Municipalities of Chile

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A municipality is the legal entity responsible for running the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile called a (comuna) or commune. Each municipality is governed by a directly-elected body (municipalidad), consisting of one mayor (alcalde) and a group of councillors (concejales), for a period of four years. Chilean law provides for grouping several communes together for administration by a single municipality. As of 2007 the communes of Antártica, Chile and Cabo de Hornos are the only group administered by a single municipality — Cabo de Hornos.

Chile's 345 municipalities operate within 53 provinces^[1] (, which are themselves part of 15 regions.

Contents 1 List of municipalities 1.1 I - Tarapacá Region 1.1.1 Iquique Province 1.1.2 Arica Province 1.1.3 Parinacota Province 1.2 II - Antofagasta Region 1.2.1 Antofagasta Province 1.2.2 El Loa Province 1.2.3 Tocopilla Province 1.3 III - Atacama Region 1.3.1 Copiapó Province 1.3.2 Chañaral Province 1.3.3 Huasco Province 1.4 IV - Coquimbo Region 1.4.1 Elqui Province 1.4.2 Choapa Province 1.4.3 Limarí Province 1.5 V - Valparaíso Region 1.5.1 Valparaíso Province 1.5.2 Isla de Pascua Province 1.5.3 Los Andes Province 1.5.4 Petorca Province 1.5.5 Quillota Province 1.5.6 San Antonio Province 1.5.7 San Felipe de Aconcagua Province 1.6 VI - O'Higgins Region 1.6.1 Cachapoal Province 1.6.2 Cardenal Caro Province 1.6.3 Colchagua Province 1.7 VII - Maule Region 1.7.1 Talca Province 1.7.2 Cauquenes Province 1.7.3 Curicó Province 1.7.4 Linares Province 1.8 VIII - Bío-Bío Region 1.8.1 Concepción Province 1.8.2 Arauco Province 1.8.3 Biobío Province 1.8.4 Ñuble Province 1.9 IX - Araucanía Region 1.9.1 Cautín Province 1.9.2 Malleco Province 1.10 X - Los Lagos Region 1.10.1 Llanquihue Province 1.10.2 Chiloé Province 1.10.3 Osorno Province 1.10.4 Palena Province 1.10.5 Valdivia Province 1.11 XI - Aysen Region 1.11.1 Coyhaique Province 1.11.2 Aisén Province 1.11.3 Capitán Prat Province 1.11.4 General Carrera Province 1.12 XII - Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region 1.12.1 Magallanes Province 1.12.2 Antártica Province 1.12.3 Tierra del Fuego Province 1.12.4 Última Esperanza Province 1.13 RM - Santiago Metropolitan Region 1.13.1 Santiago Province 1.13.2 Cordillera Province 1.13.3 Chacabuco Province 1.13.4 Maipo Province 1.13.5 Melipilla Province 1.13.6 Talagante Province 2 Notes

[edit] List of municipalities

[edit] I - Tarapacá Region

[edit] Iquique Province

• Iquique: Administers the commune of Iquique which contains the city of Iquique, the village of Chanavayita, and 23 hamlets.
• Camiña
• Colchane
• Huara
• Pica: Administers the commune of Pica, which contains the towns of Pica and Collaguasi, villages of Matilla and Quebrada Blanca and 5 hamlets.
• Pozo Almonte
• Alto Hospicio

[edit] Arica Province

• Arica
• Camarones

[edit] Parinacota Province

• Putre
• General Lagos

[edit] II - Antofagasta Region

[edit] Antofagasta Province

• Antofagasta
• Mejillones
• Sierra Gorda
• Taltal

[edit] El Loa Province

• Calama
• Ollagüe
• San Pedro de Atacama

[edit] Tocopilla Province

• Tocopilla
• María Elena

[edit] III - Atacama Region

[edit] Copiapó Province

• Copiapó
• Caldera
• Tierra Amarilla

[edit] Chañaral Province

• Chañaral
• Diego de Almagro

[edit] Huasco Province

• Vallenar
• Alto del Carmen
• Freirina
• Huasco

[edit] IV - Coquimbo Region

[edit] Elqui Province

• La Serena
• Coquimbo
• Andacollo
• La Higuera
• Paiguano
• Vicuña

[edit] Choapa Province

• Illapel
• Canela
• Los Vilos
• Salamanca

[edit] Limarí Province

• Ovalle
• Combarbalá
• Monte Patria
• Punitaqui
• Río Hurtado

[edit] V - Valparaíso Region

[edit] Valparaíso Province

• Valparaíso
• Casablanca
• Concón
• Juan Fernández
• Puchuncaví
• Quilpué
• Quintero
• Villa Alemana
• Viña del Mar

[edit] Isla de Pascua Province

• Isla de Pascua: Administers the commune of Isla de Pascua which contains the town of Hanga Roa and 1 hamlet.

[edit] Los Andes Province

• Los Andes
• Calle Larga
• Rinconada
• San Esteban

[edit] Petorca Province

• La Ligua
• Cabildo
• Papudo
• Petorca
• Zapallar

[edit] Quillota Province

• Quillota
• Calera
• Hijuelas
• La Cruz
• Limache
• Nogales
• Olmué

[edit] San Antonio Province

• San Antonio
• Algarrobo
• Cartagena
• El Quisco
• El Tabo
• Santo Domingo

[edit] San Felipe de Aconcagua Province

• San Felipe
• Catemu
• Llaillay
• Panquehue
• Putaendo
• Santa María

[edit] VI - O'Higgins Region

[edit] Cachapoal Province

• Rancagua
• Codegua
• Coinco
• Coltauco
• Doñihue
• Graneros
• Las Cabras
• Machalí
• Malloa
• Mostazal
• Olivar
• Peumo
• Pichidegua
• Quinta de Tilcoco
• Rengo
• Requínoa
• San Vicente

