Chile is divided into 16 regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular región), which are the country's first-level administrative division. Each region is headed by an intendant (intendente), appointed by the President of Chile, and a directly elected regional board (consejo regional).
The regions are divided into provinces (the second-level administrative division), each headed by a governor (gobernador) appointed by the President. There are 56 provinces in total. Provinces are divided into communes (the third and lowest level administrative division), which are governed by municipal councils.
Each region was given a Roman numeral, followed by a name (e.g. IV Región de Coquimbo, read as "fourth region of Coquimbo" in Spanish). When the regional structure was created, Roman numerals were assigned in ascending order from north to south, with the northernmost region designated as I (first) and the southernmost region as XII (twelfth). The Santiago Metropolitan Region, located in the center of the country and home to the country's capital Santiago, was excluded from this naming scheme and given instead the initials RM, standing for Región Metropolitana ("Metropolitan Region" in Spanish). With the creation of regions XIV (Los Ríos Region) and XVI (Ñuble Region) in the south and XV (Arica y Parinacota Region) in the north (XIII was not used) in 2007, the north-south Roman numeral order was broken.
In February 2018, the Strengthening of Regionalization Law (Law 21074) was enacted.[1] Among other things, it removed the roman numerals from the designations.
History of the regional structure
The administrative divisions of Chile were created in 1974 and limited to 13 regions (this limitation was eliminated in 2005 via a constitutional reform). Previously, Chile was divided into 25 provinces, which were further divided into departments, and then into communes. The new territorial organization was implemented in phases with some initial "pilot regions" beginning to operate in 1974, extending the process on January 1, 1976, to the rest of the country. The Santiago Metropolitan Region began to operate in April 1980.
In December 2006, two new regions were created: the northern Arica and Parinacota Region, by taking out the two northernmost provinces from the Tarapacá Region; and Los Ríos Region in the south, encompassing the provinces of Valdivia, formerly part of the Los Lagos Region, and Ranco, formerly part of Valdivia.[2] Both regions became operative in October 2007.
Since their creation, each region is headed by an intendant (intendente) appointed by the President of Chile, and a regional board (consejo regional). The intendants count with the direct collaboration of the SEREMI (Ministerial Regional secretary) in specific matters, such as public health, education, agriculture, among others. The SEREMI are appointed by the President. Thanks to the Strengthening of Regionalization Law, since the 2020 municipal elections each intendant will be elected at the same date along with the mayors and municipal councillors, using a two-round system. If no candidate obtains the minimum threshold 40% of the valid votes, a runoff election is held between the two candidates with the most votes, and the winner is elected by a simple majority.[4][5] Also the law will change the name Intendant to Regional Governor (Gobernador regional). The President will appoint a Regional presidential delegate (delegado presidencial regional), who will represent the national government in the region.
The board was elected among the members of the municipal councils (consejo municipal) of each commune of the respective region. Since the 2013 election the regional board members (Consejero regional) are directly elected using an open listproportional representation, with seats allocated using the D'Hondt method. Each of the 54 provinces are headed by a governor (gobernador) appointed by the President. In 2020, the provincial governors will change their name to Provincial presidential delegate' (delegado presidencial provincial), still appointed by the President.
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Chile is divided into 16 regions in Spanish regiones singular region which are the country s first level administrative division Each region is headed by an intendant intendente appointed by the President of Chile and a directly elected regional board consejo regional Regions of ChileRegiones de Chile Spanish CategoryRegional stateLocation ChileNumber16Populations103 158 Aysen 7 112 808 Metropolitan Santiago Areas13 178 5 km2 5 088 2 sq mi Nuble 132 291 km2 51 077 9 sq mi Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica GovernmentLimited autonomous governmentSubdivisionsProvinceThe regions are divided into provinces the second level administrative division each headed by a governor gobernador appointed by the President There are 56 provinces in total Provinces are divided into communes the third and lowest level administrative division which are governed by municipal councils Contents 1 Naming 2 History of the regional structure 3 Administration 4 List of regions 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksNaming EditEach region was given a Roman numeral followed by a name e g IV Region de Coquimbo read as fourth region of Coquimbo in Spanish When the regional structure was created Roman numerals were assigned in ascending order from north to south with the northernmost region designated as I first and the southernmost region as XII twelfth The Santiago Metropolitan Region located in the center of the country and home to the country s