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Los Andes Province, Chile

FieldValue
nameLos Andes Province
native_nameProvincia de Los Andes
native_name_langes
settlement_typeProvince
image_sealLogo de la DPP Los Andes.svg
image_mapProvincia de Los Andes.svg
mapsize175px
map_captionLocation in the Valparaíso Region
pushpin_mapChile
pushpin_mapsize175
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Chile
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChile
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Valparaíso
parts_typeCommunes
parts_stylecoll
partsList of 4:
p1Calle Larga
p2Los Andes
p3San Esteban
p4Rinconada
seat_typeCapital
seatLos Andes
government_footnotes
government_typeProvincial
leader_partySocialist Party
leader_titlePresidential Provincial Delegate
leader_nameCristian Aravena Reyes
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km23054.1
area_rank2
population_footnotes
population_total102819
population_as_of2012 Census
population_rank6
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleUrban
population_blank174,104
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank217,579
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info146,325
demographics1_title2Women
demographics1_info245,358
timezoneCLT
utc_offset-4
timezone_DSTCLST
utc_offset_DST-3
area_code56 + 34
website[Delegation of Los Andes](http://dpplosandes.gob.cl/)

Los Andes Province () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). The city of Los Andes is the capital of the province.

Administration

As a province, Los Andes is a second-level administrative division, governed by a provincial delegate who is appointed by the president. Edith Quiroz Ortiz, appointed by president Piñera on April 22, 2010, was the first woman to hold the office of Governor of Los Andes. The presidential provincial delegate appointed by president Gabriel Boric is Cristian Aravena Reyes, a Socialist.

Communes

The province is composed of four communes (Spanish: comunas), each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council:

  • Calle Larga
  • Los Andes
  • San Esteban
  • Rinconada

Geography and demography

The province spans a landlocked area of 3,054.1 sqkm, the second largest in the Valparaíso Region. According to the 2002 census, Los Andes is the sixth most populous province in the region with a population of 91,683. At that time, there were 74,104 people living in urban areas, 17,579 people living in rural areas, 46,325 men and 45,358 women.

References

References

  1. (January 2018). "Municipality of Los Andes".
  2. {{in lang. es [http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas]
  3. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  4. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
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