Chañaral Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chañaral Province Provincia de Chañaral
Province
Seal Chañaral, in red, in the Atacama Region Chañaral Province Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Atacama
Capital	Chañaral
Comunas	Chañaral, Diego de Almagro
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	24,436.2 km2 (9,434.9 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	32,132
• Density	1.314934/km2 (3.40566/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code(s)	56 + 52
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionchanaral.gov.cl/

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

Geography

The Chañaral province has an area of 24,436.2 km² (9,434.9 sq mi).

Chañaral is bordered on the north by the Antofagasta region, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Copiapó province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

		Antofagasta region
	Pacific Ocean		Argentina
		Chañaral province
		Copiapó province

About 30 km (19 mi) north of the town of Chañaral is the Pan de Azúcar National Park.

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 32,132 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 1.3 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Chañaral, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 6,384 inhabitants.

Administration

As a province, Chañaral is a second-level administrative division, consisting of two communes (comunas). The city of Chañaral serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

The Chañaral province, in top

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Chañaral para niños