Antofagasta Province

The Province of Antofagasta () is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II).  The capital is the port city of Antofagasta.

Geography
The Antofagasta province has an area of .

The Antofagasta province is bordered on the north by the Tocopilla and El Loa provinces, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Atacama region (Chañaral province) and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Population
 (last national census), there were 318,779 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Antofagasta, its  capital, with a population, in 2002, of 285,255 inhabitants.

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

+ Antofagasta province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) 02101 1 Antofagasta Antofagasta 30,718.1 296,905 02102 2 Mejillones Mejillones 3,803.9 8,418 02103 3 Sierra Gorda Sierra Gorda 12,886.4 2,356 02104 4 Taltal Taltal 20,405.1 11,100 Total of the Antofagasta province 67,813.5 318,779

References

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

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