Coyhaique Province ( es, Provincia de Coyhaique) is one of four

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of the southern

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of Aisen (XI). Its capital city is

Coyhaique Coyhaique (), also spelled Coihaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coyhaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile. Founded by settlers in 1929, it is a young city. Until the twentieth century, Chile showed little interest in ex ...

. It is the most populous of provinces in the Aysén Region.

Administration

As a

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, Coyhaique is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further sub-divided into two

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(''comunas''),

and Lago Verde, each of which is governed by a municipality headed by an alcalde. The province is administered by a presidentially appointed governor. Néstor Mera Muñoz was appointed by

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Geography and demography

According to the 2002 census by the

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(''INE''), the province spans an area of and had a population of 51,103 inhabitants (26,108 men and 24,995 women), giving it a population density of . Of these, 44,850 (87.8%) lived in urban areas and 6,253 (12.2%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 14.9% (6,638 persons).

Notes and references

{{Communes in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region Provinces of Aysén Region Provinces of Chile