Regions of Chile

Chile is divided into 15 regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular región), which are the first-level administrative division in the country. Each region is ruled by an intendant (intendente), designated by the President, and a body elected indirectly known as regional board (consejo regional).

Regions are divided into provinces (second-level administrative division), each of them ruled by a governor (gobernador), designated by the President too. There are 54 provinces, in total. Provinces are further divided into communes or comunas (third and lowest level administrative division), which are governed by municipalities.

 List of regions 

  CodeRegionCapitalProvincesComunasArea(km²)Population(2015)90pxXV  Arica and Parinacota Arica 2 4 16,873.3 239,126I Tarapacá Iquique 2 7 42,225.8 336,769II Antofagasta Antofagasta 3 9 126,049.1 622,640III Atacama Copiapó 3 9 75,176.2 312,486IV Coquimbo La Serena 3 15 40,579.9 77,1085V Valparaíso Valparaíso 8 38 16396.1 1,825,757RM Santiago Santiago 6 52 15,403.2 7,314,176VI O'Higgins Rancagua 3 33 16,387.0 918,751VII Maule Talca 4 30 30,296.1 1,042,989VIII Bío Bío Concepción 4 54 37,068.7 2,114,286IX Araucanía Temuco 2 32 31,842.3 989,798XIV Los Ríos Valdivia 2 12 18,429.5 404,432X Los Lagos Puerto Montt 4 30 48,583.6 841,123XI Aysén Coihaique 4 10 108,494.4 108,328XII Magallanes Punta Arenas 4 11 132,297.2 164,661


Regions