List of cities in Chile

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]

Complete list of cities by region

Region	City	Population 2002 census	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
Arica and Parinacota Region	Arica	175,441	41.89	4,188
Tarapacá	Iquique	164,396	22.12	7,432
Tarapacá	Alto Hospicio	50,190	17.45	2,876
Tarapacá	Pozo Almonte	6,384	3.05	2,093
Antofagasta	Antofagasta	285,255	43.54	6,552
Antofagasta	Calama	126,135	18.21	6,927
Antofagasta	Tocopilla	23,352	7.00	3,336
Antofagasta	Chuquicamata	10,465	4.70	2,227
Antofagasta	Taltal	9,564	3.45	2,772
Antofagasta	Estación Zaldívar	9,053	0.12	75,442
Antofagasta	Mejillones	7,825	4.67	1,676
Antofagasta	María Elena	7,412	1.52	4,876
Atacama	Copiapó	125,983	47.77	2,637
Atacama	Vallenar	43,750	13.91	3,145
Atacama	Caldera	12,776	8.48	1,507
Atacama	Chañaral	12,086	7.34	1,647
Atacama	El Salvador	8,697	3.35	2,596
Atacama	Tierra Amarilla	8,578	13.48	636
Atacama	Diego de Almagro	7,951	4.05	1,963
Atacama	Huasco	6,445	2.73	2,361
Coquimbo	Coquimbo	148,438	41.82	3,549
Coquimbo	La Serena	147,815	65.59	2,254
Coquimbo	Ovalle	66,405	11.46	5,795
Coquimbo	Illapel	21,826	7.39	2,953
Coquimbo	Vicuña	12,910	4.68	2,759
Coquimbo	Salamanca	11,615	4.37	2,658
Coquimbo	Los Vilos	10,966	4.11	2,668
Coquimbo	Andacollo	9,444	3.34	2,828
Coquimbo	Combarbalá	5,494	2.20	2,497
Coquimbo	El Palqui	5,266	1.36	3,872
Coquimbo	Monte Patria	5,219	2.35	2,221
Valparaíso	Viña del Mar	286,931	87.33	3,286
Valparaíso	Valparaíso	263,499	47.33	5,567
Valparaíso	Quilpué	126,893	38.06	3,334
Valparaíso	Villa Alemana	94,802	31.26	3,033
Valparaíso	San Antonio	83,435	21.02	3,969
Valparaíso	Quillota	62,231	15.13	4,113
Valparaíso	Los Andes	55,127	16.42	3,357
Valparaíso	San Felipe	53,017	18.11	2,927
Valparaíso	La Calera	47,836	16.18	2,956
Valparaíso	Limache	34,948	18.63	1,876
Valparaíso	Concón	31,558	26.00	1,214
Valparaíso	Quintero	18,719	17.01	1,100
Valparaíso	La Ligua	17,048	5.18	3,291
Valparaíso	Llay-Llay	16,215	6.56	2,472
Valparaíso	Cartagena	15,302	14.05	1,089
Valparaíso	Casablanca	14,437	7.02	2,057
Valparaíso	Cabildo	11,287	4.68	2,412
Valparaíso	Placilla de Peñuelas	10,811	6.71	1,611
Valparaíso	La Cruz	10,611	14.03	756
Valparaíso	Olmué	10,379	19.07	544
Valparaíso	El Melón	9,729	5.68	1,713
Valparaíso	Nogales	8,969	3.84	2,336
Valparaíso	El Quisco	8,931	16.02	557
Valparaíso	Hijuelas	8,196	7.81	1,049
Valparaíso	San Esteban	7,542	6.81	1,107
Valparaíso	Putaendo	7,214	7.68	939
Valparaíso	Catemu	6,706	3.45	1,944
Valparaíso	Santa María	6,443	6.10	1,056
Valparaíso	Las Ventanas	5,957	12.84	464
Valparaíso	Algarrobo	5,827	11.38	512
Valparaíso	Rinconada	5,727	13.51	424
Valparaíso	Calle Larga^{[note 2]}	4,966	3.82	1,300
