Editing Atacama Region (section)

{{About|the administrative region|the desert|Atacama Desert}}
{{Short description|Region of Chile}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| official_name      = Atacama Region
| native_name        = Región de Atacama
| native_name_lang   = es
| settlement_type    = [[Regions of Chile|Region of Chile]]
<!-- provinces ----------------->| seat_type          = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
| seat               = [[Copiapó, Chile|Copiapó]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|27|22|00|S|70|19|56|W|type:adm1st_region:CL|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Chile}}
| parts_type         = [[Provinces of Chile|Provinces]]
| parts              = [[Chañaral Province|Chañaral]], [[Copiapó Province|Copiapó]], [[Huasco Province|Huasco]]
| leader_title       = [[Intendant]]
| leader_name        = Francisco Sánchez
| leader_party       = [[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]]
<!-- images --------------------->| image_skyline      = Panoramica de la laguna con las tres Cimas de fondo.jpg
| image_caption      = [[Nevado Tres Cruces National Park]]
| image_flag         = Flag of Atacama, Chile.svg
| flag_size          = 120px
| flag_alt           = Flag of Atacama Region
| image_shield       = Coat of arms of Atacama, Chile.svg
| shield_size        = 75px
| shield_alt         = Coat of Arms of Atacama Region
| image_map          = Atacama in Chile 2018.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Map of Atacama Region
<!-- area: for references: use <ref> tags ---------------------->| area_total_km2     = 75176.2
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url= https://www.bcn.cl/siit/nuestropais/nuestropais/region3/ |title= Región de Atacama |access-date=7 November 2022 |publisher=Library of National Congress|language=es }}</ref>
| area_rank          = 4
<!-- elevation: for references: use <ref> tags ----------------->| elevation_min_footnotes = 
| elevation_max_footnotes = 
| elevation_max_m    = 6891.3
| elevation_min_m    = 0
<!--population: for references: use <ref> tags ----------------->| population_total   = 286168
| population_as_of   = 2017 census
| population_footnotes = <ref name="BCN"/>
| population_rank    = 13
| population_density_km2 = auto
<!-- GDP --------------------->| demographics_type1 = GDP (PPP)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=":0">[http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita], OECD.Stats.</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = $8.595 billion (2014)
| demographics1_title2 = Per capita
| demographics1_info2 = $27,882 (2014)
<!-- miscellaneous --------------------------------------------->| blank_name_sec1    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2022)
| blank_info_sec1    = 0.864<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref><br/>{{color|green|very high}}
| website            = [http://www.goreatacama.cl/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:CL|CL-AT]]
| footnotes          = 
}}
The '''Atacama Region''' ({{langx|es|Región de Atacama}}, {{IPA|es|ataˈkama|pron}}) is one of [[Chile]]'s 16 first order [[administrative division]]s. It comprises three [[Provinces of Chile|provinces]]: [[Chañaral Province|Chañaral]], [[Copiapó Province|Copiapó]] and [[Huasco Province|Huasco]]. It is bordered to the north by [[Antofagasta Region|Antofagasta]], to the south by [[Coquimbo Region|Coquimbo]], to the east by the provinces of [[Catamarca Province|Catamarca]], [[La Rioja Province (Argentina)|La Rioja]] and [[San Juan Province (Argentina)|San Juan]] of [[Argentina]], and to the west by the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The regional capital [[Copiapó]] is located {{convert|806|km|0|abbr=on}} north of the country's capital of [[Santiago]]. The region occupies the southern portion of the [[Atacama Desert]], the rest of the desert is mainly distributed among the other regions of [[Norte Grande, Chile|Norte Grande]]. As a generalization south of Copiapó River the region is mostly semi-arid and north of it it is a true desert. The inland area in the north also differs from the southern part by hosting active volcanoes part of the [[Andean Volcanic Belt|Central Volcanic Zone of Andes]]. The region has a long tradition of mining.