Tocopilla

Tocopilla is a city and commune in the Antofagasta region in the north of Chile. It is the capital of the province of Tocopilla. Geography The commune of Tocopilla has an area of 4,038.8 km2 (1,559.4 sq mi). The commune is bordered on the north by the Tarapacá region, on the east by the María Elena commune, on the south by the Antofagasta province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Population As of 2002 (last national census), there were 23,986 people living in the commune, giving it a population density of 5.9 inhabitants/km². The inhabitants of Tocopilla are known as Tocopillian; in Spanish, tocopillano for men and Tocopillana for women. References Other websites Media related to Tocopilla at Wikimedia Commons Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish) Gobierno Regional de Antofagasta (in Spanish) Province of Tocopilla website (in Spanish) Municipalidad de Tocopilla website Archived 2016-08-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)