Illapel
Illapel is a Chilean city; it is the capital of the Choapa province, Coquimbo region. It is in the most narrow point of the country along a parallel, .
Geography
The commune of Illapel has an area of . It is to the north of Santiago at and to the northeast of the seaport city of Los Vilos at .
The commune is bordered on the north by the Combarbala and Monte Patria (a small part) communes, both of the Limari province, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Salamanca and Los Vilos communes, and on the west by the Canela commune.
The city of Illapel is along the Illapel river, a tributary of the Choapa river, that is long.
Population
(last national census), there were 30,355 people living in the commune, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km2.
The city of Illapel has an urban area of and a population, in 2002, of 21,826 inhabitants.
Related pages
Communes of Chile
Provinces of Chile
References
Other websites
Territorial division of Chile
Gobierno Regional de Coquimbo Official website
Province of Choapa website
Cities in Chile