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Also known as Illapel, Chile

Illapel () is a Chilean city, which is the capital of the Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region. It lies along the Illapel River and marks the country's narrowest point along a parallel (94 km). It is located to the east of Los Vilos.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Illapel
Settlement.settlement_type
City and Commune
Settlement.image_skyline
Illapel.JPG
Settlement.image_flag
Bandera Illapel.png
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1752
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
2629.1
Settlement.elevation_m
388
Settlement.population_total
30074
Settlement.population_as_of
2012 Census
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.population_demonym
Illapelino
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Urban
Settlement.population_blank1
21826
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Rural
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Illapel commune in the Coquimbo Region
Settlement.pushpin_map
Chile

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Administration
  • Demographics
  • Earthquake of September 16, 2015
  • See also
  • References
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Illapel () is a Chilean city, which is the capital of the Choapa Province, Coquimbo Region. It lies along the Illapel River and marks the country's narrowest point along a parallel (94 km). It is located to the east of Los Vilos.

==Administration== As a commune, Illapel is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008–2012 alcalde was Denis Cortés Vargas (IND/JPM).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Illapel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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