La Serena, Chile
La Serena | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 La Serena's urban hinterland | |
| Coordinates (city): 29°54′S 71°15′W / 29.900°S 71.250°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Coquimbo |
| Province | Elqui |
| Founded | 1544 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Roberto Jacob Jure (PRSD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,892.8 km2 (730.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 160,148 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 147,815 |
| • Rural | 12,333 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 77,385 |
| • Women | 82,763 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Postal code | 1700000 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
La Serena is a Chilean city, the capital of the Coquimbo Region and the Elqui Province. In the INE 2002 census, the city had 160,148 people.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Municipality of La Serena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- 1 2 3 "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ↑ "National Statistics Institute" Archived 2010-07-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7 February 2013. (in Spanish)
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to La Serena, Chile.
- Municipality of La Serena (in Spanish)
- La Serena tourism guide
- Tourism La Serena Archived 2015-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
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