Parinacota Province
Parinacota Province (Spanish: Provincia de Parinacota) is a province of Chile. It belongs to the Arica and Parinacota region (XV), the northernmost and the newest of the Chilean regions. Its capital is Putre.
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Provincia de Parinacota | |
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 Seal  Location in Arica y Parinacota Region | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′47″S 69°33′34″W / 18.19639°S 69.55944°WCoordinates: 18°11′47″S 69°33′34″W / 18.19639°S 69.55944°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Arica and Parinacota |
| Named for | Parinacota Volcano |
| Capital | Putre |
| Comunas | General Lagos Putre |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Roberto Lau Suárez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,146.9 km2 (3,145.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,156 |
| • Density | 0.38739/km2 (1.00333/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
It is named after the Parinacota volcano.
History
The Arica and Parinacota region was created on 8 October 2007 under Law 20.175, promulgated on March 23, 2007. The law divided the former Tarapacá region into two: the northern portion became the XV Arica y Parinacota Region, and the southern portion remained the I Tarapacá Region.
Geography
The Parinacota province has an area of 8,146.9 km2 (3,145.5 sq mi).[2]
Parinacota borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the east, the Tamarugal province in the Tarapacá region to the south and the Arica province to the west.[2]
Population
As of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 3,156 people (2,106 men and 1,050 women) living in the province, giving it a population density of 0.4 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest town of the province is Putre, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 1,498 inhabitants.
Administration
As a province, Parinacota is a second-level administrative division, consisting of two communes (comunas): General Lagos in the northern portion and Putre in the south. The town of Putre is the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15201 | Putre | Putre | 5,902.5 | 1,977 |
| 15202 | General Lagos | General Lagos | 2,244.4 | 1,179 |
| Total of the Parinacota province | 8,146.9 | 3,156 | ||
References
- ↑ "Autoridades". Gobierno Regional de Arica and Parinacota (in español). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Región de Arica y Parinacota" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
Other websites
- Municipality of Parinacota website (in Spanish)
- Official website of the Local Government (in Spanish)
- Arica Region (in Spanish)