Chañaral Province

The Chañaral Province () is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III). The capital is the small coastal town of Chañaral.

Geography
The Chañaral province has an area of .

Chañaral is bordered on the north by the Antofagasta region, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Copiapó province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

About  north of the town of Chañaral is the Pan de Azúcar National Park.

Population
 (last national census), there were 32,132 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

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

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

+ Chañaral province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) 03201 1 Chañaral Chañaral 5,772.4 13,543 03202 2 Diego de Almagro Diego de Almagro 18,663.8 18,589 Total of the Chañaral province 24,436.2 32,132

References

Other websites

 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de Atacama  Official website 
 Province of Chanaral website 

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Atacama Region