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Tamarugal Province

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

The province is named after Pampa del Tamarugal. Spanish name:

Geography and demography

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

The province is administered by a presidentially appointed delegate. Luz Eliana González Millas was appointed by president Gabriel Boric.

Communes

As a province, Tamarugal is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further subdivided into five communes (comunas).

References

  1. ^ "Gobierno de Chile: Gobernadores". Government of Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Asociacion Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.

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