Talk:Regions of Chile

Requested move
move from "X (region)" to "X Region". move details:
 * That's the way it is done everywhere else in SouthAmerican articles and a majority of all articles about subnational entities. See: WikiProject_Subnational_entities/Naming
 * the spanish word for region is actually part of the official name, thus no problem at all to use it.
 * Not true. Please read the law linked in the article. —Cantus… ☎   21:53, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * link is broken. if not true we should maybe change the spanish names. - Tobias Conradi (Talk) 03:05, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Tarapacá -> Tarapacá Region (there is a Tarapacá in Colombia) Antofagasta (region) -> Antofagasta Region Atacama (region) -> Atacama Region Coquimbo (region) -> Coquimbo Region Valparaíso (region) -> Valparaíso Region O'Higgins Region OK, do not move Araucanía OK, do not move Maule (region) -> Maule Region Bío-Bío (region) -> Bío-Bío Region Los Lagos (region) -> Los Lagos Region Aisén (region) -> Aisén Region Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena OK, do not move Santiago Metropolitan Region OK, do not move


 * add: * Support or * Oppose followed by an optional one sentence explanation and a signature:" ~"

*Support Tobias Conradi (Talk) 16:05, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

They've all been moved now. violet/riga (t) 19:50, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

older request
To bring article titles for regions of Chile in line with the Provinces and with use in other countries (see #Current use at: WikiProject Subnational entities/Naming) the following moves would help, articles were already there in the past, though I cannot move: Tobias Conradi 09:14, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I Region of Tarapacá -> Tarapacá Region
 * II Region of Antofagasta -> Antofagasta Region
 * III Region of Atacama -> Atacama Region
 * IV Region of Coquimbo -> Coquimbo Region
 * V Region of Valparaíso -> Valparaíso Region
 * add: * Support or * Oppose followed by an optional one sentence explanation and a signature:" ~"


 * Oppose. —Cantus… ☎   04:10, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)


 * request withdrawn. Tobias Conradi 23:25, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Unification of region article names
I think that a unification of region names shoud be done. The current names can be seen in Template:Regions of Chile where there are 3 types of conventions:
 * Name without additions: I: Tarapacá, IX: Araucanía, XII: Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena
 * Name + "(region)": II: Antofagasta (region), III: Atacama (region), IV: Coquimbo (region), V: Valparaíso (region), VII: Maule (region), VIII: Bío-Bío (region), XI: Aisén (region)
 * Name + "Region": VI: O'Higgins Region, X: Los Lagos Region

I favor Tobias' choice, but I also like what is done in Wikipedia in Spanish: names there are like I Región de Tarapacá (Chile), etc. Let me add that "n Región" is part of the name, and actually most people say "Primera Región", etc., without the name (Tarapacá in this case). A title like "I Región de Tarapacá Region" would be so ridiculous that another alternative must be taken.

Pablo.cl 21:11, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * Hola Pablo, gracias por tu mensaje!
 * 116 sets of subnational entities use the scheme "XYZ Region" if neccessary "XYZ Region, Country", see: WikiProject Subnational entities/Naming.
 * Provinces of Chile also use XYZ Province. No entity in South America uses XYZ (region) - beside Chilean Regions. So I think we make XYZ Region for those that need it. Tarapaca also needs it because I found Tarapacá in Colombia. Do you think there exists anything in the world called "Araucanía"? I would leave out the numerals for now. I think than it would become "First Region, Chile" Best regards Tobias Conradi (Talk) 13:19, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:Cantus is taking action without talking and he also destroys page histories by copying content in cases where he could not move the page with the move-function. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 18:36, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

new map needed
With the Dec 19th change in the regions, a new map should be made. Is anyone up to it? -- J A X HERE | T a l k 00:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Roman numerals to be abolished?!?
As far as i'm aware, there's no intention of abolishing the Roman numerals. The two new Regions have been assigned new numerals and also I read that the Constitution requires them to determine the timing for Senatoril elections (the odd numbered regions are due for senatorial elections in 2010). GringoInChile 10:43, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

removal of external links section
I've removed the external links from the article because the first one is simply not accurate even though it comes from what one might expect to be a reliable source. The second link just doesn't work. -- J A X HERE | T a l k 16:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Removed Section:


 * Article on sub-national government in Chile
 * Decreto Ley N° 2.339", from 1978 - Denomination of the regions

Numbers on regions
As a student/wikipedia editor I would be easier for me to see the reoman nujmerals of the regions next to the names. For example: Region de Antofagasta II DiegoTalksMonke (talk) 13:10, 9 November 2023 (UTC)