List of cities in Chile explained

This is a list of cities in Chile.

A city is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an "urban entity"^[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.^[2]

Complete list of cities by region

Region	City	Population 2012 census	Population 2002 census	Area (km^2)	Density (/km^2)
			175,441	41.89	4,188
			164,396	22.12	7,432
Tarapacá			50,190	17.45	2,876
Tarapacá			6,384	3.05	2,093
			285,255	43.54	6,552
Antofagasta			126,135	18.21	6,927
Antofagasta			23,352	7.00	3,336
Antofagasta			10,465	4.70	2,227
Antofagasta			9,564	3.45	2,772
Antofagasta	Estación Zaldívar		9,053	0.12	75,442
Antofagasta			7,825	4.67	1,676
Antofagasta			7,412	1.52	4,876
			125,983	47.77	2,637
Atacama			43,750	13.91	3,145
Atacama			12,776	8.48	1,507
Atacama			12,086	7.34	1,647
Atacama			8,697	3.35	2,596
Atacama			8,578	13.48	636
Atacama			7,951	4.05	1,963
Atacama			6,445	2.73	2,361
			148,438	41.82	3,549
Coquimbo			147,815	65.59	2,254
Coquimbo			66,405	11.46	5,795
Coquimbo			21,826	7.39	2,953
Coquimbo			12,910	4.68	2,759
Coquimbo			11,615	4.37	2,658
Coquimbo			10,966	4.11	2,668
Coquimbo			9,444	3.34	2,828
Coquimbo			5,494	2.20	2,497
Coquimbo	El Palqui		5,266	1.36	3,872
Coquimbo			5,219	2.35	2,221
			286,931	87.33	3,286
Valparaíso			263,499	47.33	5,567
Valparaíso			126,893	38.06	3,334
Valparaíso			94,802	31.26	3,033
Valparaíso			83,435	21.02	3,969
Valparaíso			62,231	15.13	4,113
Valparaíso			55,127	16.42	3,357
Valparaíso			53,017	18.11	2,927
Valparaíso			47,836	16.18	2,956
Valparaíso			34,948	18.63	1,876
Valparaíso			31,558	26.00	1,214
Valparaíso			18,719	17.01	1,100
Valparaíso			17,048	5.18	3,291
Valparaíso			16,215	6.56	2,472
Valparaíso			15,302	14.05	1,089
Valparaíso			14,437	7.02	2,057
Valparaíso			11,287	4.68	2,412
Valparaíso	Placilla de Peñuelas		10,811	6.71	1,611
Valparaíso			10,611	14.03	756
Valparaíso			10,379	19.07	544
Valparaíso	El Melón		9,729	5.68	1,713
Valparaíso			8,969	3.84	2,336
Valparaíso			8,931	16.02	557
Valparaíso			8,196	7.81	1,049
Valparaíso			7,542	6.81	1,107
Valparaíso			7,214	7.68	939
Valparaíso			6,706	3.45	1,944
Valparaíso			6,443	6.10	1,056
Valparaíso			5,957	12.84	464
Valparaíso			5,827	11.38	512
Valparaíso			5,727	13.51	424
Valparaíso	Calle Larga^[3]		4,966	3.82	1,300
Valparaíso	Santo Domingo^[4]		4,583	13.83	331
Valparaíso			3,823	12.44	307
			492,603	63.73	7,730
Santiago Metropolitan			463,103	54.89	8,437
Santiago Metropolitan			365,563	39.07	9,357
Santiago Metropolitan			249,893	99.17	2,520
Santiago Metropolitan			237,708	51.61	4,606
Santiago Metropolitan			216,060	54.41	3,971
Santiago Metropolitan			4,657,000	23.20	8,655
Santiago Metropolitan			192,258	17.92	10,729
Santiago Metropolitan			190,085	30.71	6,190
Santiago Metropolitan			175,594	14.31	12,271
Santiago Metropolitan			163,511	16.86	9,698
Santiago Metropolitan			148,312	11.00	13,483
Santiago Metropolitan			148,220	15.84	9,357
Santiago Metropolitan			133,518	24.00	5,563
Santiago Metropolitan			133,256	11.04	12,070
Santiago Metropolitan			132,520	10.03	13,212
Santiago Metropolitan			130,394	14.43	9,036
Santiago Metropolitan			125,999	38.72	3,254
Santiago Metropolitan			120,874	14.34	8,429
Santiago Metropolitan			114,560	8.91	12,857
Santiago Metropolitan			112,800	8.45	13,349
Santiago Metropolitan			112,535	12.85	8,758
Santiago Metropolitan			104,316	6.55	15,926
Santiago Metropolitan			104,012	11.87	8,763
Santiago Metropolitan			97,625	9.89	9,871
Santiago Metropolitan			96,762	23.73	4,078
Santiago Metropolitan			94,906	6.37	14,899
Santiago Metropolitan			85,118	10.04	8,478
Santiago Metropolitan			81,499	28.63	2,847
Santiago Metropolitan			78,872	9.71	8,123
Santiago Metropolitan			74,070	21.20	3,494
Santiago Metropolitan			72,278	54.83	1,318
Santiago Metropolitan			71,906	16.61	4,329
Santiago Metropolitan			65,479	7.42	8,825
Santiago Metropolitan			63,209	15.56	4,062
Santiago Metropolitan			58,769	14.46	4,064
Santiago Metropolitan			53,522	10.63	5,035
Santiago Metropolitan			49,957	10.68	4,678
Santiago Metropolitan			40,091	14.61	2,744
