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Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

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Chile

Chile ,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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A town is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an urban entity possessing between 2,001 and 5,000 inhabitants—or between 1,001 and 2,000 inhabitants, with an economically active population of 50% or more. This list is based on a June 2005 report by the INE based on the 2002 census, which registered 274 towns across the country, however only 269 of them are shown here. (Note: The higher number is based on the number given in the regional summary provided by the INE report. The lower number is based on a manual count of the report. The discrepancies are found in the Valparaíso Region (report: 31 / manual count: 28), the O'Higgins Region (report: 39 / manual count: 38) and the Los Ríos and Los Lagos Region combined (report: 31 / manual count: 30).)

Tarapacá Region

Tarapacá Region

The I Tarapacá Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department on the east, the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The port city of Iquique The I Tarapacá...

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• Pica
  Pica, Chile
  Pica is a Chilean town and commune in Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region. Situated in the inland of the Atacama Desert on an oasis, Pica is famous for its small and unusually acidic lemons. The town has a communal spring with a surface temperature of 40 °C, which makes it a popular bath place in...
  
  
• Collaguasi
• La Tirana
  La Tirana
  La Tirana is a Chilean town in the commune of Pozo Almonte in El Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region. The town lies in an oasis in the middle of the Pampa del Tamarugal, about 72 km inland from the port of Iquique....
  
  

Antofagasta Region

Antofagasta Region

The II Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's fifteen first-order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla...

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• Cerro Moreno
• Juan López
• Hornitos
• San Pedro de Atacama
  San Pedro de Atacama
  San Pedro de Atacama is a Chilean town and commune in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. It is located east of Antofagasta, some 106 km southeast of Calama and the Chuquicamata copper mine, overlooking the Licancabur volcano. It features a significant archeological museum, the R. P...
  
  

Atacama Region

Atacama Region

The Atacama Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Chañaral, Copiapó and Huasco. It is bordered to the north by Antofagasta, to the south by Coquimbo, to east with Provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan of Argentina, and to west with...

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• Bahía Inglesa
  Bahía Inglesa
  Bahia Inglesa is a village and beach located near the port of Caldera in Atacama Region, Chile.With a population of 135 inhabitants , it owes its name to the visit of the English privateer Edward Davis. Bahia Inglesa is renowned for its white sands and warm waters, as well as its accommodations...
  
  
• Loreto
• Puerto Viejo
• El Salado
• Flamenco
• Portal del Inca
• Freirina
  Freirina
  Freirina is a Chilean commune and town in Huasco Province, Atacama Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute, Freirina had 5,666 inhabitants; of these, 3,469 lived in urban areas and 2,107 in rural areas. At that time,...
  
  

Coquimbo Region

Coquimbo Region

The IV Coquimbo Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is some 400 km north of the capital, Santiago.The capital and largest city is La Serena, other important cities include the seaport Coquimbo and the agricultural centre...

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• Las Tacas
• Tongoy
• Guanaqueros
  Guanaqueros
  Guanaqueros is a Chilean town in the commune of Coquimbo, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region. It is located 12 kilometers from Tongoy. It is a fishermen's cove, which spreads along the eastern rim of the Cerro Guanaqueros , and with its houses built facing to the north in the direction of the Pacific...
  
  
• Puerto Velero
• La Higuera
  La Higuera, Chile
  La Higuera is a town and commune in Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the east by the Atacama Region, and the south by the communes of Vicuña and La Serena....
  
  
• Canela Baja
• Pichidangui
  Pichidangui
  Pichidangui is a Chilean coastal town in the commune of Los Vilos in Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region, near the border with Valparaíso Region. The town has a significant amount of tourism due to its beaches. It is a popular destination for various windsports enthusiasts, thanks to the abundant wind...
  
  
• Quilimarí Alto
• Chillepín
• Guamalata
• La Chimba
• Sotaquí
• Chañaral Alto
• Punitaqui
  Punitaqui
  Punitaqui is a town and commune of Chile in the Limarí Province.-History:Punitaqui was once part of the Ovalle Department before the administrative restructuring of 1976.-1997 earthquake:...
  
