Elqui Province
Elqui Province () is a province in the Chilean region of Coquimbo (IV). The provincial capital is the city of Coquimbo. Geography and demography. According to the 2012 census by the National Statistics Institute ("INE"), the province spans an area of and had a population of 442,999 inhabitants, giving it a population density of . It is the ninth most populated province in the country. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 28.3% (80,613 persons).