Tamarugal Province
Tamarugal Province
Provincia de Tamarugal | |
|---|---|
 Salar de Coposa | |
 Seal | |
 Location in the Tarapacá Region | |
  Tamarugal Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 20°15′34″S 69°47′10″W / 20.25944°S 69.78611°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region |  Tarapacá |
| Capital | Pozo Almonte |
| Communes | List of 5: |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Presidential Provincial Delegate | Luz Eliana González Millas (Comunes) |
| Area | |
• Total | 39,390.5 km2 (15,208.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1 |
| Population (2012 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 20,053 |
| • Rank | 2 |
| • Density | 0.51/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,876 |
| • Rural | 10,655 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 14,175 |
| • Women | 8,356 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[3]) |
| • Summer (DST) | [[UTC-3 ] postal_code_type =]] (CLST[4]) |
| Area code | 56 + 57 |
| Website | Government of Tamarugal |
Tamarugal Province (Spanish: Provincia de Tamarugal) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá. The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte.
Name
[edit]The province is named after Pampa del Tamarugal. Spanish name:
- Provincia de Tamarugal: Used by the government of the province.
- Provincia del Tamarugal: Used by the government of Chile.[5] Derived from the name El Tamarugal.
- Provincia El Tamarugal: Derived from the name El Tamarugal.
Geography and demography
[edit]According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 39,390.5 km2 (15,209 sq mi) and had a population of 22,531 inhabitants (14,175 men and 8,356 women). It is the seventh largest and ninth least populated province in the country with a population density of 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 63.5% (8,748 persons).[2]
Administration
[edit]The province is administered by a presidentially appointed delegate. Luz Eliana González Millas was appointed by president Gabriel Boric.
Communes
[edit]As a province, Tamarugal is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further subdivided into five communes (comunas).
| Commune | Area (km2)[2] | 2002[2] population |
Density (km2) | Government website[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pozo Almonte (Capital) |
13,765.8 | 10,830 | 0.8 | link |
| Pica | 8,934.3 | 6,178 | 0.7 | link |
| Huara | 10,474.6 | 2,599 | 0.2 | link |
| Colchane | 4,015.6 | 1,649 | 0.4 | link |
| Camiña | 2,200.2 | 1,275 | 0.6 | none |
| Province | 39,390.5 | 22,531 | 0.6 | link |
References
[edit]- ^ "Gobierno de Chile: Gobernadores". Government of Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Tarapacá: Plaza de Justicia atendió a usuarios de la Provincia del Tamarugal - Ministerio de Justicia - Gobierno de Chile". www.minjusticia.gob.cl. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Asociacion Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Government of Tamarugal
