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Antofagasta Province

FieldValue
nameAntofagasta Province
native_nameProvincia de Antofagasta
native_name_langes
settlement_typeProvince
image_skylineLa Portada, Antofagasta, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. - panoramio.jpg
image_captionLa Portada
image_sealLogo de la Gobernación Provincial de Antofagasta.svg
image_mapProvincia de Antofagasta.svg
map_captionLocation in the Antofagasta Region
pushpin_mapChile
pushpin_map_altLocation in Chile
pushpin_map_narrowy
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Chile
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChile
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Antofagasta
established_title
seat_typeCapital
seatAntofagasta
parts_typeCommunes
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p1Antofagasta
p2Mejillones
p3Sierra Gorda
p4Taltal
government_typeProvincial
government_footnotes
leader_titlePresidential Provincial Delegate
leader_nameNone
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km267813.5
population_footnotes
population_total359353
population_as_of2012 Census
population_rank1
population_density_km2auto
population_urban313,244
population_rural5,535
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info1165,847
demographics1_title2Women
demographics1_info2152,932
timezoneCLT
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timezone_DSTCLST
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area_code56 + 55
websiteGovernment of Antofagasta

Antofagasta Province () is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). The capital is the port city of Antofagasta. Located within the Atacama Desert, it borders the El Loa and Tocopilla provinces to the north, the Pacific Ocean to the West and the Atacama Region to the south.

History

Before 1866, this region was disputed and claimed by Chile and Bolivia. After the Boundary Treaty of 1866 between the two nations the province was part Bolivia, and was known as the Atacama Department, or the Litoral. The Secret Treaty of 1873 between Peru and Bolivia was followed by the Boundary Treaty of 1874 between Bolivia and Chile. Afterwards Chile defeated both Peru and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific of 1879–84. The Antofagasta region was occupied by Chile during the War and administered as the Antofagasta Territory (which was neither a province or department) until 1888, when the Antofagasta Department was created. It was officially ceded to Chile by Bolivia in 1904. Bolivia still argues that this was a forced takeover of part of a country by a stronger nation.

Geography

The province spans an area of 67813.5 sqkm in the Atacama Desert. It is the second largest province in the country, second only to Antártica Chilena Province (1,265,853.7 km2), which is not internationally recognized.

Its area is rich in saline and other mineral deposits with the important Caracoles silver mines about 90 mi north-east of the Antofagasta. Like the other provinces of this region, Antofagasta produces for export copper, silver, silver ores, lead, nitrate of soda, borax and salt. Iron and manganese ores are also found here.

Demography

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute, the province had a 2012 population of 359,353, and a population density of 4.7 PD/sqkm. Of this population, 313,244 (98.3%) lived in urban areas and 5,535 (1.7%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 29.1% (71,779 persons).

Besides Antofagasta, the principal towns are Taltal and Mejillones.

Administration

As a province, Antofagasta is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further subdivided into four communes (comunas). The province is administered by a presidentially appointed regional delegate. Government headquarters, before the suppression of provincial governments, were located at Arturo Prat N° 384, Piso 6, Antofagasta.

CommuneArea (km2)2002
PopulationDensity
(km2)Government
website
Taltal20,405.111,1000.5link
Sierra Gorda12,866.42,3560.2link
Mejillones3,803.98,4182.2link
Antofagasta
(Capital)30,718.1296,9059.7link
Province67,793.5318,7794.7link

References

References

  1. "Gobernadores". [[Government of Chile]].
  2. "Territorial division of Chile".
  3. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  4. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  5. (1888-08-04). "CAMARA DE SENADORES". Oficina de la Impr. nacional.
  6. Bianchi Tupper, Alvaro. (1888). "El Nuevo Mapa de Chile". La Sociedad.
  7. {{EB1911
  8. "Asociacion Chilena de Municipalidades".
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