  

Valparaíso Region

Valparaíso Region

The V Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's third highest population of 1,539,852 million in 2002 and third smallest area of , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region...

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• Laguna Verde
  Laguna Verde, Chile
  Laguna Verde is a Chilean town in the commune of Valparaíso in Valparaíso Province, Valparaíso Region. The town itself is small and quiet, feeling quite removed from hustle and bustle of nearby Valparaiso. Attractions include secluded beaches and miles of old logging roads perfect for mountain...
  
  
• Quintay
• San Juan Bautista
  San Juan Bautista, Chile
  San Juan Bautista is the main town in the Juan Fernández Islands. Some sources say it was founded in 1877 while give an earlier date of 1750. It is located on Cumberland Bay on the centre of the north-east coast of Robinson Crusoe Island....
  
  
• Maitencillo
• Puchuncaví
  Puchuncaví
  Puchuncaví is a town and commune in the Valparaíso Province of central Chile's fifth region of Valparaíso. It spans a coastal area of .-History:...
  
  
• Hanga Roa
  Hanga Roa
  Hanga Roa is the main town, harbour and capital of the Chilean province of Easter Island. It is located in the southern part of the island's west coast, in the lowlands between the extinct volcanoes of Terevaka and Rano Kau....
  
  
• San Rafael
• Placilla
• Valle Hermoso
• Los Quinquelles
• Pichicuy
• Los Molles
• Artificio
• Papudo
  Papudo
  Papudo is a Chilean commune located in the Petorca Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Papudo has 4,608 inhabitants . Of these, 4,343 lived in urban areas and 265 in rural areas...
  
  
• Pullalli
• Chincolco
• Petorca
  Petorca
  Petorca is a Chilean town and commune located in the Petorca Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Petorca has 9,440 inhabitants . Of these, 4,535 lived in urban areas and 4,905 in rural areas...
  
  
• Zapallar
  Zapallar
  Zapallar is a Chilean town and commune located in the Petorca Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Zapallar has 5,659 inhabitants . Of these, 4,744 lived in urban areas and 915 in rural areas...
  
  
• La Laguna de Zapallar
• Catapilco
• San Pedro
• El Yeco
• Mirasol
• Las Brisas
  Las Brisas
  Las Brisas is a town in the state of Miranda, Venezuela....
  
  
• Algarrobal-Punta El Olivo
• Curimón
• Panquehue
  Panquehue
  Panquehue is a Chilean town and commune in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province, Valparaíso Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Panquehue spans an area of and has 6,567 inhabitants . Of these, 2,904 lived in urban areas and 3,663 in rural areas...
  
  
• El Llano

O'Higgins Region

O'Higgins Region

The VI O'Higgins Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is subdivided into three provinces. It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, one of Chile's founding fathers....

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• La Compañía
  La Compañía
  La Compañía is a Chilean town in the communes of Graneros and Codegua in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region....
  
  
• Coinco
  Coinco
  Coinco is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 6,385 and has an area of .-Demographics:...
  
  
• Coltauco
  Coltauco
  Coltauco is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. According to the 2002 census, the commune population was 16,228 and has an area of 224.7 km².-Demographics:...
  
  
• Loreto-Molino
• Parral de Purén
• El Manzano
• Sewell
  Sewell, Chile
  Sewell is an uninhabited Chilean mining town located in the commune of Machalí in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region, on the slopes of the Andes, at an altitude between 2,000 and 2,250 metres. The town was founded in 1904 by the Braden Copper Co. to extract the copper in the El Teniente mine,...
  
  
• Coya
• Pelequén
  Pelequén
  Pelequén is a Chilean town located in the district of Malloa, O'Higgins Region. Pelequén is 41 km southwest of the city of Rancagua. The town's economy is based mainly on wine production and handicrafting. Pelequén is famous for the religious festivity in honor of Saint Rose of Lima, whose...
  
  
• Malloa
  Malloa
  Malloa is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Malloa spans an area of and has 12,872 inhabitants . Of these, 4,709 lived in urban areas and 8,163 in rural areas...
  
  
• Angostura
• La Punta
• Olivar Alto
• Pichidegua
  Pichidegua
  Pichidegua is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Pichidegua spans an area of and has 17,756 inhabitants . Of these, 4,965 lived in urban areas and 12,791 in rural areas...
  
