Chañaral Province ( es, Provincia de Chañaral) is one of three
provinces in the northern
Chilean
region of
Atacama (III). Its capital is the small coastal town of
Chañaral.
Geography and demography
According to the 2012 census by the
National Statistics Institute (''INE''), the province spans an area of
and had a population of 28,874 inhabitants, giving it a population density of . Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 22.5% (9,319 persons).
Administration
As a
province, Chañaral is a second-level
administrative division of Chile
The administrative division or territorial organization of Chile exemplifies characteristics of a unitary state. State administration is functionally and geographically decentralized, as appropriate for each authority in accordance with the law.
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, which is further divided into two
communes (''comunas''):
Chañaral and
Diego de Almagro. The province is administered by a presidentially appointed provincial delegate.
Jorge Fernández Herrera
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".
The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...
was appointed by
president Gabriel Boric.
References
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Provinces of Atacama Region
Provinces of Chile