Limarí Province
Limarí Province (Spanish: Provincia de Limarí) is one of three provinces of the Chilean region of Coquimbo Region (IV). Its capital is the city of Ovalle.
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Provincia de Limarí | |
|---|---|
 Seal  Limarí, in red, in the Coquimbo Region | |
| Coordinates: 30°30′S 71°00′W / 30.500°S 71.000°WCoordinates: 30°30′S 71°00′W / 30.500°S 71.000°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Coquimbo |
| Capital | Ovalle |
| Comunas | Combarbalá, Monte Patria, Punitaqui, Río Hurtado, Ovalle |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Wladimir Pleticosic Orellana |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,553.2 km2 (5,232.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 156,158 |
| • Density | 11.52185/km2 (29.84147/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
It is named after the main river of the province: the Limarí River.
Geography
The Limarí province has an area of 13,553.2 km2 (5,232.9 sq mi), the second largest province in the Coquimbo region.[2]
Limarí is bordered on the north by the Elqui province, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Choapa province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The main river of the province is the Limarí river that is 64 km (39.8 mi) long.[3]
Population
As of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 156,158 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 11.5 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is Ovalle, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 66,405 inhabitants.
Administration
As a province, Limarí is a second-level administrative division, consisting of five communes (comunas). The city of Ovalle serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04301 | 13 Ovalle | Ovalle | 3,834.5 | 98,089 |
| 04302 | 11 Combarbalá | Combarbalá | 1,895.9 | 13,483 |
| 04303 | 12 Monte Patria | Monte Patria | 4,366.3 | 30,276 |
| 04304 | 14 Punitaqui | Punitaqui | 1,339.3 | 9,539 |
| 04305 | 15 Río Hurtado | Río Hurtado | 2,117.2 | 4,771 |
| Total of the Limarí province | 13,553.2 | 156,158 | ||
References
- ↑ "Conozca al Gobernador". Gobernación - Provincia de Limarí (in español). Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Región de Coquimbo" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "Cuenca del río Limarí" (PDF). Dirección General de Aguas. December 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
Other websites
- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Coquimbo Official website (in Spanish)
- Province of Limarí website (in Spanish)