Los Andes Province, Chile facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Los Andes Provincia de Los Andes
Province
Seal Los Andes, in red, in the Valparaíso Region Los Andes Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Valparaíso
Capital	Los Andes
Comunas	Calle Larga, Los Andes, San Esteban, Rinconada
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	3,054.1 km2 (1,179.2 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	91,683
• Density	30.0196/km2 (77.7505/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code(s)	56 + 34
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionlosandes.gov.cl/

Los Andes Province (Spanish: Provincia de Los Andes) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V).

The city of Los Andes is the capital of the province.

Geography

The Los Andes province has an area of 3,054.1 sq mi (7,910 km²), the second largest province in the Valparaíso region after the Petorca province.

Los Andes is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered on the west and north by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province, on the east by Argentina and on the south by the Santiago Metropolitan region.

		San Felipe de Aconcagua province
	San Felipe de Aconcaguai province		Argentina
		Los Andes province
		Santiago Metropolitan region

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 91,683 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 30.0 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Los Andes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 60,198 inhabitants.

Administration

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

Related pages

• Provinces of Chile

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Los Andes (Chile) para niños