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Iquique Province

FieldValue
nameIquique
native_nameProvincia de Iquique
native_name_langes
settlement_typeProvince
image_skylineVista de Iquique, Chile, 2016-02-11, DD 20.JPG
image_captionIquique
image_flagBandera de Iquique.svg
image_sealLogo de la Gobernación Provincial de Iquique.svg
image_mapProvincia de Iquique.svg
mapsize175px
map_altLocation in the Tarapacá Region
map_captionLocation in the Tarapacá Region
pushpin_mapChile
pushpin_map_altLocation in Chile
pushpin_mapsize175
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Chile
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChile
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Tarapacá
parts_typeCommunes
partsIquique
Alto Hospicio
seat_typeCapital
seatIquique
government_footnotes
leader_titlePresidential Provincial Delegate
leader_nameNone
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km22835.3
area_rank2
population_footnotes
population_total275042
population_as_of2012 census
population_rank1
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleUrban
population_blank1214,586
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank21,833
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info1108,897
demographics1_title2Women
demographics1_info2107,522
timezoneCLT
utc_offset-4
timezone_DSTCLST
utc_offset_DST-3
area_code56 + 57

Alto Hospicio

Iquique Province () is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá. Its capital is the port city of Iquique.

History

Until October 2007, the Province of Iquique was composed of 7 communes: Alto Hospicio, Camina, Colchane, Huara, Iquique, Pica and Pozo Almonte, but since then, with the creation of the Region of Arica and Parinacota, much of the province, specifically the municipalities of Huara, Camina, Colchane, Pozo Almonte and Pica, was transferred administratively to Tamarugal Province, leaving Iquique Province consists of two communes.

Geography and demography

According to the 2012 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 2835.3 sqkm and had a population of 275,042 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 76.3 PD/sqkm. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 30.8% (50,959 persons).

Administration

As a province, Iquique is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further divided into two communes (comunas): the capital Iquique and its suburb Alto Hospicio. The province is administered by the presidentially appointed regional delegate.

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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