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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 if 50% or more of its population is economically active in secondary and/or

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

List of towns by region (269)

Arica and Parinacota Region (1)

* Putre

Tarapacá Region The Tarapacá Region ( es, Región de Tarapacá, ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Orur ...
(3)

* Pica * Collaguasi *

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. The town is notable for i ...

Antofagasta Region The Antofagasta Region ( es, Región de Antofagasta, ) is one of Chile's sixteen first-order administrative divisions. The second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla. It is bordered t ...
(4)

* Cerro Moreno * Juan López * Hornitos *

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 (60 mi) southeast of Calama and the Chuquicamata copper mine, overlooking the Licancabur volcano. ...

Atacama Region (7)

* Bahía Inglesa * Loreto * Puerto Viejo * El Salado *

Flamenco Flamenco (), in its strictest sense, is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and ...

* Portal del Inca * Freirina

Coquimbo Region (14)

* Las Tacas * Tongoy * Guanaqueros * Puerto Velero * La Higuera * Canela Baja * Pichidangui * Quilimarí Alto * Chillepín * Guamalata * La Chimba * Sotaquí * Chañaral Alto * Punitaqui

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region ( es, Región de Valparaíso, links=no, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , ...
(28)

* Laguna Verde * Quintay * San Juan Bautista * Maitencillo * Puchuncaví *

Hanga Roa Hanga Roa (; rap, Haŋa Roa, Rapa Nui pronunciation: �ha.ŋa ˈɾo.a (Spanish: ''Bahía Larga'') is the main town, harbour and seat of Easter Island, a municipality of Chile. It is located in the southern part of the island's west coast, in th ...

* San Rafael * Placilla * Valle Hermoso * Los Quinquelles * Pichicuy * Los Molles * Artificio *

Papudo Papudo is a Chilean commune located in the Petorca Province, Valparaíso Region. Most of its permanent residents live in the small town of the same name, whereas primarily new development for the affluent population of Santiago concentrates in ...

* Pullalli * Chincolco * Petorca * Zapallar * La Laguna de Zapallar * Catapilco * San Pedro * El Yeco * Mirasol * Las Brisas * Algarrobal-Punta El Olivo * Curimón * Panquehue * El Llano

O'Higgins Region (38)

* La Compañía * Coinco * Coltauco * Loreto-Molino * Parral de Purén * El Manzano * Sewell * Coya * Pelequén * Malloa * Angostura * La Punta * Olivar Alto * Pichidegua * Rosario * Esmeralda * Los Lirios * El Tambo * Rastrojos *

Cáhuil Cáhuil ( arn, Place of seagulls, ) is a Chilean village located south of Pichilemu, at the mouth of the seasonal Nilahue Estuary, in the O'Higgins Region. Its economy is based on the production of sea salt, oysters, and mussels. The estuary is ...

* La Estrella * Costa de Sol *

Litueche Litueche ( arn, land of the white lands; originally called ''El Rosario'', ''Rosario Lo Solís'' or simply ''Rosario'') is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region. It is served by Litueche Airport. Demographics A ...

* Marchihue *

La Boca La Boca (; "the Mouth", probably of the Matanza River) is a neighborhood (''barrio'') of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. It retains a strong Italian flavour, many of its early settlers having originated in the city of Genoa. Geography L ...

* La Vega de Pupuya * Paredones * Bucalemu * Angostura * Chépica * Auquinco * Tinguiririca * San Enrique de Romeral * Lolol * Cunaco * Peralillo * Población * Placilla

Maule Region (35)

* Panguilemo * Huilquilemu * Santa Olga * Los Pellines * Curepto * Empedrado * Maule * Chacarillas * Pelarco * Pencahue * Cumpeo * San Rafael * Chanco * Pelluhue *

Quilicura Quilicura ( ; ) is a commune of Chile located in capital Santiago. Founded in 1901, it was originally a satellite city on what were then the outskirts of the city of Santiago, but as urban sprawl has set in it is now quickly urbanizing from what w ...

