Tamarugal facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tamarugal Provincia de Tamarugal
Province
Seal Tamarugal, in red, in the Tarapacá Region Tamarugal Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Tarapacá
Capital	Pozo Almonte
Comunas	List of 5: Pozo Almonte Huara Pica Camiña Colchane
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	39,390.5 km2 (15,208.8 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	22,531
• Density	0.571991/km2 (1.48145/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code(s)	56 + 57
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernaciontamarugal.gov.cl/

Tamarugal (Spanish: Provincia de Tamarugal) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá (I). The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte.

Tamarugal means "a place where there are many tamarugos"; tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo) is a tree endemic to the arid lands of northern Chile.

Geography

The Tamarugal province has an area of 39,390.5 km² (15,208.8 sq mi).

Tamarugal is bordered on the north by the Arica and Parinacota region, on the east by Bolivia, on the south by the Antofagasta region and on the west by the Iquique province and the Pacific Ocean.

	Pacific Ocean	Arica and Parinacota region
	Iquique province		Bolivia
		Tamarugal
		Antofagasta region

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 22,531 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 0.6 inhabitants/km².

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

Administration

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

The Tamarugal province, in brown

See also

In Spanish: Provincia del Tamarugal para niños