  
• Rosario
• Esmeralda
• Los Lirios
• El Tambo
• Rastrojos
• Cáhuil
  Cáhuil
  Cáhuil is a Chilean village located south of Pichilemu, in the outfall of Nilahue Lake, in the O'Higgins Region. Cáhuil means "seagull's place" in Mapudungun language. The economy is based on the production of coastal salt, oysters, and choros...
  
  
• La Estrella
  La Estrella, Chile
  La Estrella is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, La Estrella spans an area of and has 4,221 inhabitants . Of these, 1,380 lived in urban areas and 2,841 in rural areas...
  
  
• Costa de Sol
• Litueche
  Litueche
  Litueche is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Litueche spans an area of and has 5,526 inhabitants . Of these, 2,479 lived in urban areas and 3,047 in rural areas...
  
  
• Marchihue
  Marchihue
  Marchihue, also known as Marchigüe, is a Chilean town and commune in the Cardenal Caro Province of Chile's sixth region of O'Higgins.-Demographics:...
  
  
• La Boca
• La Vega de Pupuya
• Paredones
  Paredones
  Paredones is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Paredones spans an area of and has 6,695 inhabitants . Of these, 2,195 lived in urban areas and 4,500 in rural areas...
  
  
• Bucalemu
  Bucalemu
  Bucalemu is a Chilean town, located from Pichilemu, in the Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region. It belongs to the Paredones commune and, according to the 1992 census, Bucalemu has 1,532 inhabitants....
  
  
• Angostura
• Chépica
  Chépica
  Chépica is a Chilean town and commune in Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Chépica spans an area of and has 13,857 inhabitants . Of these, 6,949 lived in urban areas and 6,908 in rural areas...
  
  
• Auquinco
• Tinguiririca
  Tinguiririca, Chile
  Tinguiririca is a Chilean town in the commune of Chimbarongo in Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region....
  
  
• San Enrique de Romeral
• Lolol
  Lolol
  Lolol is a Chilean commune and town in Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region. Lolol was founded in 1830.-History:...
  
  
• Cunaco
• Peralillo
  Peralillo
  Peralillo is a Chilean town and commune in Colchagua Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Peralillo spans an area of and has 9,729 inhabitants . Of these, 5,882 lived in urban areas and 3,847 in rural areas...
  
  
• Población
  Poblacion
  A Poblacion or Población, literally "town" or "Population" in Spanish, is the name commonly used for the central barangay or barangays of a Philippine city or municipality. Common features of the poblacion include a town plaza, church, market, school and town hall. It is sometimes shortened to...
  
  
• Placilla

Maule Region

Maule Region

The VII Maule Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region takes its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a basin of about 20,600 km2...

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• Panguilemo
• Huilquilemu
• Santa Olga
• Los Pellines
• Curepto
  Curepto
  Curepto is a town and commune in the Chilean Province of Talca, located in the VII Maule Region. The commune spans an area of .-Culture:The town has many examples of Chilean rural colonial architecture. Its parish church is a quintessential example of a traditional religious building in the...
  
  
• Empedrado
• Maule
• Chacarillas
• Pelarco
  Pelarco
  Pelarco is a town and commune in Talca Province, Maule Region of Chile. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, Pelarco had 7,266 inhabitants; of these, 1,822 lived in urban areas and 5,444 in rural areas. At that time, there...
  
  
• Pencahue
  Pencahue
  Pencahue is a town and commune in Chile, located in Talca Province, in the seventh region of Maule. The commune spans and area of .Also there are another three places called Pencahue, near to San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Sexta Región, Chile...
  
  
• Cumpeo
• San Rafael
• Chanco
• Pelluhue
  Pelluhue
  Pelluhue is a town and commune in the Cauquenes Province of central Chile's eighth region of Maule.-Geography:...
  
