Tocopilla Province
The Province of Tocopilla (Spanish: Provincia de Tocopilla) is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). The provincial capital is Tocopilla.
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Provincia de Tocopilla | |
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 Seal  The Tocopilla province, in red, in the Antofagasta Region | |
| Coordinates: 21°55′S 69°48′W / 21.917°S 69.800°WCoordinates: 21°55′S 69°48′W / 21.917°S 69.800°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Antofagasta |
| Capital | Tocopilla |
| Comunas | Tocopilla, María Elena |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Sergio Carvajal Salas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,236 km2 (6,269 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 31,516 |
| • Density | 1.94112/km2 (5.02747/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
The Tocopilla province has an area of 16,236 km2 (6,269 sq mi).[2]
The province is bordered on the north by the Tarapacá region, on the east by the El Loa province, on the south by the Antofagasta province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Population
As of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 31,516 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 1.9 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is Tocopilla, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 23,352 inhabitants.
Administration
As a province, the Tocopilla province is a second-level administrative division, consisting of two communes (comunas). The city of Tocopilla serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02301 | 9 Tocopilla | Tocopilla | 4,038.8 | 23,986 |
| 02302 | 8 María Elena | María Elena | 12,197.2 | 7,530 |
| Total of the Tocopilla province | 16,236.0 | 31,516 | ||
References
- ↑ "Conozca al Gobernador". Gobernación Provincial de Tocopilla (in español). Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Región de Antofagasta" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
Other websites
- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Antofagasta (in Spanish)
- Province of Tocopilla website (in Spanish)