The
IV Coquimbo Region is one of
ChileChile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains 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...
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s. It is some 400 km north of the capital,
SantiagoSantiago , is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the centre of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m AMSL...
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The capital and largest city is La Serena, other important cities include the seaport
CoquimboCoquimbo is a port city and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo lies in a valley 10 km south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than 400,000 inhabitants...
and the agricultural centre.
OvalleOvalle is a city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile, founded in 1831 as a settlement of more than 113,000 people. The name Ovalle was chosen to honor to Chile's late vice-president José Tomás Ovalle...
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The Coquimbo Region forms the narrowest part, or 'waist' of Chile, and is hence one of the country's more mountainous regions, as the
AndesThe Andes are the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America...
range runs closer to the sea than elsewhere.
IV Región de Coquimbo
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ElquiElqui is a province in the Chilean region of Coquimbo. The provincial capital is La Serena. The province has an area of 16,895.1 km², and has 365,371 inhabitants.- Municipalities in the province of Elqui :*Andacollo*Coquimbo*La Higuera*La Serena...
Limarí-Comunas:The province is composed by 5 comunas:*Ovalle*Río Hurtado*Monte Patria*Combarbalá*Punitaqui...
ChoapaChoapa Province is one of the provinces making up the Coquimbo Region of Chile. It has an area of 10,079.8 km² and a population of 81,681. The capital of the province is the town of Illapel. The current governor is Gisella Mateluna Gambo....
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Area
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Ranked 7th
40,579.9 km²
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Population
- 2002 Census
- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Ranked 8th
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The
IV Coquimbo Region is one of
ChileChile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains 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...
's 15 first order
administrative division| align="right" style="background:transparent;"| |align="right"| |}Administrative divisions are divisions of a political division. In other words, they are designated portions of a country. They are also called subnational entities. They are each granted a certain degree of autonomy, and...
s. It is some 400 km north of the capital,
SantiagoSantiago , is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the centre of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m AMSL...
.
The capital and largest city is La Serena, other important cities include the seaport
CoquimboCoquimbo is a port city and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo lies in a valley 10 km south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than 400,000 inhabitants...
and the agricultural centre.
OvalleOvalle is a city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile, founded in 1831 as a settlement of more than 113,000 people. The name Ovalle was chosen to honor to Chile's late vice-president José Tomás Ovalle...
.
Geography and ecology
The Coquimbo Region forms the narrowest part, or 'waist' of Chile, and is hence one of the country's more mountainous regions, as the
AndesThe Andes are the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America...
range runs closer to the sea than elsewhere. The region has notable marine species as well as taxa that are associated with the mountainous regions. With respect to marine organisms, the upwelling areas encourage bioproductivity off of this Pacific Coast area of Chile.
In the southern mountainous areas of the Coquimbo Region, the rare and endangered Chilean Wine Palm is found, whose habitat is threatened by human
overpopulationOverpopulation is a condition where an organism's numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance, the term usually refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, the Earth....
in the region and associated
deforestationDeforestation is the clearance of naturally occurring forests by the processes of logging and/or burning of trees in a forested area. There are several reasons deforestation occurs: trees or derived charcoal can be sold as a commodity and used by humans, while cleared land is used as pasture,...
for residential expansion and agriculture.
The Elqui Valley is home to a number of astronomical observatories, owing to the region's clear skies. It is also home to a 600-meter-long dam, the Puclaro, which confines the
Elqui RiverThe Elqui River is born in the west Andes, flowing into the Pacific Ocean, crossing the Chilean city of La Serena, is a wine and pisco producing area. Vicuña, its main town, was the home of Nobel Laureate poet Gabriela Mistral....
and produces a reservoir of some seven km in length.
Economy
This region is a very popular travel destination. Visitors are mainly attracted to its long beaches, many of fine white sand, bathed by a calm sea, and the region’s pleasant climate.
Along with tourism, the province's main industries are agriculture and fishing.
The Los Pelambres copper mine, near
SalamancaSalamanca is a Chilean city and commune in Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region. It is located 30 km east of Illapel, the province's administrative center, and 316 km north of Santiago, Chile...
in Choapa is one of the largest in the world with some 2,100 million tonnes of reserves.
