Tamarugal Province (Spanish: Provincia de Tamarugal) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean regionofTarapacá. The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte.
Tamarugal Province
Provincia de Tamarugal
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Salar de Coposa
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Seal | |
Location in the Tarapacá Region
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  Tamarugal Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 20°15′34″S 69°47′10″W / 20.25944°S 69.78611°W / -20.25944; -69.78611 | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region |  Tarapacá |
| Capital | Pozo Almonte |
| Communes | List of 5: |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Presidential Provincial Delegate | Luz Eliana González Millas (Comunes) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39,390.5 km2 (15,208.8 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1 |
| Population
(2012 Census)[2]
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| • Total | 20,053 |
| • Rank | 2 |
| • Density | 0.51/km2 (1.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,876 |
| • Rural | 10,655 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 14,175 |
| • Women | 8,356 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[3]) |
| • Summer (DST) | [[UTC-3 ] postal_code_type =]] (CLST[4]) |
| Area code | 56 + 57 |
| Website | Government of Tamarugal |
The province is named after Pampa del Tamarugal. Spanish name:
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 39,390.5 km2 (15,209 sq mi) and had a population of 22,531 inhabitants (14,175 men and 8,356 women). It is the seventh largest and ninth least populated province in the country with a population density of 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 63.5% (8,748 persons).[2]
The province is administered by a presidentially appointed delegate. Luz Eliana González Millas was appointed by president Gabriel Boric.
As a province, Tamarugal is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further subdivided into five communes (comunas).
| Commune | Area (km2)[2] | 2002[2] population |
Density (km2) | Government website[6] |
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| Pozo Almonte (Capital) |
13,765.8 | 10,830 | 0.8 | link |
| Pica | 8,934.3 | 6,178 | 0.7 | link |
| Huara | 10,474.6 | 2,599 | 0.2 | link |
| Colchane | 4,015.6 | 1,649 | 0.4 | link |
| Camiña | 2,200.2 | 1,275 | 0.6 | none |
| Province | 39,390.5 | 22,531 | 0.6 | link |