coquimbo (202012160).png
- **image caption**: <small>_Montage of Coquimbo Region_</small>
- **image flag**: Flag of Coquimbo Region, Chile.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **flag alt**: Flag of Coquimbo Región - Chile
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Coquimbo Region, Chile.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of Arms of Coquimbo Región - Chile
- **image map**: Coquimbo in Chile 2018.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Map of Coquimbo Región - Chile
- **area total km2**: 40579.9
- **area rank**: 7
- **elevation max m**: 6216
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **population total**: 742178
- **population as of**: 2013 census
- **population rank**: 8
- **population density km2**: auto
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI (2019)
- **blank info sec1**: 0.830

- **website**: [http://www.gorecoquimbo.gob.cl/ Official website]
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:CL, CL-CO