A province is the second largest administrative division in Chile with 56 in total. The largest administrative division in Chile is that of a region with 16 in total.
Each provincial presidential delegation (delegación presidencial provincial) is headed by a provincial presidential delegate (delegado presidencial provincial) appointed by the President. The governor exercises their powers in accordance with instructions from the regional presidential delegate (delegado presidencial regional). The provincial delegate is advised by the Provincial Economic and Social Council (Consejo Económico y Social Provincial or CESPRO). No provincial presidential delegations exist in those provinces where the regional capital is located; its functions were merged with those of the regional presidential delegate.
Until 1976, a province was the main administrative division in Chile, with 25 provinces: Aconcagua, Aysén (since 1929), Antofagasta, Arauco, Atacama, Biobío, Cautín, Chiloé, Colchagua, Concepción, Coquimbo, Curicó, Linares, Llanquihue, Magallanes (since 1929), Malleco, Maule, Ñuble, O'Higgins, Osorno (since 1940), Santiago, Talca, Tarapacá, Valdivia, and Valparaíso. Despite being claimed by Chile, Antártica Chilena is not generally recognized as part of Chile due to being located in Antarctica.
^ ab"National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2010.
^ ab"Territorial division of Chile" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2010.
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"Provinces of Chile". Statoids.
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provinces, chile, province, second, largest, administrative, division, chile, with, total, largest, administrative, division, chile, that, region, with, total, provincias, chile, spanish, categoryunitary, unitlocation, chilenumber56populations3, parinacota, sa. A province is the second largest administrative division in Chile with 56 in total The largest administrative division in Chile is that of a region with 16 in total Provinces of ChileProvincias de Chile Spanish CategoryUnitary unitLocation ChileNumber56Populations3 156 Parinacota 4 997 637 Santiago Province Areas164 km2 63 2 sq mi Easter Island 67 813 km2 26 182 9 sq mi Antofagasta GovernmentProvincial government National governmentSubdivisionsCommunesEach provincial presidential delegation delegacion presidencial provincial is headed by a provincial presidential delegate delegado presidencial provincial appointed by the President The governor exercises their powers in accordance with instructions from the regional presidential delegate delegado presidencial regional The provincial delegate is advised by the Provincial Economic and Social Council Consejo Economico y Social Provincial or CESPRO No provincial presidential delegations exist in those provinces where the regional capital is located its functions were merged with those of the regional presidential delegate The country s provinces are further divided into 346 communes which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council Until 1976 a province was the main administrative division in Chile with 25 provinces Aconcagua Aysen since 1929 Antofagasta Arauco Atacama Biobio Cautin Chiloe Colchagua Concepcion Coquimbo Curico Linares Llanquihue Magallanes since 1929 Malleco Maule Nuble O Higgins Osorno since 1940 Santiago Talca Tarapaca Valdivia and Valparaiso Despite being claimed by Chile Antartica Chilena is not generally recognized as part of Chile due to being located in Antarctica Contents 1 List of provinces 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksList of provinces EditThe following table gives each province its capital surface area and 2002 population according to the National Statistics Institute INERegion NaturalRegion Region Province Capital No ofCommunes Area 1 2 2002 1 2 PopulationNorth Far North Chile Arica and Parinacota XV Arica Arica 2 8 726 4 186 488Parinacota Putre 2 8 146 9 3 156Tarapaca I Iquique Iquique 2 2 835 3 216 419Tamarugal Pozo Almonte 5 39 390 5 22 531Antofagasta II Antofagasta Antofagasta 4 67 793 5 318 779El Loa Calama 3 41 999 6 143 689Tocopilla Tocopilla 2 16 236 31 516Near North Chile Atacama III Copiapo Copiapo 3 32 538 5 155 713Huasco Vallenar 4 18 201 5 66 491Chanaral Chanaral 2 24 436 2 32 132Coquimbo IV Elqui La Serena 6 16 894 8 365 371Limari Ovalle 5 13 553 2 156 158Choapa Illapel 4 10 131 6 81 681Central North Central Chile Valparaiso V Isla de Pascua Hanga Roa 1 163 6 3 791Los Andes Los Andes 4 3 217 7 95 474Marga Marga Quilpue 3 927 2 263 420Petorca La Ligua 6 4 736 4 71 243Quillota Quillota 6 1 344 9 190 022San Antonio San Antonio 6 1 611 6 136 594San Felipe de Aconcagua San Felipe 6 2 659 2 131 911Valparaiso Valparaiso 6 1 999 1 651 188O Higgins VI Cachapoal Rancagua 17 7 384 2 542 901Colchagua San Fernando 10 5 678 196 566Cardenal Caro Pichilemu 6 3 324 7 41 160Santiago Metropolitan XIII Santiago Santiago 32 2 090 3 4 668 473Cordillera Puente Alto 3 5 528 3 522 856Maipo San Bernardo 4 1 120 5 378 444Talagante Talagante 5 582 3 217 449Melipilla Melipilla 5 4 076 7 141 165Chacabuco Colina 3 2 076 1 132 798South Central Chile Maule VII Talca Talca 10 9 937 8 352 966Linares Linares 8 10 041 2 253 990Curico Curico 9 7 280 9 244 053Cauquenes Cauquenes 3 3027 2 57 088Nuble XVI Diguillin Bulnes 9 5 229 3 319 809Punilla San Carlos 5 5 202 5 98 596Itata Quirihue 7 2 177 11 53 832Biobio VIII Concepcion Concepcion 12 3 439 3 912 889Biobio Los Angeles 14 14 987 9 353 315Arauco Lebu 7 5 457 2 157 255South South Chile Araucania IX Cautin Temuco 21 18 409 667 920Malleco Angol 11 13 433 3 201 615Los Rios XIV Valdivia Valdivia 8 10 197 2 259 243Ranco La Union 4 8 232 3 97 153Los Lagos X Llanquihue Puerto Montt 9 14 876 4 321 493Osorno Osorno 7 9 223 7 221 509Chiloe Castro 10 7 165 5 142 194Palena Futaleufu 4 15 301 9 18 971Austral Chile Aysen XI Coihaique Coihaique 2 12 942 5 51 103Aysen Puerto Aysen 3 46 588 8 29 631General Carrera Chile Chico 2 11 919 5 6 921Capitan Prat Cochrane 3 37 043 6 3 837Magallanes XII Magallanes Punta Arenas 4 36 400 8 121 675Ultima Esperanza Puerto Natales 2 55 443 9 19 855Tierra del Fuego Porvenir 3 22 592 7 6 904See also EditAdministrative divisions of ChileReferences Edit a b National Statistics Institute in Spanish Retrieved 30 December 2010 a b Territorial division of Chile PDF Retrieved 30 December 2010 External links EditDecreto Ley 2 868 Provinces of Chile Statoids Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Provinces of Chile amp oldid 1131083890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