Valparaíso	Santo Domingo^{[note 3]}	4,583	13.83	331
Valparaíso	El Tabo^{[note 3]}	3,823	12.44	307
Santiago Metropolitan Region	Puente Alto	492,603	63.73	7,730
Santiago Metropolitan	Maipú	463,103	54.89	8,437
Santiago Metropolitan	La Florida	365,563	39.07	9,357
Santiago Metropolitan	Las Condes	249,893	99.17	2,520
Santiago Metropolitan	San Bernardo	237,708	51.61	4,606
Santiago Metropolitan	Peñalolén	216,060	54.41	3,971
Santiago Metropolitan	Santiago	4,657,000	23.20	8,655
Santiago Metropolitan	Pudahuel	192,258	17.92	10,729
Santiago Metropolitan	La Pintana	190,085	30.71	6,190
Santiago Metropolitan	El Bosque	175,594	14.31	12,271
Santiago Metropolitan	Ñuñoa	163,511	16.86	9,698
Santiago Metropolitan	Cerro Navia	148,312	11.00	13,483
Santiago Metropolitan	Recoleta	148,220	15.84	9,357
Santiago Metropolitan	Renca	133,518	24.00	5,563
Santiago Metropolitan	Conchalí	133,256	11.04	12,070
Santiago Metropolitan	La Granja	132,520	10.03	13,212
Santiago Metropolitan	Estación Central	130,394	14.43	9,036
Santiago Metropolitan	Quilicura	125,999	38.72	3,254
Santiago Metropolitan	Providencia	120,874	14.34	8,429
Santiago Metropolitan	Pedro Aguirre Cerda	114,560	8.91	12,857
Santiago Metropolitan	Lo Espejo	112,800	8.45	13,349
Santiago Metropolitan	Macul	112,535	12.85	8,758
Santiago Metropolitan	Lo Prado	104,316	6.55	15,926
Santiago Metropolitan	Quinta Normal	104,012	11.87	8,763
Santiago Metropolitan	San Joaquín	97,625	9.89	9,871
Santiago Metropolitan	La Reina	96,762	23.73	4,078
Santiago Metropolitan	San Ramón	94,906	6.37	14,899
Santiago Metropolitan	La Cisterna	85,118	10.04	8,478
Santiago Metropolitan	Vitacura	81,499	28.63	2,847
Santiago Metropolitan	San Miguel	78,872	9.71	8,123
Santiago Metropolitan	Huechuraba	74,070	21.20	3,494
Santiago Metropolitan	Lo Barnechea	72,278	54.83	1,318
Santiago Metropolitan	Cerrillos	71,906	16.61	4,329
Santiago Metropolitan	Independencia	65,479	7.42	8,825
Santiago Metropolitan	Peñaflor	63,209	15.56	4,062
Santiago Metropolitan	Colina	58,769	14.46	4,064
Santiago Metropolitan	Melipilla	53,522	10.63	5,035
Santiago Metropolitan	Talagante	49,957	10.68	4,678
Santiago Metropolitan	Buin	40,091	14.61	2,744
Santiago Metropolitan	Padre Hurtado	34,257	7.42	4,617
Santiago Metropolitan	El Monte	22,284	14.16	1,574
Santiago Metropolitan	Paine	19,620	6.01	3,265
Santiago Metropolitan	Curacaví	15,645	6.62	2,363
Santiago Metropolitan	Lampa	12,319	5.63	2,188
Santiago Metropolitan	Isla de Maipo	12,295	9.79	1,256
Santiago Metropolitan	La Islita	6,570	1.98	3,318
Santiago Metropolitan	Bajos de San Agustín	6,511	2.68	2,429
Santiago Metropolitan	Hospital	5,664	17.55	323
Santiago Metropolitan	Alto Jahuel	5,415	1.74	3,112
