About Lota
Lota is a city in Biobio, Chile with a population of 47,339. It is the 57th largest of the 139 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Chile, and the 12,020th largest worldwide. It lies 464 km from Santiago.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#10of 20
Coordinates
-37.090, -73.158
Record updated
4 November 2025
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 139 in ChileClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.