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Provinces of Chile

A province is the second largest administrative division in Chile, after a region. Each region is divided into provinces. There are 54 provinces in total.

Each provincial government (gobernación provincial) is headed by a governor (gobernador) appointed by the president. The governor exercises their powers in accordance with instructions from the regional intendant (intendente). The governor is advised by the Provincial Economic and Social Council (Consejo Económico y Social Provincial or CESPRO). The only exception is the Santiago Province, which makes no provision for provincial government in its regulations; the position corresponds to the intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region. In January 2001, the Provincial Delegation of Santiago was created with the position of a Provincial Delegate, who exercises the functions of a provincial governor on behalf of the respective intendant.

The country's provinces are further divided into 346 communes which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council.

List of provinces

The following table gives each province, its capital, surface area and 2002 population according to the National Statistics Institute.

Region	Province	Capital	No. of Communes	Area[1][2]	2002[1][2] Population
XV Arica and Parinacota	Arica	Arica	2	8,726.4	186,488
XV Arica and Parinacota	Parinacota	Putre	2	8,146.9	3,156
I Tarapacá	Iquique	Iquique	2	2,835.3	216,419
I Tarapacá	Tamarugal	Pozo Almonte	5	39,390.5	22,531
II Antofagasta	Antofagasta	Antofagasta	4	67,793.5	318,779
II Antofagasta	El Loa	Calama	3	41,999.6	143,689
II Antofagasta	Tocopilla	Tocopilla	2	16,236	31,516
III Atacama	Copiapó	Copiapó	3	32,538.5	155,713
III Atacama	Huasco	Vallenar	3	18,201.5	66,491
III Atacama	Chañaral	Chañaral	2	24,436.2	32,132
IV Coquimbo	Elqui	La Serena	6	16,894.8	365,371
IV Coquimbo	Limarí	Ovalle	5	13,553.2	156,158
IV Coquimbo	Choapa	Illapel	4	10,131.6	81,681
V Valparaíso	Isla de Pascua	Hanga Roa	1	163.6	3,791
V Valparaíso	Los Andes	Los Andes	4	3,217.7	95,474
V Valparaíso	Marga Marga	Quilpué	3	927.2	263,420
V Valparaíso	Petorca	La Ligua	6	4,736.4	71,243
V Valparaíso	Quillota	Quillota	6	1,344.9	190,022
V Valparaíso	San Antonio	San Antonio	6	1,611.6	136,594
V Valparaíso	San Felipe de Aconcagua	San Felipe	6	2,659.2	131,911
V Valparaíso	Valparaíso	Valparaíso	6	1,999.1	651,188
VI O'Higgins	Cachapoal	Rancagua	17	7,384.2	542,901
VI O'Higgins	Colchagua	San Fernando	10	5,678	196,566
VI O'Higgins	Cardenal Caro	Pichilemu	6	3,324.7	41,160
VII Maule	Talca	Talca	10	9,937.8	352,966
VII Maule	Linares	Linares	8	10,041.2	253,990
VII Maule	Curicó	Curicó	9	7,280.9	244,053
VII Maule	Cauquenes	Cauquenes	3	3027.2	57,088
VIII Biobío	Concepción	Concepción	12	3,439.3	912,889
VIII Biobío	Ñuble	Chillán	21	13,178.5	438,103
VIII Biobío	Biobío	Los Ángeles	14	14,987.9	353,315
VIII Biobío	Arauco	Lebu	7	5,457.2	157,255
IX Araucanía	Cautin	Temuco	21	18,409	667,920
IX Araucanía	Malleco	Angol	11	13,433.3	201,615
XIV Los Ríos	Valdivia	Valdivia	8	10,197.2	259,243
XIV Los Ríos	Ranco	La Unión	4	8,232.3	97,153
X Los Lagos	Llanquihue	Puerto Montt	8	14,876.4	321,493
X Los Lagos	Osorno	Osorno	7	9,223.7	221,509
X Los Lagos	Chiloe	Castro	9	7,165.5	142,194
X Los Lagos	Palena	Futaleufú	4	15,301.9	18,971
XI Aisén	Coihaique	Coihaique	2	12,942.5	51,103
XI Aisén	Puerto Aisén	Aisén	3	46,588.8	29,631
XI Aisén	General Carrera	Chile Chico	2	11,919.5	6,921
XI Aisén	Capitan Prat	Cochrane	3	37,043.6	3,837
XII Magallanes	Magallanes	Punta Arenas	4	36,400.8	121,675
XII Magallanes	Ultima Esperanza	Puerto Natales	2	55,443.9	19,855
XII Magallanes	Tierra del Fuego	Porvenir	3	22,592.7	6,904
XII Magallanes	Antartica Chilena	Puerto Williams	2	1,265,853.7	2,392
RM Santiago Metropolitan	Santiago	Santiago	32	2,090.3	4,668,473
RM Santiago Metropolitan	Cordillera	Puente Alto	3	5,528.3	522,856
RM Santiago Metropolitan	Maipo	San Bernardo	4	1,120.5	378,444
RM Santiago Metropolitan	Talagante	Talagante	5	582.3	217,449
RM Santiago Metropolitan	Melipilla	Melipilla	5	4,076.7	141,165
RM Santiago Metropolitan	Chacabuco	Colina	3	53,873.9	132,798

See also

• Regions of Chile
• Communes of Chile

References

1. ^ ^{a b} (Spanish) "National Statistics Institute". http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php. Retrieved 30 December 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF). http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/territorio/division_politico_administrativa/pdf/DPA_COMPLETA.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2010. 

External links

• Decreto Ley 2.868
• Provinces of Chile at statoids.com