Santiago Metropolitan	San José de Maipo	5,281	3.46	1,526
Santiago Metropolitan	Tiltil	5,168	2.40	2,153
Santiago Metropolitan	Pirque^{[note 3]}	4,855	12.22	397
O'Higgins	Rancagua	206,971	50.36	4,110
O'Higgins	San Fernando	49,519	12.37	4,003
O'Higgins	Rengo	30,891	9.28	3,329
O'Higgins	Machalí	23,920	16.19	1,477
O'Higgins	Graneros	21,615	3.61	5,988
O'Higgins	San Vicente de Tagua Tagua	18,914	13.86	1,365
O'Higgins	Santa Cruz	18,603	8.26	2,252
O'Higgins	Chimbarongo	13,795	11.67	1,182
O'Higgins	Mostazal	12,037	3.49	3,449
O'Higgins	Pichilemu	9,027	9.70	931
O'Higgins	Requínoa	8,240	2.65	3,109
O'Higgins	Lo Miranda	8,188	9.17	893
O'Higgins	Doñihue	7,402	4.32	1,713
O'Higgins	Peumo	7,392	5.13	1,441
O'Higgins	Nancagua	6,846	2.26	3,029
O'Higgins	Las Cabras	6,190	2.77	2,235
O'Higgins	Quinta de Tilcoco	5,850	5.01	1,168
O'Higgins	Gultro	5,472	3.29	1,663
O'Higgins	Codegua	5,113	4.01	1,275
O'Higgins	Palmilla^{[note 3]}	2,088	5.43	385
Maule	Talca	189,505	46.04	4,116
Maule	Curicó	93,447	20.50	4,558
Maule	Linares	65,133	16.16	4,031
Maule	Constitución	33,914	8.68	3,907
Maule	Cauquenes	30,771	13.40	2,296
Maule	Molina	27,203	8.50	3,200
Maule	Parral	26,397	7.85	3,363
Maule	San Javier	20,524	7.42	2,766
Maule	San Clemente	13,398	5.77	2,322
Maule	Teno	6,729	3.03	2,221
Maule	Longaví	6,206	2.71	2,290
Maule	Villa Alegre	5,456	3.96	1,378
Maule	Hualañé	5,198	2.64	1,969
Biobío	Concepción	212,003	55.95	3,789
Biobío	Talcahuano	161,692	50.65	3,192
Biobío	Chillán	146,701	33.41	4,391
Biobío	Los Ángeles	117,972	27.35	4,313
Biobío	Coronel	91,469	24.52	3,730
Biobío	Hualpén	85,928	19.48	4,411
Biobío	Chiguayante	81,238	33.97	2,391
Biobío	San Pedro de la Paz	80,159	49.09	1,633
Biobío	Lota	48,975	9.63	5,086
Biobío	Penco	45,361	12.01	3,777
Biobío	Tomé	41,198	10.44	3,946
Biobío	Curanilahue	30,126	5.46	5,518
Biobío	San Carlos	29,359	9.06	3,241
Biobío	Mulchén	21,819	4.49	4,859
Biobío	Nacimiento	20,884	10.88	1,919
Biobío	Lebu	20,838	4.92	4,235
Biobío	Cañete	19,839	8.99	2,207
Biobío	Chillán Viejo	18,827	7.62	2,471
Biobío	Arauco	16,291	6.96	2,341
Biobío	La Laja	16,288	6.77	2,406
Biobío	Hualqui	13,724	7.35	1,867
Biobío	Los Álamos	13,035	6.90	1,889
Biobío	Cabrero	11,947	3.31	3,609
Biobío	Bulnes	10,681	3.09	3,457
Biobío	Coelemu	9,845	3.54	2,781
Biobío	Yungay	9,288	4.16	2,233
Biobío	Yumbel	8,302	2.58	3,218
Biobío	Quirihue	7,952	2.23	3,566
Biobío	Quillón	7,285	4.15	1,755
Biobío	Coihueco	7,230	2.66	2,718
Biobío	Santa Juana	7,095	2.35	3,019
Biobío	Santa Bárbara	6,838	2.35	2,910
Biobío	Huépil	6,576	2.56	2,569
Biobío	Monte Águila	6,090	1.91	3,188
Biobío	San Rosendo^{[note 3]}	3,249	2.22	1,464
Araucanía	Temuco	227,086	46.10	4,926
Araucanía	Angol	43,801	14.94	2,932
