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 |
Tamarugal Province (Spanish: Provincia de Tamarugal) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean regionofTarapacá. The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte.
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 |
