Valparaíso Region

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

The capital of the region is the city of Valparaiso, an important Chilean seaport. Other important cities are Viña del Mar, Quillota, Quilpué and Villa Alemana.

History
Valparaíso was made a province in 1842. In January 1928, Valparaíso was made part of the new province of Aconcagua but in 1936 was made again a province. In 1974, with the creation of the Regions of Chile, Valparaíso became one of the Chilean regions.

Geography
The Valparaíso region borders the Coquimbo region to the north, Argentina and Santiago Metropolitan Region on the east, the Santiago Metropolitan Region region on the south, the O'Higgins region on the southwestern and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

The three main rivers are:
 Petorca,  long.
 La Ligua,  long.
 Aconcagua,  long.

Population
, there were (estimated) 1,825,757 persons living in the region, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city in the region is Viña del Mar, with 286, 931 inhabitants (2002 census). The capital of the region, Valparaíso, had in 2002 263,499 inhabitants.

Administration
The Valparaíso region is divided in eight provinces:

+ Valparaíso Region - Provinces and comunas Provinces Capital Code Comunas Area(km²) Population(2002) Density Valparaíso(051) Valparaíso 05101 Valparaíso 401.6 275,982  05102 Casablanca 952.5 21,874   05103 Concón 76.0 32,273   05104 Juan Fernández 147.5 633  05105 Puchuncaví 299.9 12,954  05107 Quintero 147.5  21,174  05109 Viña del Mar 121.6 286,931  Total of the Valparaíso province 2,146.6 651,821  Isla de Pascua(052) Hanga Roa 05201 Isla de Pascua   3,791 Total of the Isla de Pascua province 163.6 3,791  Los Andes(053) Los Andes 05301 Los Andes 1,248.3 60,198  05302 Calle Larga 321.7 10,393  05303 Rinconada 122.5 6,692  05304 San Esteban 1,361.6 14,400  Total of the Los Andes province 3,054.1 91,683  Petorca(054) La Ligua  05401 La Ligua 1,163.4 31,987  05402 Cabildo 1,455.3 18,916  05403 Papudo 165.6 4,608  05404 Petorca 1,516.6 9,440  05405 Zapallar 288.0 5,659  Total of the Petorca province 4,588.9 70,610  Quillota(055) Quillota  05501 Quillota 302.0 75,916  05502 La Calera 60.5 49,503  05503 Hijuelas 267.2 16,014  05504 La Cruz 78.2 12,851  05506 Nogales 405.2 21,633  Total of the Quillota province 1,113.1 175,917  San Antonio(056) San Antonio  05601 San Antonio 404.5 87,205  05602 Algarrobo 175.6 8,601  05603 Cartagena 245.9 16,875  05604 El Quisco 50.7 9,467  05605 El Tabo 98.8 7,028  05606 Santo Domingo 536.1 7,418  Total of the San Antonio province 1,511.6 136,594  San Felipe de Aconcagua(057) San Felipe  05701 San Felipe 185.9 64,126  05702 Catemu 361.6 12,112  05703 Llaillay 349.1 21,644  05704 Panquehue 121.9 6,567  05705 Putaendo 1,474.4 14,649  05706 Santa María 166.3 12,813  Total of the San Felipe province 2,659.2 131,911  Marga MargaThe province of Marga Marga was created in 2010 with 2 communes of Valparaíso, Quilpué and Villa Alemana, and 2 communes of the province of Quillota, Limache and Olmué.(058) Quilpué  05801 Quilpué 536.9 128,578  05802 Limache 293.8 39,219  05803 Olmué 231.8 14,105  05804 Villa Alemana 96.5 95,623  Total of the Marga Marga province 1,159.0 277,525  Total of the region 16,396.1 1,539,852 

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Related pages
Regions of Chile

References

Other websites

 Territorial division of Chile 
Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website