El Loa
The Province of El Loa (Spanish: Provincia de El Loa) is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). It is named after the longest river of Chile, the Loa. The provincial capital is Calama.
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Provincia de El Loa | |
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Official seal of Seal El Loa province, in red, in the Antofagasta Region El Loa province, in red, in the Antofagasta Region | |
| Coordinates: 22°50′S 68°07′W / 22.833°S 68.117°WCoordinates: 22°50′S 68°07′W / 22.833°S 68.117°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Antofagasta |
| Capital | Calama |
| Comunas | Calama, Ollagüe, San Pedro de Atacama |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Claudio Andrés Lagos Gutiérrez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41,999.6 km2 (16,216.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 143,689 |
| • Density | 3.421199/km2 (8.86087/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
The El Loa province has an area of 41,999.6 km2 (16,216.1 sq mi).[2]
The province is bordered on the north by the Tarapacá region, on the east by Bolivia, on the south by Argentina and on the west by the Antofagasta and the Tocopilla provinces.
Population
As of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 143,689 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 3.4 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is Calama, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 126,135 inhabitants.
Administration
As a province, the El Loa province is a second-level administrative division, consisting of three communes (comunas). The city of Calama serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02201 | 5 Calama | Calama | 15,596.9 | 138,402 |
| 02202 | 6 Ollagüe | Ollagüe | 2,963.9 | 318 |
| 02203 | 7 San Pedro de Atacama | San Pedro de Atacama | 23,438.8 | 4,969 |
| Total of the El Loa province | 41,999.6 | 143,689 | ||
El Loa Media
- Church in Machuca, Atacama Chile.jpg
Church in Machuca, El Loa Province
References
Other websites
- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Province of El Loa website (in Spanish)