* Sarmiento * Villa Los Niches * San Alberto * Licantén *

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* Itahue Uno * Rauco * Romeral *

Sagrada Familia Sagrada is a Spanish word meaning "sacred Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. T ...

* Villa Prat * Lago Vichuquén * Llico * Vara Gruesa * Las Obras *

Colbún Colbún ( Mapudungun: "Cleaning of the land") 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 ...

* Panimávida * Retiro * Copihue * Bobadilla *

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 ...

Biobío Region The Biobío Region ( es, Región del Biobío ), is one of Chile's sixteen regions (first-order administrative divisions). With a population of 1.5 million, thus being the third most populated region in Chile, it is divided into three provinces: ...
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* Monte Aguila *

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 from the Pacific Ocean that ...

* Caleta Tumbes *

Dichato Dichato is a town along the coast of Chile, part of the municipality of Tomé in the northeast part of Greater Concepción. At the 2002 census it had 3,057 residents. The town was founded in 1826 by José Miguel Reyes The town was severely damage ...

* Rafael * Santa Rosa * Laraquete * Carampangue * Contulmo * Antiguala * Tirúa * San Carlos de Purén * Millantú * Santa Fé * Villa Génesis * Antuco *

Negrete Negrete () is a Chilean town and commune in Bío Bío Province, Bío Bío 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. The town oNegreteis located ...

Coihue ''Nothofagus dombeyi'', Dombey's beech, coigue, coihue or coigüe (from Mapudungun ''koywe'') is a tree species native to southern Chile and the Andean parts of Argentine Patagonia. It is a fast-growing species that can live in a wide range of ...

* Quilaco * Quilleco *

Las Canteras Las Canteras is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Location This barrio borders Malvín Norte to the west, Maroñas / Parque Guaraní to the northwest, Bañados de Carrasco to the north and northeast, Carrasco N ...

Villa Mercedes Villa Mercedes is a city in the province of San Luis, Argentina. It lies on the center-east of the province, on the left-hand banks of the Quinto River, 32 km from the border with Córdoba, on National Route 148, and near the intersection ...

Tucapel Tucapel is a town and commune in the Bío Bío Province, Bío Bío 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 b ...

* Estación Yumbel * Ralco * Quinchamalí * Santa Clara * Cobquecura * El Carmen *

Ninhue Ninhue () is a Chilean commune and town in the Itata Province, Ñuble Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ninhue spans an area of and has 5,738 inhabitants (2,920 men and 2,818 women). Of the ...

* San Gregorio * Pemuco * Pinto * Recinto-Los Lleuques * Portezuelo * Villa Las Mercedes * Ñipas * Villa Illinois * Cachapoal *

San Fabián de Alico San Fabián de Alico is a town in San Fabián, Ñuble Region. See also * List of towns in Chile This article contains a list of towns in Chile. A town is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an urban entity possessin ...

* San Ignacio * Pueblo Seco * San Nicolás * Puente Ñuble * Treguaco * Campanario

Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( es, Región de La Araucanía ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Te ...
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* Trovolhue * Los Laureles *

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 ...

* Quepe * Galvarino * Lastarria * Pillanlelbún * Huiscapi *

Melipeuco Melipeuco () is a town and commune ( es, comuna) 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 ...

* Perquenco * Playa Negra * Puerto Saavedra * Barros Arana * Teodoro Schmidt * Gualpín * Nueva Toltén * Queule *

Vilcún Vilcún (Mapudungun for "lizard") 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. The commune also includes the locali ...

* Cherquenco *

Cajón A cajón (; "box", "crate" or "drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes implements such as brushes, mallets, o ...

* Licán Ray * Ñancul * Cholchol * * Ercilla * Pailahueque * Lonquimay * Los Sauces *

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. It shares a boundary to the north with the comm ...

* Capitán Pastene * Tijeral

Los Ríos Region The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: ''Región de Los Ríos'', , ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 2007 ...
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* Niebla *

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* Llifén * Nontuela * Lago Ranco * Malalhue * Máfil * Mehuín * Coñaripe *

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 ...

Neltume 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 ...

