Regions of Chile
The administrative division of Chile has three stages below the central level and finds its basis in Chapter XIV of the Constitution of 1980.
- 2.1 List of Provinces
Regions
The top level consists of the 15 regions. The original structure to the Law Decree (Decreto Ley ) No 575 of 10 July 1974 provided for 13 regions, namely the Santiago Metropolitan Region (Region Metropolitana de Santiago ) and from north to south with the Roman numerals from I to XII numbered regions. Subsequently, it was the XIV region from the Region X and Region XV separated from the region I. The number XIII is not assigned, but the metropolitan area of Santiago is, for example, by the Statistical Institute conducted in classifications with the number 13.
Tasks and facilities
In the Regions in each case before a director ( Intendente ), which requires only the confidence of the Chilean president and resides in the region. The director general is representative of the President in the region and is subject to its precepts. It is responsible for the coordination, supervision and control of public institutions in the region.
For the regional administration is a regional government ( Gobierno regional) social, cultural and economic development of the region, which is gebiledet from the director and the Regional Council. The regional government is a public corporation with its own assets.
The Regional Council ( Consejo regional) is the general decision-making body in the region and to ensure the involvement of citizens. He is elected for four years by direct suffrage. The re-election of its members is allowed. The Regional Council in turn elects from among its members by an absolute majority of its members, a president who can dismiss a two-thirds majority again or withdraw the approval of the majority of Council members. The selected in each region deputies and senators have at the meetings of the Regional Council attendance and speaking rights but no voting rights.
Geographical arrangement
Except for the metropolitan region of Santiago all regions bordering both the Pacific Ocean and on the two eastern neighbors Bolivia and Argentina, so that a horizontal classification results by substantially extending in the east-west direction limits. Through the formation of the Regions XIV and XV is the order from north to south now XV, I to IX, XIV, X to XII. The metropolitan region of Santiago lies between the regions V and VI.
List of regions
The following list gives the area and population of the regions and the provinces associated with status 2010.
Historical Development of the Regions
Based on the current classification is first Legislative Decree (Decreto Ley ) No. 575 of July 10, 1974 by Article 1 of which the formation of the following regions was made on the basis of the previous classification. :
By Legislative Decree (Decreto Ley ) No 1230 from October 27, 1975 made some border adjustments that affected the regions I, II, VIII, IX, X and XI. The XI. Region was named Aisen del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, the XII. Region of Magallanes y Antártica Chilena the name.
The Legislative Decree No. 2339 of October 2, 1978 named the regions as follows:
- I Región de Tarapacá
- II Región de Antofagasta
- III. Región de Atacama
- IV Región de Coquimbo
- V. Región de Valparaíso
- VI. Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins
- VII Región del Maule
- VIII Región del Bío -Bío
- IX. Región de la Araucanía
- X Región de Los Lagos
- XI. Región del General Carlos Ibáñez Aysen del Campo
- XII. Región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena de la
- RM. Región Metropolitana de Santiago
Other boundary adjustments were made by Legislative Decree No 2867 of 20 September 1979. This affected all regions except Region VIII Bío -Bío.
The laws of 20 174 and 20 175 from 16 and March 23, 2007 created the new regions XIV Los Ríos and XV Arica y Parinacota.
Provinces
The regions are in turn divided into 54 provinces. You standing in front of each one appointed by the President of Chile and of this free abberufbarer Governor ( Gobernador ), the subject to the instructions of the director of the region concerned.
List of Provinces
The following list gives the area and population of the provinces with stand 2010.
Communities
In the third stage are the churches. In 2010, there were 346 communities with an extent, some of which exceed the German federal states. Largest parish area of the country is Puerto Natales (XII Region, Última Esperanza Province) with 48974.2. Surface Smallest municipality is San Ramón ( Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Santiago Province) with 6.5. As of the 2002 census, Puente Alto ( Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Santiago Province) with 492 915 inhabitants had the most Ollagüe ( Region II, El Loa Province ) with 318 the fewest inhabitants.
As organs of local government ( municipalidad ) the mayor ( alcalde ) as the supreme governing body and the local council ( Concejo ) are called.
The municipal council is elected by universal suffrage for a term of four years. The re-election of its members is allowed.