  
• Quilicura
• Sarmiento
• Villa Los Niches
• San Alberto
• Licantén
  Licantén
  Licantén is a town within the Licantén commune, administered by the Municipality of Licantén within the Curicó Province in the Maule Region of Chile. The commune also include the coastal town of Iloca.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Iloca
  Iloca
  The Iloca was a 35mm rangefinder camera produced from 1952 to 1959 by Wilhelm Witt of Hamburg. The name "Rapid" came from the adoption of a rapid winding lever. Sold very successful in the 1950s through the Sears mail order catalogue in the USA....
  
  
• Itahue Uno
• Rauco
  Rauco
  Rauco is a Chilean town and commune in Curicó Province, Maule Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute, Rauco commune had 8,566 inhabitants 4,364 men and 4,202 women. Of these, 3,114 lived in urban areas and 5,452 in...
  
  
• Romeral
  Romeral
  Romeral is a Chilean town and commune in Curicó Province, Maule Region. The commune spans and area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of Population and Housing by the National Statistics Institute, the Romeral commune had 12,707 inhabitants; of these, 3,675 lived in urban areas and...
  
  
• Sagrada Familia
• Villa Prat
• Lago Vichuquén
• Llico
• Vara Gruesa
• Las Obras
• Colbún
  Colbún
  Colbún is a Chilean town and commune in Linares Province, Maule Region. The commune has a population of over 17,000 inhabitants and covers an area of , making it the province's largest. Its capital, the town of Colbún, has 3,679 inhabitants...
  
  
• Panimávida
• Retiro
  Retiro, Chile
  Retiro is a town and commune in Chile, located in Linares Province, in the seventh region of Maule.-Geography:Retiro is located to the south of Santiago, to the south of the city of Linares , and 15 km to the north of the city of Parral...
  
  
• Copihue
• Bobadilla
  Bobadilla
  Bobadilla is a surname of Spanish origin said to stem from the Arabic-Islamic origins of Abou Abdillah. The name refers to:*Aldo Bobadilla , Paraguayan professional football player...
  
  
• Yerbas Buenas
  Yerbas Buenas
  Yerbas Buenas is a Chilean town and commune in Linares Province, Maule Region. It lies in the geographical center of the country, on the fertile central plain, some south of the national capital of Santiago, south of Talca, the regional capital and north of Linares, the provincial...
  
  

Biobío Region (46)

• Florida
  Florida, Chile
  Florida is a Chilean town and commune located in the Concepción Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Florida spans an area of and has 10,177 inhabitants . Of these, 3,875 lived in urban areas and 6,302 in rural areas...
  
  
• Talcamávida
  Talcamávida
  Talcamávida is a town in the commune of Hualqui in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is located on the north bank of the Bio Bio River across from Santa Juana on the opposite shore. It occupied a plain along the river 42 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean that is part of a small valley surrounded by...
  
  
• Caleta Tumbes
• Dichato
  Dichato
  Dichato is a town along the coast of Chile, part of the municipality of Tomé in the northest part of Greater Concepción. At the 2002 census it had 3,057 residents...
  
  
• Rafael
  Rafael, Chile
  Rafael is a town in the commune of Tomé, in Concepción Province, in the Biobío Region of Chile.- History :Originally a crossroads on the Camino Real between Concepcion and Chillan and Santiago. It was first the site of a mill on the Pingueral River...
  
  
• Santa Rosa
• Laraquete
  Laraquete
  Laraquete is a Chilean town in Arauco, Arauco Province, Biobío Region. It is located at the mouth of the Laraquete River about 50 kilometers south of the Chilean city of Concepción....
  
  
• Carampangue
  Carampangue
  Carampangue is a small town in Biobío Region, Chile. The town is approximately 50 kilometers south of the regional capital, Concepción, and a borders the towns of Arauco and Ramadillas....
  
  
• Contulmo
  Contulmo
  Contulmo is a Chilean town and commune in Arauco Province, Biobío Region. Colonized by Germans of Berlin since 1884.-Geography:...
  
  
• Antiguala
• Tirúa
  Tirúa
  Tirúa is a Chilean commune and town in Arauco Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Tirúa spans an area of and has 9,664 inhabitants . Of these, 2,508 lived in urban areas and 7,156 in rural areas...
  
