List of cities in Chile
The list of cities in Chile provides an overview of the development of the population of the larger cities of the South American state of Chile . A list of cities in north-south direction is also given. A table of the largest municipalities by population and an alphabetical overview of all 346 municipalities in the country can be found under List of municipalities in Chile .
Agglomerations by population
By far the largest agglomeration in Chile is Santiago with a population of 6.2 million. This means that around 40 percent of the country's population is concentrated in the capital region. The largest agglomerations in Chile are (2017 census):
rank | Agglomeration | Residents |
---|---|---|
1. | Santiago de Chile | 6.160.040 |
2. | Valparaíso | 901.468 |
3. | Concepción | 722.929 |
4th | La Serena | 401.938 |
5. | Antofagasta | 352,638 |
6th | Rancagua | 290,864 |
7th | Temuco | 278,513 |
8th. | Talca / Maule | 249,744 |
9. | Arica | 204.078 |
10. | Chillan | 196.056 |
Urban settlements by population
According to the definition of the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE), a place with a population of 5,000 or more is statistically a city or an urban settlement. According to this, there were 239 cities in Chile at the 2002 census .
The following table lists the urban settlements with more than 40,000 inhabitants, and the results of censuses (VZ) of 21 April 1982 22 April 1992 24 April 2002 and 21 April 2017. Listed is the region to who owns the city. The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement - the geographical urban area - not to the city or municipality in the political sense. The municipality of Santiago has only 200,000 inhabitants, the urban settlement area ( área urbana ) 5.2 million.
(VZ = census)
rank | Surname | VZ 1982 | VZ 1992 | VZ 2002 | VZ 2017 | region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Santiago de Chile | 3,650,541 | 4,295,593 | 4,656,690 | 5,220,161 | Metropolitana |
2. | Puente Alto | 110,099 | 254.127 | 492,603 | 568.094 | Metropolitana |
3. | Antofagasta | 183,333 | 225,316 | 285.255 | 354.104 | Antofagasta |
4th | Viña del Mar | 265,355 | 285.454 | 286.931 | 334.248 | Valparaíso |
5. | Valparaíso | 265,355 | 274.228 | 263,499 | 295.918 | Valparaíso |
6th | San Bernardo | 117.132 | 179,398 | 237,708 | 291,610 | Metropolitana |
7th | Temuco | 157.297 | 185.936 | 232,528 | 263.165 | Araucanía |
8th. | Rancagua | 139,781 | 179,638 | 206.971 | 234.183 | Bernardo O'Higgins |
9. | Talca | 128,445 | 159,711 | 201,797 | 220.357 | Mouth |
10. | Concepción | 266,953 | 206,839 | 212.003 | 219.057 | Bío-Bío |
11. | Coquimbo | 86,000 | 110,879 | 148.434 | 214,550 | Coquimbo |
12. | Arica | 139.017 | 161,333 | 185.268 | 204.078 | Arica y Parinacota |
13. | La Serena | 83.009 | 109.293 | 147.815 | 200,640 | Coquimbo |
14th | Iquique | 110.175 | 145.139 | 164.396 | 189,065 | Tarapacá |
15th | Puerto Montt | 84.195 | 110.139 | 153.118 | 171,136 | Los Lagos |
16. | Chillan | 118.213 | 145.759 | 146.701 | 164,574 | Bío-Bío ( Ñuble ) |
17th | Calama | 99,000 | 106,970 | 126,135 | 158,487 | Antofagasta |
18th | Valdivia | 99,704 | 112.712 | 140,559 | 154.716 | Los Lagos |
19th | Los Angeles | 70,539 | 94.716 | 123,445 | 151.087 | Bío-Bío |
20th | Copiapó | 68,953 | 98,188 | 125,983 | 150,962 | Atacama |
21st | Talcahuano | ... | ... | 163.036 | 150,320 | Bío-Bío |
22nd | Quilpué | 84,136 | 102.233 | 126,893 | 149,596 | Valparaíso |
23. | Osorno | 95.215 | 114.239 | 132.245 | 147,826 | Los Lagos |
24. | Curicó | 60,496 | 77,733 | 119,585 | 132,569 | Mouth |
25th | San Pedro de la Paz | ... | 67,817 | 80.159 | 131,684 | Bío-Bío |
