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Each region was given a Roman numeral, followed by a name (e.g. IV Región de Coquimbo, read as "fourth region of Coquimbo" in Spanish).When the regional structure was created, Roman numerals were assigned in ascending order from north to south, with the northernmost region designated as I (first) and the southernmost region as XII (twelfth).
For the interior government and administration within the State, the territory of the republic has been divided into 16 regions (regiones), 56 provinces (provincias) and 346 communes (comunas) since the 1970s process of reform, made at the request of the National Commission on Administrative Reform (Comisión Nacional de la Reforma ...
The top-level administrative division in Chile is the region. There are 16 in total. There are 16 in total. Each provincial presidential delegation ( delegación presidencial provincial ) is headed by a provincial presidential delegate ( delegado presidencial provincial ) appointed by the President .
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... History of Chile by region (16 C) Regional intendants of Chile ... Tarapacá Region; Tierra del Fuego; V.
It borders Peru's Department of Tacna to the north, Bolivia's La Paz and Oruro departments to the east and Chile's Tarapacá Region to the south. Arica y Parinacota is the 5th smallest, the 3rd least populous and the 6th least densely populated of the regions of Chile. Arica is the region's capital and largest city.
Sources: National Statistics Office (Chile area data, Chile's population); Wikipedia's List of countries and dependencies by population density (country comparison). Note: It does not include the internationally unrecognized Chilean Antarctic Territory , annexed to the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region and totalling 1,250,000 square ...
From the latitude of the Michinmahuida volcano southwards, a well-defined western longitudinal valley, occupied by the Carretera Austral, divides the Andes into two chains, the eastern being the main chain, to which belong mountains Ventisquero Sur, Barros Arana and Alto Nevado, while the western chain, broken into imposing blocks, contains several high volcanic peaks such as Corcovado ...
Köppen climate types in the O'Higgins Region. In pre-Quaternary times extensive Nothofagus forests covered much of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region.[8]The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region is part of the very restricted range of the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis; in prehistoric times this Chilean endemic tree had a significantly larger range.