Chañaral Province
The Chañaral Province (Spanish: Provincia de Chañaral) is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III). The capital is the small coastal town of Chañaral.
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Provincia de Chañaral | |
|---|---|
 Seal  Chañaral, in red, in the Atacama Region | |
| Coordinates: 26°17′S 69°52′W / 26.283°S 69.867°WCoordinates: 26°17′S 69°52′W / 26.283°S 69.867°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Atacama |
| Capital | Chañaral |
| Comunas | Chañaral, Diego de Almagro |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Alonso Yerko Guerra Rivera |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24,436.2 km2 (9,434.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 32,132 |
| • Density | 1.314934/km2 (3.40566/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
The Chañaral province has an area of 24,436.2 km2 (9,434.9 sq mi).[2]
Chañaral is bordered on the north by the Antofagasta region, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Copiapó province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
About 30 km (19 mi) north of the town of Chañaral is the Pan de Azúcar National Park.[3]
Population
As of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 32,132 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 1.3 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is Chañaral, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 6,384 inhabitants.
Administration
As a province, Chañaral is a second-level administrative division, consisting of two communes (comunas). The city of Chañaral serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03201 | 1 Chañaral | Chañaral | 5,772.4 | 13,543 |
| 03202 | 2 Diego de Almagro | Diego de Almagro | 18,663.8 | 18,589 |
| Total of the Chañaral province | 24,436.2 | 32,132 | ||
References
- ↑ "Conozca al Gobernador". Gobernación - Provincia de Chañaral (in español). Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Región de Atacama" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar" (in español). CONAF. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
Other websites
- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Atacama Official website (in Spanish)
- Province of Chanaral website (in Spanish)