[edit] Cardenal Caro Province

• Pichilemu
• La Estrella
• Litueche
• Marchihue
• Navidad
• Paredones

[edit] Colchagua Province

• San Fernando
• Chépica
• Chimbarongo
• Lolol
• Nancagua
• Palmilla
• Peralillo
• Placilla
• Pumanque
• Santa Cruz

[edit] VII - Maule Region

[edit] Talca Province

• Talca
• Constitución
• Curepto
• Empedrado
• Maule
• Pelarco
• Pencahue
• Río Claro
• San Clemente
• San Rafael

[edit] Cauquenes Province

• Cauquenes
• Chanco
• Pelluhue

[edit] Curicó Province

• Curicó
• Hualañé
• Licantén
• Molina
• Rauco
• Romeral
• Sagrada Familia
• Teno
• Vichuquén

[edit] Linares Province

• Linares
• Colbún
• Longaví
• Parral
• Retiro
• San Javier
• Villa Alegre
• Yerbas Buenas

[edit] VIII - Bío-Bío Region

[edit] Concepción Province

• Concepción
• Coronel
• Chiguayante
• Florida
• Hualqui
• Lota
• Penco
• San Pedro de la Paz
• Santa Juana
• Talcahuano
• Tomé
• Hualpén

[edit] Arauco Province

• Lebu
• Arauco
• Cañete
• Contulmo
• Curanilahue
• Los Álamos
• Tirúa

[edit] Biobío Province

• Los Ángeles
• Antuco
• Cabrero
• Laja
• Mulchén
• Nacimiento
• Negrete
• Quilaco
• Quilleco
• San Rosendo
• Santa Bárbara
• Tucapel
• Yumbel
• Alto Biobío

[edit] Ñuble Province

• Chillán
• Bulnes
• Cobquecura
• Coelemu
• Coihueco
• Chillán Viejo
• El Carmen
• Ninhue
• Ñiquén
• Pemuco
• Pinto
• Portezuelo
• Quillón
• Quirihue
• Ránquil
• San Carlos
• San Fabián
• San Ignacio
• San Nicolás
• Treguaco
• Yungay

[edit] IX - Araucanía Region

[edit] Cautín Province

• Temuco
• Carahue
• Cunco
• Curarrehue
• Freire
• Galvarino
• Gorbea
• Lautaro
• Loncoche
• Melipeuco
• Nueva Imperial
• Padre Las Casas
• Perquenco
• Pitrufquén
• Pucón
• Saavedra
• Teodoro Schmidt
• Toltén
• Vilcún
• Villarrica
• Cholchol

[edit] Malleco Province

• Angol
• Collipulli
• Curacautín
• Ercilla
• Lonquimay
• Los Sauces
• Lumaco
• Purén
• Renaico
• Traiguén
• Victoria

[edit] X - Los Lagos Region

[edit] Llanquihue Province

• Puerto Montt
• Calbuco
• Cochamó
• Fresia
• Frutillar
• Los Muermos
• Llanquihue
• Maullín
• Puerto Varas

[edit] Chiloé Province

• Castro
• Ancud
• Chonchi
• Curaco de Vélez
• Dalcahue
• Puqueldón
• Queilén
• Quellón
• Quemchi
• Quinchao

[edit] Osorno Province

• Osorno
• Puerto Octay
• Purranque
• Puyehue
• Río Negro
• San Juan de la Costa
• San Pablo

[edit] Palena Province

• Chaitén
• Futaleufú
• Hualaihué
• Palena

[edit] Valdivia Province

• Valdivia
• Corral
• Futrono
• La Unión
• Lago Ranco
• Lanco
• Los Lagos
• Máfil
• Mariquina
• Paillaco
• Panguipulli
• Río Bueno

[edit] XI - Aysen Region

[edit] Coyhaique Province

• Coyhaique
• Lago Verde

[edit] Aisén Province

• Aysen
• Cisnes
• Guaitecas

[edit] Capitán Prat Province

• Cochrane
• O'Higgins
• Tortel

[edit] General Carrera Province

• Chile Chico
• Río Ibáñez

[edit] XII - Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region

[edit] Magallanes Province

• Punta Arenas
• Laguna Blanca
• Río Verde
• San Gregorio

[edit] Antártica Province

• Navarino
• Antártica

[edit] Tierra del Fuego Province

• Porvenir
• Primavera
• Timaukel

[edit] Última Esperanza Province

• Natales
• Torres del Paine

[edit] RM - Santiago Metropolitan Region

[edit] Santiago Province

• Santiago
• Cerrillos
• Cerro Navia
• Conchalí
• El Bosque
• Estación Central
• Huechuraba
• Independencia
• La Cisterna
• La Florida
• La Granja
• La Pintana
• La Reina
• Las Condes
• Lo Barnechea
• Lo Espejo
• Lo Prado
• Macul
• Maipú
• Ñuñoa
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda
• Peñalolén
• Providencia
• Pudahuel
• Quilicura
• Quinta Normal
• Recoleta
• Renca
• San Joaquín
• San Miguel
• San Ramón
• Vitacura

[edit] Cordillera Province

• Puente Alto
• Pirque
• San José de Maipo

[edit] Chacabuco Province

• Colina
• Lampa
• Tiltil

[edit] Maipo Province

• San Bernardo
• Buin
• Calera de Tango
• Paine

[edit] Melipilla Province

• Melipilla
• Alhué
• Curacaví
• María Pinto
• San Pedro

[edit] Talagante Province

• Talagante
• El Monte
• Isla de Maipo
• Padre Hurtado
• Peñaflor

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 2 new regions together with 2 provinces were legislated in 2006 and are to be functional by mid 2007.