  
• San Carlos de Purén
• Millantú
• Santa Fé
• Villa Génesis
• Antuco
• Negrete
  Negrete
  Negrete is a Chilean town and commune in Biobío Province, Biobío Region. It is bordered by the commune of Los Ángeles to the north, Renaico to the south, Mulchén to the east and Nacimiento to the west....
  
  
• Coihue
• Quilaco
  Quilaco
  Quilaco is a Chilean town and commune located in the Biobío Province, Biobío Region. The commune spans an area of .-History:Quilaco has two accepted meanings: "Three waters" or "Quila in the water". The town has its roots in the Mapuche and Spanish races, as produced with the arrival of Franciscan...
  
  
• Quilleco
  Quilleco
  Quilleco is a Chilean town and commune located in the Biobío Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quilleco spans an area of and has 10,428 inhabitants . Of these, 5,486 lived in urban areas and 4,942 in rural areas...
  
  
• Las Canteras
• Villa Mercedes
• Tucapel
  Tucapel
  Tucapel is a town and commune in the Arauco Province, Biobío Region, Chile. It was once a region of Araucanía named for the Tucapel River. The name of the region derived from the rehue and aillarehue of the Moluche people of the area between the Lebu and the Lleulleu Rivers, who were famed for...
  
  
• Estación Yumbel
• Ralco
• Quinchamalí
• Santa Clara
• Cobquecura
  Cobquecura
  Cobquecura is a town and commune in the Ñuble Province of Chile's eighth region of Biobío . The town is located on the northwest Pacific coast of the Ñuble Province about southwest of the national capital of Santiago.On February 27, 2010 Cobquecura was the epicenter of the huge earthquake and...
  
  
• El Carmen
  El Carmen, Chile
  El Carmen is a Chilean commune and town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, El Carmen spans an area of and has 12,845 inhabitants . Of these, 4,426 lived in urban areas and 8,419 in rural areas...
  
  
• Ninhue
  Ninhue
  Ninhue is a Chilean commune and town in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ninhue spans an area of and has 5,738 inhabitants . Of these, 1,433 lived in urban areas and 4,305 in rural areas...
  
  
• San Gregorio
  San Gregorio, Chile
  San Gregorio is Chilean town and commune located in northeast coast of the Strait of Magellan and is part of Magallanes Province and Region. The commune is administered by the municipality in Punta Delgada, the principal settlement. At the site of Primera Angostura, located within the commune, a...
  
  
• Pemuco
  Pemuco
  Pemuco is a Chilean town and commune in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Pemuco spans an area of and has 8,821 inhabitants . Of these, 3,844 lived in urban areas and 4,977 in rural areas...
  
  
• Pinto
  Pinto, Chile
  Pinto is a Chilean town and commune in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region. It is bordered by the commune of Coihueco to the north, Chillán and San Ignacio to the west, and El Carmen and Antuco to the south...
  
  
• Recinto-Los Lleuques
• Portezuelo
  Portezuelo
  Portezuelo is a Chilean town and commune located in the Ñuble Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Portezuelo spans an area of and has 5,470 inhabitants . Of these, 1,750 lived in urban areas and 3,720 in rural areas...
  
  
• Villa Las Mercedes
• Ñipas
• Villa Illinois
• Cachapoal
  Cachapoal
  Cachapoal , is a village located in the municipality of San Carlos, in Ñuble Province, Bío-Bío Region, Chile....
  
  
• San Fabián de Alico
  San Fabián de Alico
  San Fabián de Alico is a town in San Fabián, Ñuble Province, Bío-Bío Region....
  
  
• San Ignacio
• Pueblo Seco
• San Nicolás
  San Nicolás, Chile
  San Nicolás is a Chilean town and commune in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Nicolás spans an area of and has 9,741 inhabitants . Of these, 3,428 lived in urban areas and 6,313 in rural areas...
  
  
• Puente Ñuble
• Treguaco
  Treguaco
  Treguaco, also spelled as Trehuaco, is a Chilean town and commune in Ñuble Province, Biobío Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:...
  
  
• Campanario

Araucanía Region

Araucanía Region

The IX Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south....

