Introduction Arica-Parinacota Region Tarapacá Region Antofagasta Region Atacama Region Coquimbo Region Valparaíso Region O´Higgins Region Maule Region Bío Bío Region La Araucanía Region Los Ríos Region Los Lagos Region Aysén Region Magallanes & the Chilean Antartic Region Metropolitan Region

About Chile

Chile is located along the southwestern coast of South America, stretching approximately 4,300 km (2,666 miles) from the Atacama desert in the north to the polar icecap in the south.

The westernmost point of national territory is Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean, located 3,760 km to the west of Chile's continental coastline. The latter extends from parallel 17º 30' S to parallel 56º 32' S at Cape Horn, the southernmost tip of South America. Chile's claim over Antarctica encompasses the triangle between parallel 60º S and meridians 53º and 90º W as far as the South Pole.

Chile's territory is divided into thirteen regions, numbered I to XII and Metropolitan Region. These are further divided into 51 provinces and 345 municipalities. The Metropolitan Region -including the capital city and its surrounding area- is home to 40.1% of the total population, and is the country's political and economic center.

Total land area: 756,626 km2 (292,260 square miles) including continental Chile and its oceanic possessions (Easter Island and Sala y Gómez Island). The Chilean Antarctic Region encompasses an area of 1,250,000 km2.

Boundaries: Chile's northern border with Peru runs 160 km along a line called Línea de la Concordia. To the east, a line linking the highest peaks of the Andes Mountain Range separates Chile from Argentina and Bolivia; its southern boundary is the South Pole, and its western border is the Pacific Ocean.

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