Copiapó Province

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

Copiapó Province Provincia de Copiapó
Province
Seal Copiapó, in red, in the Atacama Region Copiapó Province Location in Chile
Coordinates: 27°27′S 70°00′W
Country	Chile
Region	Atacama
Capital	Copiapó
Comunas	Copiapó, Caldera, Tierra Amarilla
Government [1]
• Type	Provincial
• Governor	Mario Francisco Rivas Silva
Area [2]
• Total	32,538.5 km2 (12,563.2 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)[2]
• Total	155,713
• Density	4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code	56 + 52
Website	Official website

Geography

The Copiapó province has an area of 32,538.5 km² (12,563.2 sq mi), the largest province in the Atacama region.^[2]

Copiapó is bordered on the north by the Chañaral province, on the northeast by Argentina, on the east by the Tierra Amarilla commune, on the south by the Huasco province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and the Caldera commune.

The main river of the province is the Copiapó river that is 162 km (100.7 mi) long.^[3] In the valley of the Copiapó river, fruits, including grapes, are grown.

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 155,713 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 4.8 inhabitants/km².^[2]

The largest city of the province is Copiapó, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 129,091 inhabitants.

Administration

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

The Copiapó province, in the center

Copiapó province

Code	Comuna	Capital	Area[2] (km²)	Population[2] (2002)
03101	4 Copiapó	Copiapó	16,681.3	129,091
03102	3 Caldera	Caldera	4,666.6	13,734
03103	5 Tierra Amarilla	Tierra Amarilla	11,190.6	12,888
Total of the Copiapó province			32,538.5	155,713

Gallery

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  Copiapó cathedral
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  Atacama museum in Copiapó
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  Arch in Copiapó

References

1. "Conozca al Gobernador". Gobernación - Provincia de Copiapó (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. "Región de Atacama" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
3. "Cuenca del río Copiapó" (PDF). Dirección General de Aguas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2016.

Other websites

• Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
• Gobierno Regional de Atacama Official website (in Spanish)
• Province of Copiapó website (in Spanish)