San Antonio Province

San Antonio Province () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). The port city of San Antonio is the capital of the province.

Geography
The San Antonio province has an area of , the third smallest province in the Valparaíso region; only the Quillota and Marga Marga provinces are smaller.

The San Antonio province is on the coast along the Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the north by the Casablanca commune (Valparaíso province), on the east by the Melipilla commune (Santiago Metropolitan region), to the south with the Navidad commune (Cardenal Caro province, O'Higgins region), and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

The San Antonio valley is a small region where wine is produced. It is very close to the sea around the city of San Antonio, at only  west of Santiago.

Population
 (last national census), there were 136,594 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is San Antonio, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 87,205 inhabitants.

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

+ San Antonio province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 05601 San Felipe San Felipe 404.5 87,205  05602 Algarrobo Algarrobo 175.6 8,601  05603 Cartagena Cartagena 245.9 16,875  05604 El Quisco El Quisco 50.7 9,467  05605 El Tabo El Tabo 98.8 7,028 } 05606 Santo Domingo Santo Domingo 536.1 7,418  Total of the San Antonio province 1,511.6 136,594 

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

Other websites
 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website 
 Province of San Antonio website 

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Valparaíso Region