26th | Punta Arenas | 97.137 | 109.110 | 116.005 | 125,932 | Magellanes |
27. | Villa Alemana | 55,766 | 70,663 | 94,802 | 125,327 | Valparaíso |
28. | Colina | 15,484 | 33,459 | 58,769 | 118.018 | Metropolitana |
29 | Coronel | 65,957 | 79,677 | 91,469 | 113.074 | Bío-Bío |
30th | Alto Hospicio | ... | 5,520 | 50,190 | 105,884 | Tarapacá |
31. | Hualpén | ... | ... | 85,928 | 90,985 | Bío-Bío |
32. | Oval | 42,895 | 53,515 | 73,790 | 87,539 | Coquimbo |
33. | San Antonio | 61,486 | 74,742 | 83,435 | 86,569 | Valparaíso |
34. | Chiguayante | ... | 56,371 | 81,238 | 85,863 | Bío-Bío |
35. | Melipilla | 33,654 | 45,722 | 53,522 | 84,724 | Metropolitana |
36. | Peñaflor | 36,551 | 46,711 | 63.209 | 83.064 | Metropolitana |
37. | Buín | 18,040 | 52,792 | 53.506 | 82,911 | Metropolitana |
38. | Quillota | 44,824 | 53,765 | 62,231 | 78,331 | Valparaíso |
39. | Linares | 46.364 | 59,658 | 65,133 | 77,672 | Mouth |
40. | San Felipe | 31,656 | 44,327 | 53,017 | 69,617 | Valparaíso |
41. | Los Andes | 34,613 | 44.107 | 55.127 | 61,017 | Valparaíso |
42. | San Fernando | 32,386 | 42,684 | 49,519 | 58,598 | Bernardo O'Higgins |
43. | Talagante | 24,851 | 37.198 | 49,957 | 56,990 | Metropolitana |
44. | Padre Hurtado | ... | 25,783 | 34,257 | 55,728 | Metropolitana |
45. | Machalí | ... | 17,144 | 23,920 | 51.504 | Bernardo O'Higgins |
46. | Coyhaique | 29,128 | 36,376 | 44,850 | 49,968 | Aisen |
47. | Tomé | 34,124 | 37,394 | 45,958 | 49,540 | Bío-Bío |
48. | Angol | 31,005 | 39,151 | 48.996 | 48,911 | Araucanía |
49. | La Calera | 38,322 | 44,422 | 47,836 | 48,668 | Valparaíso |
50. | Penco | 30,972 | 39,562 | 45,361 | 46,900 | Bío-Bío |
51. | Vallenar | 38.279 | 42,725 | 43,750 | 46,019 | Atacama |
52. | Lota | 47,156 | 50.123 | 48,975 | 43,427 | Bío-Bío |
53. | Alerce | ... | 1,752 | 3,024 | 42,267 | Los Lagos |
54. | Padre Las Casas | ... | 24,651 | 33,697 | 42,136 | Araucanía |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE)
Cities from north to south
Due to the unusual geographic shape of Chile, it makes sense to list its cities in a north-south direction. Below is such a list, which also includes some smaller places:
XV. Region ( Región de Arica y Parinacota )
I. Region ( Región de Tarapacá )
II. Region ( Región de Antofagasta )
- Tocopilla
- María Elena
- Calama
- Ollagüe
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Mejillones
- Antofagasta
- Sierra Gorda
- Valley valley
III. Region ( Región de Atacama )
IV. Region ( Región de Coquimbo )
V. Region ( Región de Valparaíso )
- Los Andes
- La Ligua
- San Felipe
- Quillota
- Limache
- Villa Alemana
- Quilpué
- Viña del Mar
- Valparaíso
- Casablanca
- San Antonio
Capital Region (RM or Región Metropolitana )
VI. Region ( Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins )
VII. Region ( Región del Maule )
XVI. Region ( Región de Ñuble )
VIII. Region ( Región del Bío-Bío )
- Tomé
- Talcahuano
- Concepción
- San Pedro de la Paz
- Chiguayante
- Coronel
- Lota
- Arauco
- Curanilahue
- Los Angeles
- Lebu
- Cañete
IX. Region ( Región de la Araucanía )
XIV. Region ( Región de los Ríos )
- Valdivia
- Corral
- Lanco
- Los Lagos
- Mariquina
- Máfil
- Paillaco
- Panguipulli
- La Unión
- Futrono
- Lago Ranco
- Río Bueno
X. Region ( Región de los Lagos )
- Osorno
- Purranque
- Rio Negro
- San Pablo
- Puerto Octay
- Frutillar
- Puerto Varas
- Puerto Montt
- Calbuco
- Ancud
- Castro
- Chaitén
- Quellón
XI. Region ( Región de Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo )
XII. Region ( Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena )
See also
- List of city lists by country
- The ghost town in the Andes: Sewell
- Amincha