Gran Concepción is the third largest conurbation in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

, after Greater Santiago and Greater Valparaíso, with 945,650 inhabitants according to the 2012 pre census.

Overview

It takes its name after the city of Concepción, the regional capital and main city. The agglomeration is composed of: * Concepción *

Talcahuano Talcahuano () (From Mapudungun ''Tralkawenu'', "Thundering Sky") is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation. Talcahuano is located in the south of the Central Zone of Chile. ...

Chiguayante Chiguayante () is a Chilean city and commune in Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It is part of Greater Concepción. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Chiguayante spans an area of and has 81,30 ...

San Pedro de la Paz San Pedro de la Paz () is a Chilean city and commune located in the Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It has some 80,447 inhabitants according to the 2002 national census. In 2005, the Pedro Aguirre Cerda avenue, the main avenue in the cit ...

* Hualpén * Penco * Tomé *

Coronel Coronel may refer to: * Archaic and Spanish variant of colonel * Coronel, Chile, a port city in Chile * Battle of Coronel off the Chilean coast during World War I * The World War II German auxiliary cruiser HSK ''Coronel'', see German night fig ...

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* Hualqui Gran Concepción has also the second largest concentration of universities in Chile. Apart from the so-called Traditional Universities, it has several private institutions. The Universidad de Concepción is the most important university in the conurbation. There is also a

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are co ...

system which serves most of the communes ( es, comunas) in the conurbation:

Biotren The Biotren ( es, Biotrén) is an at-grade urban commuter rail system that serves a large part of the city of Concepción, Chile, capital of the region of Bío-Bío, also known as Greater Concepción or Concepción Metropolitan Area, both syn ...

Commerce

The commerce in Greater Concepcion is mostly located in Concepcion city center, also in the Mall Plaza el Trebol, in Talcahuano.

Education

Universities

* Universidad de Concepción (Concepción) *

Universidad del Bío-Bío Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatema ...

(Concepción) * Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (Concepción) * Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Hualpén) * Universidad de Los Lagos (Concepción) * Universidad del Desarrollo (Concepción) *

Universidad San Sebastián Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

(Concepción) * Universidad Andrés Bello (Talcahuano) * Universidad Santo Tomás (Concepción) *

Universidad Tecnológica de Chile Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatema ...

(Talcahuano) * Universidad de las Américas (Concepción) *

Universidad La República Universidad (Spanish for "university") may refer to: Places * Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico * Universidad (Madrid) Football clubs * Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ...

(Concepción) * Universidad ARCIS (Concepción) * Universidad Bolivariana (Concepción) * Universidad de Pedro de Valdivia (Concepción) * Universidad del Pacífico (Concepción)

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