Chañaral Province

The Chañaral Province (Provincia de Chañaral) is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III). The capital is the small coastal town of Chañaral.

Geography
The Chañaral province has an area of 24436.2 km2.

Chañaral is bordered on the north by the Antofagasta region, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Copiapó province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

About 30 km north of the town of Chañaral is the Pan de Azúcar National Park.

Population
(last national census), there were 32,132 people living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Chañaral, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 6,384 inhabitants.

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



Other websites

 * Territorial division of Chile
 * Gobierno Regional de Atacama Official website
 * Province of Chanaral website