Limarí Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Limarí Province Provincia de Limarí
Province
Seal Limarí, in red, in the Coquimbo Region Limarí Province Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Coquimbo
Capital	Ovalle
Comunas	Combarbalá, Monte Patria, Punitaqui, Río Hurtado, Ovalle
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	13,553.2 km2 (5,232.9 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	156,158
• Density	11.52185/km2 (29.84147/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code(s)	56 +
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionlimari.gov.cl/

Limarí Province (Spanish: Provincia de Limarí) is one of three provinces of the Chilean region of Coquimbo Region (IV). Its capital is the city of Ovalle.

It is named after the main river of the province: the Limarí River.

Geography

The Limarí province has an area of 13,553.2 km² (5,232.9 sq mi), the second largest province in the Coquimbo region.

Limarí is bordered on the north by the Elqui province, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Choapa province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

		Elqui province
	Pacific Ocean		Argentina
		Limarí province
		Choapa province

The main river of the province is the Limarí river that is 64 km (39.8 mi) long.

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 156,158 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 11.5 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Ovalle, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 66,405 inhabitants.

Administration

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

The Limarí province, in the middle

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Limarí para niños