Araucanía	Padre Las Casas	33,697	7.13	4,726
Araucanía	Villarrica	27,408	8.13	3,371
Araucanía	Victoria	23,977	7.54	3,180
Araucanía	Lautaro	18,808	5.80	3,243
Araucanía	Nueva Imperial	14,980	3.01	4,977
Araucanía	Collipulli	14,240	4.30	3,312
Araucanía	Loncoche	14,191	6.54	2,170
Araucanía	Traiguén	14,140	4.92	2,874
Araucanía	Pucón	13,750	9.53	1,443
Araucanía	Pitrufquén	13,420	3.90	3,441
Araucanía	Curacautín	12,412	4.58	2,710
Araucanía	Carahue	9,459	2.45	3,861
Araucanía	Gorbea	7,852	3.07	2,558
Araucanía	Purén	7,604	2.76	2,755
Araucanía	Cunco	7,316	1.95	3,752
Araucanía	Labranza	5,442	2.27	2,397
Araucanía	Freire	5,388	1.30	4,145
Araucanía	Renaico	5,355	1.67	3,207
Los Ríos	Valdivia	127,750	42.39	3,014
Los Ríos	La Unión	25,615	10.03	2,554
Los Ríos	Río Bueno	15,054	6.94	2,169
Los Ríos	Panguipulli	11,142	4.63	2,406
Los Ríos	Paillaco	9,973	2.78	3,587
Los Ríos	Los Lagos	9,479	5.40	1,755
Los Ríos	Lanco	7,817	2.56	3,054
Los Ríos	Mariquina	7,790	2.35	3,315
Los Ríos	Futrono	6,603	2.37	2,786
Los Lagos	Puerto Montt	153,118	39.58	3,869
Los Lagos	Osorno	132,245	31.82	4,156
Los Lagos	Castro	29,148	7.84	3,718
Los Lagos	Ancud	27,292	8.82	3,094
Los Lagos	Puerto Varas	22,022	9.26	2,378
Los Lagos	Quellón	13,656	3.21	4,254
Los Lagos	Calbuco	12,165	4.58	2,656
Los Lagos	Purranque	11,618	5.23	2,221
Los Lagos	Llanquihue	11,447	3.90	2,935
Los Lagos	Frutillar	9,118	4.11	2,218
Los Lagos	Río Negro	6,583	3.85	1,710
Los Lagos	Fresia	6,144	3.22	1,908
Los Lagos	Los Muermos	5,707	3.61	1,581
Aysén	Coyhaique	44,850	18.27	2,455
Aysén	Puerto Aysén	16,936	7.42	2,282
Magallanes	Punta Arenas	116,005	39.03	2,972
Magallanes	Puerto Natales	16,978	5.57	3,048

Largest urban agglomerations

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

	Urban Entity	Region	Population (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

Notes

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Entity with 5,000 or less inhabitants that is part of a larger city from a neighboring commune.

References

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

External links

National Statistics Institute (INE)
Chile: Map of Largest Cities at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-04-17)

[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.

[callelarga-3] 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.

[conurb-4] Entity with 5,000 or less inhabitants that is part of a larger city from a neighboring commune.

[2] Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas – June 2005.

[5] "Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos". Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

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