Los Lagos Region Los Lagos Region ( es, Región de Los Lagos , ''Region of the Lakes'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains ...
(19)

* Alerce * Los Pellines *

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 commu ...

* Carelmapu * Nueva Braunau * Chonchi * Dalcahue *

Queilén Queilén is a town and commune in Chiloé Province, 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 Islan ...

* Quemchi *

Achao Achao is a town on the Chiloé Archipelago, in the south of Chile. The town is the capital of Quinchao commune on the island of the same name. Lying on level ground, Achao has a shallow sandy beach and is surrounded by hills. Opposite the town ...

Puerto Octay Puerto Octay is a town and commune in Osorno Province 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 ...

* Las Cascadas * Corte Alto *

Entre Lagos Entre Lagos is the main town of Puyehue commune in Osorno Province of Los Lagos Region, Chile. It is east of Osorno, next to the entrance of the Pilmaiquén River at the western end of Puyehue Lake. It is the only town of any size on the lake. ...

* Bahía Mansa-Muicolpue * San Pablo *

Chaitén Chaitén (, ) is a Chilean town, commune and former capital of the Palena Province in Los Lagos Region. The town is north of the mouth of Yelcho River, on the east coast of the Gulf of Corcovado. The town is strategically close to the northern ...

* Futaleufú * Río Negro

Aisén Region Aisén or Aysén may refer to: Aisén (name), an African name for a boy or a girl Places Aysén, Chile, a commune in Aysén Province Aysén Region, one of Chile's administrative divisions Aysén Province Aysén Province ( es, Provincia de ...
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* Villa Mañiguales * Puerto Chacabuco * Puerto Cisnes * Melinka * Cochrane * Chile Chico

Magallanes Region The Magallanes Region (), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region ( es, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is the southernmost, largest, and second lea ...
(2)

Puerto Williams Puerto Williams (; Spanish for "Port Williams") is the city, port and naval base on Navarino Island in Chile. It faces the Beagle Channel. It is the capital of the Chilean Antarctic Province, one of four provinces in the Magellan and Chilean An ...

* Porvenir

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region ( es, link=no, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Mos ...
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* El Colorado *

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 Valle Nevado (''Snowy Valley'' in the Spanish ...

* El Maitén * El Principal * San Alfonso * El Ingenio * Santa Marta de Liray * Chicureo *

* Estación Colina * Santa Sara * Huertos Familiares * Lo Herrera * El Rulo * Valdivia de Paine * Viluco * San Ignacio * Huelquén * Pintué-La Guachera * Champa * Bollenar * Pomaire * Villa Alhué * María Pinto

References

External links

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{{South America topic, List of towns in Towns in Chile Towns

List of towns by region (269)

Arica and Parinacota Region (1)

Tarapacá Region The Tarapacá Region ( es, Región de Tarapacá, ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Orur ... (3)

Antofagasta Region The Antofagasta Region ( es, Región de Antofagasta, ) is one of Chile's sixteen first-order administrative divisions. The second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla. It is bordered t ... (4)

Atacama Region (7)

Coquimbo Region (14)

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region ( es, Región de Valparaíso, links=no, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , ... (28)

O'Higgins Region (38)

Maule Region (35)

Biobío Region The Biobío Region ( es, Región del Biobío ), is one of Chile's sixteen regions (first-order administrative divisions). With a population of 1.5 million, thus being the third most populated region in Chile, it is divided into three provinces: ... (46)

Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( es, Región de La Araucanía ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Te ... (31)

Los Ríos Region The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: ''Región de Los Ríos'', , ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 2007 ... (11)

Los Lagos Region Los Lagos Region ( es, Región de Los Lagos , ''Region of the Lakes'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains ... (19)

Aisén Region Aisén or Aysén may refer to: *Aisén (name), an African name for a boy or a girl Places *Aysén, Chile, a commune in Aysén Province *Aysén Region, one of Chile's administrative divisions *Aysén Province Aysén Province ( es, Provincia de ... (6)

Magallanes Region The Magallanes Region (), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region ( es, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is the southernmost, largest, and second lea ... (2)

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region ( es, link=no, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Mos ... (24)

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