Printed Press
The first
newspaperA newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the...
published in this region was El Minero de Coquimbo,in 1828.In La Serena is published the newspaper El Día (founded on April 1,1944) and the Weekly Tiempo (founded on 13 November 1993), while in the Coquimbo is printed
La RegiónLa Región is a daily newspaper in the city and province of Ourense, in the Southeastern part of Galicia, an autonomous community of Spain. Founded in 1910, most of its stock still belongs to the founding Outeiriño family...
(founded on April 13, 2004 ) and the newspaper El Ovallino in Ovalle (founded on October 15, 1989).
TV
In television
TVNTVN may be:*TVN ; the only thorougbred horse racing channel in Australia*TVN ; public broadcaster*TVN Entertainment Corporation; a US cable television company*TVN...
Red Coquimbo began on June 28, 1993, news segments broadcast signal within the country. Then conduct small programs with reports in the local accent.
In cable television, there is CuartaVisión channel in the UHF signal cable 3 VTR and the TV signal 2 open Ovalle, transmitting content regional productions and local customs, traditions, sports, art, etc..
In Ovalle, the council passed on UHF channel 63 of the Cable Color Ovalle TV, originally called "Cultura Televisión." This channel will broadcast news and documentaries from Limarí.
And have now ceased to exist several regional signals as
TelenorteTelenorte was an Chilean Television network which launched in 1966 and closed in 2001. The network had stations in Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta and La Serena.-History:...
launched in the
1960sThe 1960s was the decade that ran from January 1, 1960, to December 31, 1969.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends in the west, particularly United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France,...
, and had a studio in La Serena in 1993, which ended in 1998. The signal issued from Arica continued until 2001, when it was closed forever.
Another regional channel, now gone, was the
Canal 8 UCV TVCanal 8 UCV TV was a Chilean Television Channel which only operated in the Coquimbo Region between 1974 and 2002.-Beginnings:...
. Identified as a local affiliate signal
UCV TVCorporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...
, received support from the
ValparaísoValparaíso is a city in central Chile and one of that country's most important seaports and an increasingly vital cultural center in the hemisphere's Pacific Southwest. The city is the capital of the Region of Valparaíso...
station and, with great technical support, made soap operas and other shows. This channel in 1994 changed to signal the signal 9, until in 2002 finally closed its doors, leaving the memory of more than 25 years of history of local communications.
In La Serena and Coquimbo are captured the following TV signals open:
- TVN
TVN may be:*TVN ; the only thorougbred horse racing channel in Australia*TVN ; public broadcaster*TVN Entertainment Corporation; a US cable television company*TVN...
(4 VHF signal)
- Canal 13
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , generally known as Canal 13 , is the second oldest television station in Chile. It is owned by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the most important Chilean pontifical university...
(VHF signal 13)
- Megavisión
MegaVision is an American company that manufactures high-end digital photographic equipment. It was founded in 1983 to create a state-of-the-art image processing computer...
(11 VHF signal)
- Chilevision
Chilevisión or CHV is the third oldest television channel in Chile. Formerly called Teleonce and RTU , this TV station was owned by University of Chile, a Chilean state university...
(2 VHF signal)
- Red TV
RED TV may refer to:*Red TV, a UK-based television channel*Red Televisión, a Chilean television channel...
(VHF signal 7)
- UCV TV
Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, UCV TV, is the oldest TV channel of Chile. Founded in 1957 , it currently airs in Santiago on channel 5. Its headquarters are in Viña del Mar, Chile where it broadcasts on channel 4 VHF. Also it owns VHF stations in La...
(9 VHF signal)
- Telecanal
Telecanal is a private owned TV channel of Chile. It currently airs in Santiago on VHF channel 2. It mostly airs american films and TV series, and some original entertainment TV shows.-Controversy:...
(5 VHF signal)
Notable people
- Nobel Laureate poet Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945...
was a native of VicuñaVicuña is a city in northern Chile founded during the government of Bernardo O'Higgins, to secure sovereignty over the Elqui Valley. The famous Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral was born there in 1889. This city is a commune in Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile...
, in the Elqui Valley, a PiscoPisco is a South American liquor distilled from grapes. Developed by Spanish settlers in the sixteenth century, it takes its name from the conical pottery in which it was originally aged, which was also the name of one of the sites where it was produced: Pisco, in the Viceroyalty of Peru...
producing area, noted for its beauty.
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