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• Trovolhue
• Los Laureles
• Curarrehue
  Curarrehue
  Curarrehue is a town and commune in Cautín Province of Araucanía Region, Chile. The origin of Curarrehue dates back to the occupation of Araucanía and the Conquest of the Desert by the Chilean and Argentine army respectively in the 1870s and 1880s when Mapuches were pushed by the Argentine Army...
  
  
• Quepe
• Galvarino
  Galvarino
  Galvarino is a Chilean town and commune , part of Cautín Province, in the Araucanía Region.The town, named for the Mapuche warrior Galvarino, was founded on April 22, 1882 within the frame of the occupation of Araucanía by general Gregorio Urrutia, next to river Quillem as a fort of . Its...
  
  
• Lastarria
• Pillanlelbún
• Huiscapi
• Melipeuco
  Melipeuco
  Melipeuco is a town and commune in Chile, located at the foot of the Andes, in the Province of Cautín, Araucanía Region. Melipeuco is from the southern entrance of the Conguillío National Park. The Nevados de Sollipulli, an ice-filled volcanic caldera surrounded by numerous hot water springs and...
  
  
• Perquenco
  Perquenco
  Perquenco is a town and commune in southern Chile's Araucanía Region. The town was declared capital of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia by Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, but soon after it was occupied by Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez who was in charge of the Chilean occupation of the...
  
  
• Playa Negra
• Puerto Saavedra
• Barros Arana
• Teodoro Schmidt
• Gualpín
• Nueva Toltén
  Nueva Toltén
  Nueva Toltén is a Chilean town in Toltén commune, Cautín Province, Araucania Region. It is located near the mouth of Toltén River that drains Villarrica Lake. Nueva Toltén was founded after the original community, Toltén, was destroyed by the tsunami of the Great Chilean Earthquake.Its has 2293...
  
  
• Queule
  Queule
  Queule is a Chilean town in the commune of Toltén in Cautín Province, Araucanía Region....
  
  
• Vilcún
  Vilcún
  Vilcún is a Chilean town and commune in Cautín Province, Araucanía Region. The town is an important gateway for tourists visiting Conguillío National Park and Llaima volcano....
  
  
• Cherquenco
• Cajón
• Licán Ray
  Licán Ray
  Licán Ray is a Chilean town and resort area, located on the shore of Calafquén Lake within the commune of Villarrica, Cautín Province, Araucanía Region.Nearby, fossils have been found in Triassic rocks of the Panguipulli Formation....
  
  
• Ñancul
• Cholchol
  Cholchol
  Cholchol is a Chilean town and commune located in Cautín Province, Araucanía Region. The commune was created by Law 19,944 on April 22, 2004 by dividing off the northern area of the existing Nueva Imperial commune.-Demographics:...
  
  
• Mininco
• Ercilla
• Pailahueque
• Lonquimay
  Lonquimay
  Lonquimay is a town and commune in the Malleco Province of southern Chile's Araucanía Region.- Transport :It is the terminus of an abandoned broad gauge railway project which supporters cited as the most practical railway route through the Andes to Argentina, but which lacks a link between...
  
  
• Los Sauces
  Los Sauces
  Los Sauces is a Chilean town and commune in the Malleco Province, Araucanía Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Los Sauces spans an area of and has 7,581 inhabitants . Of these, 3,638 lived in urban areas and 3,943 in rural areas...
  
  
• Lumaco
  Lumaco
  Lumaco is a town and commune in Malleco Province in the Araucanía Region of Chile. Its name in Mapudungun means "water of luma". Lumaco is located to northeast of Temuco and from Angol...
  
  
• Capitán Pastene
  Capitán Pastene
  Capitán Pastene is a town formed by Italian immigrants, located in the commune of Lumaco in the Araucanía Region of Chile.-History:Several houses recall the days of the earliest settlers of the 87 families, with nearly 770 members, who arrived in 1904 and 1905 from Modena in two successive...
  
  
• Tijeral

Los Ríos Region

Los Ríos Region

The XIV Los Ríos Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. Pop. 356,396 . It began to operate as region on October 2, 2007. It was created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile...

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• Niebla
  Niebla, Chile
  Niebla is a coastal Chilean town close to the city of Valdivia, Valdivia Province, Los Lagos Region. Niebla is located on the northern edge, at the mouth of the Valdivia River, across from Corral. Niebla's beach and folk market are popular tourist destinations during the summer, together with the...
  
