Page 10 - HP3A 003 The Regions of Chile

region, in the province of El Loa.

The next region south is the

proper Atacama region, which

is one of Chile’s most sparsely

populated regions, and occupies the

southernmost part of the famous

desert.

Then we come to the region of

Coquimbo with its lovely and famous

capital city of La Serena, which

translates to “the serene one”. La

Serena is Chile’s second oldest city,