Huasco Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Huasco Province Provincia de Huasco
Province
Seal Copiapó, in red, in the Atacama Region Huasco Province Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Atacama
Capital	Vallenar
Comunas	Alto del Carmen, Freirina, Huasco, Vallenar
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	18,201.5 km2 (7,027.6 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	66,491
• Density	3.65305/km2 (9.46136/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code(s)	56 + 51
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionhuasco.gov.cl/

Huasco Province Spanish: Provincia de Huasco) is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III). Its capital is the city of Vallenar.

Geography

The Huasco province has an area of 18,201.5 km² (7,027.6 sq mi), the smallest province in the Atacama region.

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

		Copiapó commune (Copiapó province)	Tierra Amarilla commune (Copiapó province)
	Pacific Ocean		Argentina
		Huasco province
		Coquimbo region

The main river of the province is the Huasco river that is 88 km (54.7 mi) long. In the valley of the river, fruits, including grapes, are grown.

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 6,649 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 3.7 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Vallenar, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 48,040 inhabitants in the commune.

Administration

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

The Huasco province, in the bottom

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Huasco para niños