Tamarugal Province

Tamarugal () is one of  two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá (I). The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte.

Tamarugal means "a place where there are many tamarugos"; tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo) is a tree endemic to the arid lands of northern Chile.

Geography
The Tamarugal province has an area of .

Tamarugal is bordered on the north by the Arica and Parinacota region, on the east by Bolivia, on the south by the Antofagasta region and on the west by the Iquique province and the Pacific Ocean.

Population
 (last national census), there were 22,531 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Pozo Almonte, its  capital, with a population, in 2002, of 6,384 inhabitants.

Administration
As a province, Tamarugal is a second-level administrative division, consisting of five  communes (comunas). The city of Pozo Almonte serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

+ Tamarugal province (014) Code  Comuna  Capital  Area(km²) Population(2002) 01401 Pozo Almonte 7 Pozo Almonte 13,765.8 10,830  01402 Camiña 3 Camiña 2,200.2 1,275 01403 Colchane 4 Colchane 4,015.6 1,649 01404 Huara 5 Huara 10,474.6 2,599 01405 Pica 6 Pica 8,934.3 6,178 Total of Tamarugal province 39,390.5 22,531

References

Other websites

 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de Tarapacá  
 Province of Iquique website