  
• Corral
• Llifén
  Llifén
  Llifén is a town in the commune of Futrono on the shores of Ranco Lake located near the mouth of Calcurrupe River....
  
  
• Nontuela
• Lago Ranco
  Lago Ranco, Chile
  Lago Ranco is a town and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Lago Ranco. It is located in Ranco Province in Los Ríos Region...
  
  
• Malalhue
  Malalhue
  Malahue is a town in the commune of Lanco located northwest of Panguipulli, Chile. The main economic activity of the zone is the manufacturing of oriented strand boards at Louisiana-Pacific's a manufacturing plant near the town. The town lies along the 203-CH route that connects Panguipulli with...
  
  
• Máfil
  Máfil
  Máfil is a town and commune of the Valdivia Province, Los Ríos Region in southern Chile, about 30 km northeast of Valdivia...
  
  
• Mehuín
  Mehuín
  Mehuín is a Chilean town and harbour, located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of Lingue River. Administratively it belongs to the San José de la Mariquina commune in Valdivia Province of Los Ríos Region....
  
  
• Coñaripe
  Coñaripe
  Coñaripe is a Chilean town and resort area, located on the shore of Calafquén Lake. Administratively it belongs to Panguipulli commune in Valdivia Province of Los Ríos Region....
  
  
• Liquiñe
  Liquiñe
  Liquiñe is a town in Liquiñe Valley, in Panguipulli commune, Valdivia Province, Chile. The area around the village is home to South America's densest collection of hot springs. There are literally hundred of sites where geothermal waters flow up out of the earth. The water emerges from the ground...
  
  
• Neltume
  Neltume, Chile
  Neltume is a Chilean town in Panguipulli commune, of Los Ríos Region. It lies along the 203-CH route to Huahum Pass into Argentina. The town's main economic activities are forestry and, more recently, tourism since the Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve was created in 1999...
  
  

Los Lagos Region

Los Lagos Region

Los Lagos Region is one of Chile's 15 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains the country's second largest island, Chiloé, and the second largest lake, Llanquihue.Its capital is Puerto Montt;...

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• Alerce
• Los Pellines
• Maullín
  Maullín
  Maullín is Chilean town and commune in Llanquihue Province which is part of Los Lagos Region. The commune is located in at the outflow of Maullín River.-History:In 1674, there was a group of soldiers Basques in the present position of the commune...
  
  
• Carelmapu
• Nueva Braunau
• Chonchi
  Chonchi
  Chonchi is a Chilean town and commune located in Los Lagos Region. Chonchi is a truly rural community. The country people have given a distinct form to its valleys, hills and waterways...
  
  
• Dalcahue
  Dalcahue
  Dalcahue is a port town and a commune on Chiloé Island, Los Lagos Region, Chile.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute, the Dalcachue commune spans an area of and had 10,693 inhabitants; of these, 4,933 lived in urban areas and 5,760 in rural areas. At...
  
  
• Queilén
  Queilén
  Queilén is a town and commune in the Archipelago of Chiloé in southern Chile. It covers a portion of the southeast of the Greater Island of Chiloé, between the communes of Chonchi, Quellón, Tranqui Island and Acuy Island...
  
  
• Quemchi
  Quemchi
  Quemchi is a Chilean town and commune in Los Lagos Region, located in the eastern shore of Chiloé Island. It acquired certain celebrity because the famous Chilean writer Francisco Coloane was born nearby the town.-History:...
  
  
• Achao
• Puerto Octay
  Puerto Octay
  Puerto Octay is a town and commune located on the north shore of Llanquihue Lake in Los Lagos Region in the south of Chile. It was settled by German colonists in 1852. Puerto Octay was an important port with regular traffic to Puerto Varas before the coming of railway in 1912.-History:Its origin...
  
  
• Las Cascadas
• Corte Alto
• Entre Lagos
  Entre Lagos
  Entre Lagos is the main town of Puyehue commune in Osorno Province of Los Lagos Region, Chile. It is located west of Osorno on the shores of Puyehue Lake close to Pilmaiquén River that drains the lake...
  
