Illapel

Illapel is a Chilean city; it is the capital of the Choapa province, Coquimbo region. It is in the most narrow point of the country along a parallel, .
Geography.
The commune of Illapel has an area of . It is to the north of Santiago at and to the northeast of the seaport city of Los Vilos at .
The commune is bordered on the north by the Combarbalá and Monte Patria (a small part) communes, both of the Limarí province, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Salamanca and Los Vilos communes, and on the west by the Canela commune.
 
The city of Illapel is along the "Illapel" river, a tributary of the "Choapa" river, that is long.
Population.
 (last national census), there were 30,355 people living in the commune, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km².
The city of Illapel has an urban area of and a population, in 2002, of 21,826 inhabitants.