Los Ríos Region
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|+ <big>'''XIV Región de los Ríos'''</big>
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; background: #fff;" | [[Image:Mapa loc Los Ríos.svg|200px]]
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|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <small>[[Regions of Chile|See other Chilean regions]]</small>
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|'''[[Capital]]''' || [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]
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|'''Provinces'''
|[[Valdivia Province|Valdivia]]<br>
[[Ranco Province|Ranco]]
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|'''Area''' <br />
- Total
|Ranked 11th <br />
18,429.5 [[square kilometre|km²]]
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|'''Population''' <br />
- 2002 Census <br />
- [[Density]]
|Ranked 11th<br />
356,396 <br />
19.34 /km²
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|'''[[ISO 3166-2]]''' || CL-LR
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The '''XIV Los Ríos Region''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''XIV Región de Los Ríos'', [[Spanish language|literally in Spanish]]: ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of [[Chile]]'s 15 first order [[administrative division]]s. Its capital is [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]. Pop. 356,396 (2002 census). It began to operate as region on [[October 2]] [[2007]]. It was created by subdividing the [[Los Lagos Region]] in southern [[Chile]]. It consists of two provinces: [[Valdivia Province|Valdivia]] and —the newly created— [[Ranco Province|Ranco]] that was formerly part of Valdivia Province.
The new region was established in consideration of territorial, historical and geographic factors. The original [[Los Lagos Region]] was one of the largest, most diverse regions in the country, and the integration of the Province of Valdivia was difficult because of its background which differed from the four other provinces of the region, especially the southern provinces of [[Chiloé Province|Chiloé]] and [[Palena Province|Palena]].
Some differences include:
*Valdivia has a colonial past while most of the Los Lagos Region was colonized in the 19th century.
*Valdivia's economy is more oriented to [[forestry]], while the other provinces are more active in fishing and cattle farming.
*Valdivia, with 356,396 inhabitants, was the most populated province in the Los Lagos Region, while [[Palena Province|Palena]], in contrast, has only 18,971 residents.
== Subdivisions ==
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{{Image label small|x=0.7|y=0.24857143|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.68857145|y=0.49142858|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Futrono, Chile|Futrono]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.49142858|y=0.7171429|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Río Bueno, Chile|Río Bueno]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.63714284|y=0.6314286|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Lago Ranco, Chile|Lago Ranco]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.21428572|y=0.5657143|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[La Unión, Chile|La Unión]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.17142858|y=0.44|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Corral, Chile|Corral]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.37142858|y=0.47142857|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Paillaco]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.22857143|y=0.34|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.37714285|y=0.26|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Máfil]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.47428572|y=0.15142857|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Lanco, Chile|Lanco]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.2742857|y=0.16571428|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[San José de la Mariquina|Mariquina]]}}
{{Image label small|x=0.47428572|y=0.35714287|scale={{{width|350}}}|text=[[Los Lagos, Chile|Los Lagos]]}}
{{Image label end}}
Subdivisions approved by the Deputy Chamber:
**'''Valdivia Province:''' Including [[Valdivia (city)|Valdivia]], [[Mariquina]], [[Lanco, Chile|Lanco]], [[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]], [[Máfil, Chile|Máfil]], [[Los Lagos, Chile|Los Lagos]], [[Paillaco, Chile|Paillaco]], and [[Corral, Chile|Corral]] municipalities
**'''Ranco Province:''' Including [[La Unión, Chile|La Unión]], [[Río Bueno, Chile|Río Bueno]], [[Lago Ranco, Chile|Lago Ranco]] and [[Futrono, Chile|Futrono]] municipalities.
