Chañaral Province

Chañaral Province (Spanish: Provincia de Chañaral) is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III). Its capital is the small coastal town of Chañaral.

Geography and demography

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 24,436.2 km² (9,435 sq mi)^[2] and had a population of 32,132 inhabitants (16,999 men and 15,133 women), giving it a population density of 1.3 /km² (3 /sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 22.5% (9,319 persons).^[2]

Administration

As a province, Chañaral is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further divided into two communes (comunas): Chañaral and Diego de Almagro. The province is administered by a presidentially appointed governor. Tomás Villavicencio Pizarro was appointed by president Sebastián Piñera.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) "Gobierno de Chile: Gobernadores". Government of Chile. http://www.subdere.gov.cl/1510/w3-article-67516.html. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} (Spanish) "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF). National Statistics Institute. 2007. http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/territorio/division_politico_administrativa/pdf/dpa_completa.pdf. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
3. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-28. 
4. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-28.