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Arica Province

FieldValue
nameArica Province
native_nameProvincia de Arica
native_name_langes
settlement_typeProvince
image_skylineMorro de Arica (48361571381).jpg
image_captionMorro de Arica
image_flagBandera de Arica.svg
image_sealLogo de la Gobernación Provincial de Arica.svg
image_mapProvincia de Arica.svg
mapsize175px
map_altLocation in Arica y Parinacota Region
map_captionLocation in Arica y Parinacota Region
pushpin_mapChile
pushpin_mapsize175
pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Chile
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChile
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Arica y Parinacota
parts_typeCommunes
partsArica
Camarones
seat_typeCapital
seatArica
government_footnotes
government_typeProvincial
leader_titlePresidential Provincial Delegate
leader_nameMirtha Patricia Arancibia Cruz
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km28726.4
population_footnotes
population_total186488
population_as_of2002 Census
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleUrban
population_blank1175,441
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank211,047
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info192,487
demographics1_title2Women
demographics1_info294,001
timezoneCLT
utc_offset-4
timezone_DSTCLST
utc_offset_DST-3
area_code56 + 58
website[Official website](http://www.gobernacionarica.gov.cl/)

Camarones Arica Province () is one of two provinces of Chile's northernmost region, Arica y Parinacota. The province is bordered on the north by the Tacna Province of Peru, on the south by the Tamarugal Province in the Tarapacá Region, on the east the Parinacota Province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is the port city of Arica.

History

Founded as Villa de San Marcos de Arica in 1541 on the site of a pre-Columbian settlement, it belonged to Peru until 1879, when it was captured by the Chileans, who gained control of the locality under the Treaty of Ancón (1883).

Geography and demography

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 8726.4 sqkm and had a population of 186,488 inhabitants (92,487 men and 94,001 women), giving it a population density of 21.4 PD/sqkm. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 9.5% (16,184 persons).

Administration

As a province, Arica is a second-level administrative division of Chile, consisting of two communes (comunas): Arica in the northern portion and Camarones in the south. The coastal city of Arica serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by the presidentially appointed regional delegate of Arica y Parinacota.

References

References

  1. "Gobierno de Chile: Gobernadores". [[Government of Chile]].
  2. (2007). "Territorial division of Chile". [[National Statistics Institute (Chile).
  3. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  4. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
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