Tamarugal Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tamarugal Province Provincia de Tamarugal
Province
Salar de Coposa
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Location in the Tarapacá Region
Tamarugal Province Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Tarapacá
Capital	Pozo Almonte
Communes	List of 5: Pozo Almonte Huara Pica Camiña Colchane
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	39,390.5 km2 (15,208.8 sq mi)
Area rank	1
Population  (2012 Census)
• Total	20,053
• Rank	2
• Density	0.509082/km2 (1.31852/sq mi)
• Urban	11,876
• Rural	10,655
Sex
• Men	14,175
• Women	8,356
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	[[UTC-3 ] postal_code_type =]] (CLST)
Area code(s)	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

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. Derived from the name El Tamarugal.
• Provincia El Tamarugal: Derived from the name El Tamarugal.

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).

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).

See also

In Spanish: Provincia del Tamarugal para niños