"This article is about the Atacama Region; for the desert, see Atacama Desert.The Atacama Region (Spanish: III Regi\u00F3n de Atacama) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Cha\u00F1aral, Copiap\u00F3 and Huasco. It is bordered to the north by Antofagasta, to the south by Coquimbo, to east with Provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan of Argentina, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean."@en . . . .