capital Santiago was excluded from this naming scheme and given instead the initials RM standing for Region Metropolitana Metropolitan Region in Spanish With the creation of regions XIV Los Rios Region and XVI Nuble Region in the south and XV Arica y Parinacota Region in the north XIII was not used in 2007 the north south Roman numeral order was broken In February 2018 the Strengthening of Regionalization Law Law 21074 was enacted 1 Among other things it removed the roman numerals from the designations History of the regional structure EditThe administrative divisions of Chile were created in 1974 and limited to 13 regions this limitation was eliminated in 2005 via a constitutional reform Previously Chile was divided into 25 provinces which were further divided into departments and then into communes The new territorial organization was implemented in phases with some initial pilot regions beginning to operate in 1974 extending the process on January 1 1976 to the rest of the country The Santiago Metropolitan Region began to operate in April 1980 In December 2006 two new regions were created the northern Arica and Parinacota Region by taking out the two northernmost provinces from the Tarapaca Region and Los Rios Region in the south encompassing the provinces of Valdivia formerly part of the Los Lagos Region and Ranco formerly part of Valdivia 2 Both regions became operative in October 2007 In August 2017 the Nuble Region was created from what was then the Nuble Province of the Biobio Region The old province was divided into three new provinces Diguillin Punilla and Itata The new region s capital is Chillan It became operational in September 2018 3 Administration EditSince their creation each region is headed by an intendant intendente appointed by the President of Chile and a regional board consejo regional The intendants count with the direct collaboration of the SEREMI Ministerial Regional secretary in specific matters such as public health education agriculture among others The SEREMI are appointed by the President Thanks to the Strengthening of Regionalization Law since the 2020 municipal elections each intendant will be elected at the same date along with the mayors and municipal councillors using a two round system If no candidate obtains the minimum threshold 40 of the valid votes a runoff election is held between the two candidates with the most votes and the winner is elected by a simple majority 4 5 Also the law will change the name Intendant to Regional Governor Gobernador regional The President will appoint a Regional presidential delegate delegado presidencial regional who will represent the national government in the region The board was elected among the members of the municipal councils consejo municipal of each commune of the respective region Since the 2013 election the regional board members Consejero regional are directly elected using an open list proportional representation with seats allocated using the D Hondt method Each of the 54 provinces are headed by a governor gobernador appointed by the President In 2020 the provincial governors will change their name to Provincial presidential delegate delegado presidencial provincial still appointed by the President List of regions EditFlag Name English Spanish Capital Area km2 Population 2017 census Density perkm2 Former number Arica and ParinacotaRegion de Arica y Parinacota Arica 16 873 3 226 068 13 4 XV TarapacaRegion de Tarapaca Iquique 42 225 8 330 558 7 83 I AntofagastaRegion de Antofagasta Antofagasta 126 049 1 607 534 4 82 II AtacamaRegion de Atacama Copiapo 75 176 2 286 168 3 81 III CoquimboRegion de Coquimbo La Serena 40 579 9 757 586 18 67 IV ValparaisoRegion de Valparaiso Valparaiso 16 396 1 1 815 902 110 75 V MetropolitanRegion Metropolitana de Santiago Santiago 15 403 2 7 112 808 461 77 RM XIII O HigginsRegion del Libertador General Bernardo O Higgins Rancagua 16 387 0 914 555 55 81 VI MauleRegion del Maule Talca 30 296 1 1 044 950 34 49 VII NubleRegion de Nuble Chillan 13 178 5 480 609 36 47 XVI BiobioRegion del Biobio Concepcion 23 890 2 1 556 805 65 17 VIII AraucaniaRegion de La Araucania Temuco 31 842 3 957 224 30 06 IX Los RiosRegion de Los Rios Valdivia 18 429 5 384 837 20 88 XIV Los LagosRegion de Los Lagos Puerto Montt 48 583 6 828 708 17 06 X AysenRegion Aysen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo Coyhaique 108 494 4 103 158 0 95 XI MagallanesRegion de Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena Punta Arenas 132 291 1 166 533 1 26 XIISee also EditRanked lists of Chilean regions Administrative divisions of Chile Provinces of Chile Communes of Chile ISO 3166 2 CLReferences Edit Cooperativa cl Ley les quito los numeros a las regiones Ahora solo se conoceran por su nombre Cooperativa cl cooperativa cl Archived from the original on 8 March 2018 Retrieved 1 May 2018 La Nacion diariolanacion cl Archived from the original on 2016 09 20 Retrieved 1 May 2018 LEY 21033 05 SEP 2017 MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR Y SEGURIDAD PUBLICA Ley Chile Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional leychile cl 5 September 2017 Archived from the original on 16 September 2017 Retrieved 1 May 2018 Mostrador El Lista para promulgacion queda ley que establece eleccion directa de gobernadores regionales a partir de 2020 elmostrador cl Archived from the original on 8 March 2018 Retrieved 1 May 2018 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2018 03 08 Retrieved 2018 03 08 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link External links EditRegions 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