Province of Antofagasta facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Province of Antofagasta Provincia de Antofagasta
Province
Seal Antofagasta province, in red, in the Antofagasta Region Province of Antofagasta Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Antofagasta
Capital	Antofagasta
Comunas	List of 4: Antofagasta Mejillones Sierra Gorda Taltal
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	67,813.5 km2 (26,182.9 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	318,779
• Density	4.700819/km2 (12.175066/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code(s)	56 + 55
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionantofagasta.gov.cl/

The Province of Antofagasta (Spanish: Provincia de Antofagasta) is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). The capital is the port city of Antofagasta.

Geography

The Antofagasta province has an area of 67,813.5 km² (26,182.9 sq mi).

The Antofagasta province is bordered on the north by the Tocopilla and El Loa provinces, on the east by Argentina, on the south by the Atacama region (Chañaral province) and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

		Tocopilla province	El Loa province
	Pacific Ocean		Argentina
		Antofagasta province
		Atacama region (Chañaral province)

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 318,779 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 4.7 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Antofagasta, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 285,255 inhabitants.

Administration

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

The Antofagasta province (communes 1, 2, 3, 4)

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Antofagasta para niños