Tocopilla Province

The Province of Tocopilla () is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). The provincial capital is Tocopilla.
Geography
The Tocopilla province has an area of .

The province is bordered on the north by the Tarapacá region, on the east by the El Loa province, on the south by the Antofagasta province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Population
 (last national census), there were 31,516 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Tocopilla, its  capital, with a population, in 2002, of 23,352 inhabitants.

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

+ Tocopilla province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) 02301 9 Tocopilla Tocopilla 4,038.8 23,986 02302 8 María Elena María Elena 12,197.2 7,530 Total of the Tocopilla province 16,236.0 31,516

References

Other websites
 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de Antofagasta 
 Province of Tocopilla website 

Tocopilla
Category:Antofagasta Region