List of cities in Chile

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This is a list of cities in Chile.

A city is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an "urban entity" [note 1] with more than 5,000 inhabitants. This list is based on a June 2005 report by the INE based on the 2002 census which registered 239 cities across the country. [1]

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Complete list of cities by region

Largest urban agglomerations

This list includes conurbations, "absorptions" and cities with over 100,000 inhabitants, according to the 2017 census.

Urban EntityRegionPopulation (2017) [2]
1 Greater Santiago Metropolitana de Santiago 6,139,087
2 Greater Valparaíso Valparaíso 935,602
3 Greater Concepción Biobío 719,944
4 Greater La Serena Coquimbo 399,450
5 Antofagasta Antofagasta 348,517
6 Greater Temuco Araucanía 312,503
7 Greater Iquique Tarapacá 293,068
8 Greater Rancagua O'Higgins 290,029
9 Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas Los Lagos 238,175
10 Greater Talca Maule 236,347
11 Arica Arica y Parinacota 202,131
12 Greater Chillán Ñuble 191,629
13 Calama Antofagasta 157,575
14 Coronel and Lota Biobío 155,329
15 Copiapó Atacama 150,804
16 Valdivia Los Ríos 150,048
17 Greater Quillota Valparaíso 149,159
18 Osorno Los Lagos 147,666
19 Los Ángeles Biobío 143,023
20 Curicó Maule 125,275
21 Punta Arenas Magallanes 123,403
22 San Antonio Valparaíso 118,668

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ An "urban entity" is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute as a concentrated group of dwellings with over 2,000 inhabitants, or between 1,001 and 2,000 inhabitants if 50% or more of its population is economically active, dedicated to secondary and/or tertiary activities. Exceptionally, populated centers dedicated to tourism and recreation with over 250 concentrated dwellings and that do not meet the population requirement are considered urban.
  2. ↑ Urban entity with less than 5,001 inhabitants, which is not part of a conurbation, yet still considered a city, possibly to account for census omission.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Entity with 5,000 or less inhabitants that is part of a larger city from a neighboring commune.

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References

  1. ↑ Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas – June 2005.
  2. ↑ "Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos". Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

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