Santiago Metropolitan			34,257	7.42	4,617
Santiago Metropolitan			22,284	14.16	1,574
Santiago Metropolitan			19,620	6.01	3,265
Santiago Metropolitan			15,645	6.62	2,363
Santiago Metropolitan			12,319	5.63	2,188
Santiago Metropolitan			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			5,281	3.46	1,526
Santiago Metropolitan			5,168	2.40	2,153
Santiago Metropolitan			4,855	12.22	397
			206,971	50.36	4,110
O'Higgins			49,519	12.37	4,003
O'Higgins			30,891	9.28	3,329
O'Higgins			23,920	16.19	1,477
O'Higgins			21,615	3.61	5,988
O'Higgins			18,914	13.86	1,365
O'Higgins			18,603	8.26	2,252
O'Higgins			13,795	11.67	1,182
O'Higgins			12,037	3.49	3,449
O'Higgins			9,027	9.70	931
O'Higgins			8,240	2.65	3,109
O'Higgins			8,188	9.17	893
O'Higgins			7,402	4.32	1,713
O'Higgins			7,392	5.13	1,441
O'Higgins			6,846	2.26	3,029
O'Higgins			6,190	2.77	2,235
O'Higgins			5,850	5.01	1,168
O'Higgins	Gultro		5,472	3.29	1,663
O'Higgins			5,113	4.01	1,275
O'Higgins			2,088	5.43	385
			189,505	46.04	4,116
Maule			93,447	20.50	4,558
Maule			65,133	16.16	4,031
Maule			33,914	8.68	3,907
Maule			30,771	13.40	2,296
Maule			27,203	8.50	3,200
Maule			26,397	7.85	3,363
Maule			20,524	7.42	2,766
Maule			13,398	5.77	2,322
Maule			6,729	3.03	2,221
Maule			6,206	2.71	2,290
Maule			5,456	3.96	1,378
Maule			5,198	2.64	1,969
			212,003	55.95	3,789
Biobío			161,692	50.65	3,192
Biobío			146,701	33.41	4,391
Biobío			117,972	27.35	4,313
Biobío			91,469	24.52	3,730
Biobío			85,928	19.48	4,411
Biobío			81,238	33.97	2,391
Biobío			80,159	49.09	1,633
Biobío			48,975	9.63	5,086
Biobío			45,361	12.01	3,777
Biobío			41,198	10.44	3,946
Biobío			30,126	5.46	5,518
Biobío			29,359	9.06	3,241
Biobío			21,819	4.49	4,859
Biobío			20,884	10.88	1,919
Biobío			20,838	4.92	4,235
Biobío			19,839	8.99	2,207
Biobío			18,827	7.62	2,471
Biobío			16,291	6.96	2,341
Biobío	La Laja		16,288	6.77	2,406
Biobío			13,724	7.35	1,867
Biobío			13,035	6.90	1,889
Biobío			11,947	3.31	3,609
Biobío			10,681	3.09	3,457
Biobío			9,845	3.54	2,781
Biobío			9,288	4.16	2,233
Biobío			8,302	2.58	3,218
Biobío			7,952	2.23	3,566
Biobío			7,285	4.15	1,755
Biobío			7,230	2.66	2,718
Biobío			7,095	2.35	3,019
Biobío			6,838	2.35	2,910
Biobío	Huépil		6,576	2.56	2,569
Biobío			6,090	1.91	3,188
Biobío			3,249	2.22	1,464
			227,086	46.10	4,926
Araucanía			43,801	14.94	2,932
Araucanía			33,697	7.13	4,726
Araucanía			27,408	8.13	3,371
Araucanía			23,977	7.54	3,180
Araucanía			18,808	5.80	3,243
Araucanía			14,980	3.01	4,977
Araucanía			14,240	4.30	3,312
Araucanía			14,191	6.54	2,170
Araucanía			14,140	4.92	2,874
Araucanía			13,750	9.53	1,443
Araucanía			13,420	3.90	3,441
Araucanía			12,412	4.58	2,710
Araucanía			9,459	2.45	3,861
Araucanía			7,852	3.07	2,558
Araucanía			7,604	2.76	2,755
Araucanía			7,316	1.95	3,752
Araucanía			5,442	2.27	2,397
Araucanía			5,388	1.30	4,145
Araucanía			5,355	1.67	3,207
			127,750	42.39	3,014
Los Ríos			25,615	10.03	2,554
Los Ríos			15,054	6.94	2,169
Los Ríos			11,142	4.63	2,406
Los Ríos			9,973	2.78	3,587
Los Ríos			9,479	5.40	1,755
Los Ríos			7,817	2.56	3,054
Los Ríos			7,790	2.35	3,315
Los Ríos			6,603	2.37	2,786
			153,118	39.58	3,869
Los Lagos			132,245	31.82	4,156
Los Lagos			29,148	7.84	3,718
Los Lagos			27,292	8.82	3,094
Los Lagos			22,022	9.26	2,378
Los Lagos			13,656	3.21	4,254
Los Lagos			12,165	4.58	2,656
Los Lagos			11,618	5.23	2,221
Los Lagos			11,447	3.90	2,935
Los Lagos			9,118	4.11	2,218
Los Lagos			6,583	3.85	1,710
Los Lagos			6,144	3.22	1,908
Los Lagos			5,707	3.61	1,581
			44,850	18.27	2,455
Aysén			16,936	7.42	2,282
			116,005	39.03	2,972
Magallanes			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.

Notes and References

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.
2. http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/demografia/pdf/cdpubaldcasjunio2005.zip Chile: Ciudades, Pueblos, Aldeas y Caseríos 2005
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.
4. Entity with 5,000 or less inhabitants that is part of a larger city from a neighboring commune.