Regions o Chile

Chile is dividit intae 15 regions (in Spaingie, regiones; singular región), that is the kintra's first-level admeenistrative diveesion. Ilka region is heidit bi an intendant (intendente), appynt bi the Preses, an an indirectly-electit govrenment kent as regional buird (consejo regional).

Regions are dividit intae provinces (seicont-level admeenistrative diveesion), ilk o thaim heidit bi a govrenor (gobernador), appointit bi the Preses. Thare 54 provinces at a slump. Provinces is faur dividit intae communes (third an laichest level admeenistrative diveesion), that is govrened bi municipalities.

Namin

Ilka region is gien a Roman numeral, follaeed bi a name (e.g. IV Región de Coquimbo, read as "fowert region o Coquimbo" in Spaingie). Whan the regional structur wis creatit, Roman numerals wur assigned in ascendin order frae north tae sooth, wi the northmaist region designatit as I (first) an the soothmaist region as XII (twalt). The Santiago Metropolitan Region, locate in the centre o the kintra an hame tae the kintra's caipital Santiago, wis excluded frae this namin scheme an gien insteid the initials RM, staundin for Región Metropolitana ("Metropolitan Region" in Spaingie). Wi the creation o regions XIV in the sooth an XV in the north (XIII is no uised) in 2007, the north-sooth Roman numeral order wis broken.

History o the regional structur

The current admeenistrative diveesions o Chile wur creatr in 1974 an leemit tae 13 regions (this limitation wis eliminatit in 2005 via a constitutional reform). Aforehaun, Chile wis dividit intae 25 provinces, that wur faur dividit intae depairtments, an then intae communes. The new territorial organisation wis implementit in phases wi some initial "pilot regions" beginnin tae operate in 1974, extendin the process on 1 Januar 1976 tae the rest o the kintra. The Santiago Metropolitan Region began tae operate in Aprile 1980.

In December 2006, twa new regions wur creatit: the northren Arica an Parinacota Region, bi takkin oot the twa northmaist provinces frae the Tarapacá Region; an Los Ríos Region in the sooth, encompassin the provinces o Valdivia, umwhile pairt o the Los Lagos Region, an Ranco, umwhile pairt o Valdivia.^[1] Baith regions became operative in October 2007.

Leet o regions

Key	Name (Scots/Spaingie)	Caipital	Aurie (km²)	Population
XV	Arica y Parinacota Región de Arica y Parinacota	Arica	16,898.6	189,644
I	Tarapacá Región de Tarapacá	Iquique	41,799.5	238,950
II	Antofagasta Región de Antofagasta	Antofagasta	126,049.1	493,984
III	Atacama Región de Atacama	Copiapó	75,176.2	254,336
IV	Coquimbo Región de Coquimbo	La Serena	40,579.9	603,210
V	Valparaíso Región de Valparaíso	Valparaíso	16,396.1	1,539,852
VI	O'Higgins Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Rancagua	16,387	780,627
VII	Maule Región del Maule	Talca	30,296.1	908,097
VIII	Biobío Región del Biobío	Concepción	37,062.6	1,861,562
IX	Araucanía Región de la Araucanía	Temuco	31,842.3	869,535
XIV	Los Ríos Región de Los Ríos	Valdivia	18,429.5	356,396
X	Los Lagos Región de Los Lagos	Puerto Montt	48,584.5	716,739
XI	Aysén Región Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo	Coihaique	108,494.4	91,492
XII	Magallanes an Antártica Chilena Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena	Punta Arenas	132,297.2	150,826
RM	Santiago Metropolitan Región Metropolitana de Santiago	Santiago	15,403.2	6,061,185

Note: Populations are frae the 2002 Census.^[2]

See an aw

References

↑ La Nación Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "About Chile". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Archived frae the original on 26 Mairch 2020. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2010.

[1] La Nación Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

[CINVER-RM-2] "About Chile". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Archived frae the original on 26 Mairch 2020. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2010.

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