  
• Bahía Mansa-Muicolpue
• San Pablo
  San Pablo, Chile
  San Pablo is a Chilean town and commune located in the Osorno Province in the Los Lagos Region. It is located 27 km from the city and provincial capital of Osorno. The commune is mostly rural. Its activity is almost entirely agricultural and ranching...
  
  
• Chaitén
  Chaitén
  Chaitén is a Chilean town, commune and former capital of the Palena Province in Los Lagos Region. The town is located north of the mouth of Yelcho River, on the east coast of the Gulf of Corcovado...
  
  
• Futaleufú
  Futaleufú, Chile
  Futaleufú is a Chilean town and commune located in Palena Province, Los Lagos Region. The commune is named after Futaleufú River. Due to the eruption of Chaitén Volcano and the subsequent destruction of Chaitén, Futaleufú has been the capital of Palena Province since March 2009. The town is close...
  
  
• Río Negro
  Río Negro, Chile
  Río Negro is a Chilean city and commune in Osorno Province, Los Lagos Region, 38 km to the south of Osorno and 6 km of 5 Route the South...
  
  

Aisén Region (6)

• Villa Mañiguales
• Puerto Chacabuco
  Puerto Chacabuco
  Puerto Chacabuco is a Chilean town in Aisén commune. Administratively it belongs to Aisén Province in Aisén Region and is located at the head of Aisén Fjord...
  
  
• Puerto Cisnes
  Puerto Cisnes
  Puerto Cisnes is a town and seaport in Cisnes commune, Aisén Province, Aisén Region in the Chilean Patagonia. The town is located at the outflow of Cisnes River....
  
  
• Melinka
• Cochrane
  Cochrane, Chile
  Cochrane is a Chilean town and commune in Capitán Prat Province of the Aisén Region. According to the 2002 census it has a population of 2,867. The urban population in 2002 was 2,217 and the rural population was 650....
  
  
• Chile Chico
  Chile Chico
  Chile Chico is a town in General Carrera Province, Aisén Region, Patagonia, Chile. It is located on the south shore of General Carrera Lake...
  
  

Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region (2)

• Puerto Williams
  Puerto Williams
  Puerto Williams is a Chilean port, located on Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. It is the capital of the Chilean Antarctic Province, one of four provinces located in the Magellan and Chilean Antartica Region...
  
  
• Porvenir

Santiago Metropolitan Region

Santiago Metropolitan Region

Santiago Metropolitan Region or simply Metropolitan Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago...

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• El Colorado
  El Colorado
  El Colorado is a settlement in northern Argentina. It is located in Formosa Province....
  
  
• La Parva
  La Parva
  La Parva is a town and ski resort located about northeast of the Chilean capital of Santiago. It is in the middle ridge of the "3 Valleys" resorts that also includes El Colorado and Valle Nevado....
  
  
• El Maitén
  El Maitén
  El Maitén is a town in Argentina in Cushamen Department on the margins of the Chubut River, on the northwest of Chubut Province, in Patagonia. In older times it was the intermediate point in the railroad tracks of the Old Patagonian Express between the towns of Ingeniero Jacobacci and Esquel.-...
  
  
• El Principal
• San Alfonso
• El Ingenio
• Santa Marta de Liray
• Chicureo
• Las Canteras
• Estación Colina
• Santa Sara
• Huertos Familiares
• Lo Herrera
• El Rulo
• Valdivia de Paine
• Viluco
• San Ignacio
• Huelquén
• Pintué-La Guachera
• Champa
• Bollenar
• Pomaire
  Pomaire
  Pomaire is a Chilean town in the commune of Melipilla in Melipilla Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Abundant natural clay in the hills surrounding the town bolstered a thriving pottery industry in the community....
  
  
• Villa Alhué
• María Pinto
  María Pinto
  María Pinto is a town and commune of the Melipilla Province in central Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, María Pinto spans an area of and has 10,343 inhabitants . Of these, 1,654 lived in urban areas and 8,689 in...
  
  

Source

• Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas - June 2005.

External links

• National Statistics Institute (INE)