🇨🇱 Cities in Chile — API & JSON data

Looking for a JSON API covering cities in Chile? Geomelon has 915 of them, organized into 16 regions and searchable in 21 languages. Santiago tops the list by population (6,257,516).

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Chile cities…

Top 10 cities by population

CityRegionPopulation
SantiagoSantiago Metropolitan Region6,257,516
Puente AltoSantiago Metropolitan Region573,935
AntofagastaAntofagasta Region348,517
Viña del MarValparaíso Region332,875
San BernardoSantiago Metropolitan Region301,313
ValparaísoValparaíso Region296,655
TemucoAraucanía Region282,415
Las CondesSantiago Metropolitan Region249,893
RancaguaO'Higgins Region231,370
ConcepciónBiobío Region217,537

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=cl&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "cc333323-c87c-4b4f-82ae-e536e9856321",
    "name": "Santiago",
    "population": 6257516,
    "countryName": "Chile",
    "countryCode": "CL",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇱",
    "regionName": "Santiago Metropolitan Region"
  },
  {
    "id": "a1b9fff7-c2db-4f12-8f92-beea654413a2",
    "name": "Puente Alto",
    "population": 573935,
    "countryName": "Chile",
    "countryCode": "CL",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇱",
    "regionName": "Santiago Metropolitan Region"
  },
  {
    "id": "677d6fe3-6197-4f6d-a7db-60e9679ea950",
    "name": "Antofagasta",
    "population": 348517,
    "countryName": "Chile",
    "countryCode": "CL",
    "countryEmoji": "🇨🇱",
    "regionName": "Antofagasta Region"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=cl&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

Multilingual city names

City names in Chile are available in 21 languages.

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 203 Chile cities as JSON (31 KB, no API key) from the Chile cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Chile does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 915 cities in Chile across 16 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Chile city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Chile are available in 21 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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