Los Andes Province, Chile

**Los Andes Province** () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V).

The city of Los Andes is the capital of the province.

## Geography

The Los Andes province has an area of , the second largest province in the Valparaíso region after the Petorca province.

Los Andes is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered on the west and north by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province, on the east by Argentina and on the south by the Santiago Metropolitan region.

## Population

(last national census), there were 91,683 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Los Andes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 60,198 inhabitants.

## Administration

As a province, Los Andes is a second-level administrative division, consisting of four communes (_comunas_). The city of Los Andes serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|05301|Los Andes|Los Andes|align="right"|1,248.3|align="right"|60,198|align="right"||
|05302|Calle Larga|Calle Larga|align="right"|321.7|align="right"|10,393|align="right"||
|05303|Rinconada|Rinconada|align="right"|122.5|align="right"|6,692|align="right"||
|05304|San Esteban|San Esteban|align="right"|1,361.6|align="right"|14,400|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of the Los Andes province**|align="right"|**3,054.1**|align="right"|**91,683**|align="right"|||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website
- Province of Los Andes website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Los Andes
- **native name**: Provincia de Los Andes
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Los Andes.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Los Andes.svg
- **mapsize**: 150px
- **map alt**: Location in the Valparaíso Region
- **map caption**: Los Andes, in red, in the Valparaíso Region
- **pushpin map**: Chile
- **pushpin map narrow**: yes
- **pushpin label position**: bottom
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Chile
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Chile, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Valparaíso Region, Valparaíso
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Calle Larga
- **p2**: Los Andes, Chile, Los Andes
- **p3**: San Esteban, Chile, San Esteban
- **p4**: Rinconada
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Los Andes, Chile, Los Andes
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Alonso Retamales Campos
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 3054.1
- **population total**: 91683
- **population as of**: 2002 Census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Time in Chile, CLT
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Time in Chile, CLST
- **utc offset dst**: -3
- **area code**: 56 + 34
- **website**: [http://www.gobernacionlosandes.gov.cl/ Official website]