===Settlements===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of settlements in Los Ríos Region[http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/demografia_y_vitales/demografia/demografia.php]
! Name !! Population !! Type !! Commune
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| [[Antilhue]] || 934 || Village || [[Los Lagos, Chile|Los Lagos]]
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| [[Caleta Chaihuín]] || 36 || Hamlet || [[Corral, Chile|Corral]]
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| [[Choshuenco]] || 625 || Village || [[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]]
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| [[Coñaripe]] || 1,416 || Town || [[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]]
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| [[Corral, Chile|Corral]] || 3,670 || Town || [[Corral, Chile|Corral]]
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| [[Curiñanco]] || 274 || Hamlet || [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]
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| [[Futrono]] || 6,603 || City || [[Futrono]]
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| [[La Unión, Chile|La Unión]] || 25,615 || City || [[La Unión, Chile|La Unión]]
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| [[Lanco]] || 7,817 || City || [[Lanco]]
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| [[Lago Ranco, Chile|Lago Ranco]] || 2,205 || Town || [[Lago Ranco, Chile|Lago Ranco]]
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| [[Liquiñe]] || 1,205 || Town || [[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]]
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| [[Llifén]] || 748 || Town || [[Futrono]]
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| [[Los Lagos, Chile|Los Lagos]] || 9,479 || City || [[Los Lagos, Chile|Los Lagos]]
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| [[Máfil]] || 3,793 || Town || [[Máfil]]
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| [[Malalhue]] || 2,566 || Town || [[Lanco]]
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| [[Neltume]] || 2,125 || Town || [[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]]
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| [[Mehuín]] || 1,135 || Town || [[Mariquina]]
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| [[Niebla]] || 2,202 || Town || [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]
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| [[Nontuela]] || 1,048 || Town || [[Futrono]]
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| [[Riñihue, Chile|Riñihue]] || 243 || Hamlet || [[Los Lagos, Chile|Los Lagos]]
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| [[Río Bueno, Chile|Río Bueno]] || 15,054 || City || [[Río Bueno, Chile|Río Bueno]]
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| [[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]] || 11,142 || City || [[Panguipulli, Chile|Panguipulli]]
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| [[Paillaco]] || 9,973 || City || [[Paillaco]]
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| [[San José de la Mariquina]] || 7,790 || City || [[Mariquina]]
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| [[Pishuinco]] || 228 || Hamlet || [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]
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| [[Punucapa]] || 75 || Hamlet || [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]
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| [[Torobayo]] || 148 || Hamlet || [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]
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| [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]] || 127,750 || City || [[Valdivia, Chile|Valdivia]]
|}
== History ==
===Background===
[[Image:Firmaregiondelosrios.jpg|thumb|250px|The Chilean President, [[Ricardo Lagos]] signing the bill proposing the Los Ríos Region in Valdivia (October 19, 2005)]]
In the beginning of the Chilean Republic, Valdivia was one of the original eight provinces established. The reason for the incorporation was not so much the value of Valdivia, ''per se'', but to minimize the threat to Chilean independence posed by Spaniards in the territory. As German immigrants arrived in the city during the mid 19th century, the local economy started to develop industries. By 1900, Valdivia was the third most industrialized city in Chile, however, a period of decline started with the world wars. After the [[Great Chilean Earthquake]] in 1960, Valdivia fell deeper into decline. Much of the city was destroyed and many people left the city.
In 1974 the military junta reorganized the political divisions of Chile deciding that Valdivia was no longer adequate to be a "first class administrative territory" capital. Hence, it was reclassified into a province within [[Los Lagos Region]] and [[Puerto Montt]] was designated capital. Valdivians greatly resented this decision because they felt they were better suited to be the capital than Puerto Montt, holding forth the following arguments:
*Valdivia was founded in 1552,
*Valdivia had resisted [[Corral Bay Forts|pirate attacks]] and [[Arauco War|hostile natives]],
*Valdivia had survived several earthquakes,
*Puerto Montt, founded in 1853, three hundred and one years later, was a considerably newer city.
===Creation of the new region===
[[Image:Regiondevaldivia.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Map of the [[Los Rios Region]] and the remaining Los Lagos Region (Grey). Paillaco is in Valdivia province instead of Ranco Province, as initially proposed.]]
In [[October 19]], [[2005]] Chilean President [[Ricardo Lagos]] signed a bill allowing for the creation of Los Ríos Region ("The Rivers Region"). The bill was approved by Congress on December 19, 2006; it was signed into law on March 16, 2007 and published on April 5, 2007. According to the Roman numeral designation, currently used in Chile, this region is number '''XIV''' (fourteenth). However, steps are being taken to no longer refer to the regions by numbers.
===Osorno===
When the new region was considered by Congress, [[Osorno, Chile|Osorno]] made several proposals:
* To make Osorno the new capital
* To make [[La Unión, Chile|La Unión]] the capital
* To expand Osorno Province adding to it the comuna of [[Río Bueno, Chile|Río Bueno]].
It was proposed that [[Osorno Province]] join as the third province of the new region, instead of remaining the fourth province of [[Los Lagos Region]], however, in a referendum held in 2006 the residents of that province rejected the idea.
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== See also ==
*[[Chile]]
*[[Regions of Chile]]
*[[Valdivia (city)]]
*[[List of Chile-related topics]]
==External links==
*[http://www.bcn.cl/leyes/pdf/original/259774.pdf Ley Nº 20.174] (Law creating the region)
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