Tamarugal Province

Tamarugal (Spanish: Provincia de Tamarugal) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá (I). The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte.

Tamarugal Provincia de Tamarugal
Province
Seal Tamarugal, in red, in the Tarapacá Region Tamarugal Location in Chile
Coordinates: 20°15′34″S 69°47′10″W
Country	Chile
Region	Tarapacá
Capital	Pozo Almonte
Comunas	List of 5: Pozo Almonte Huara Pica Camiña Colchane
Government [1]
• Type	Provincial
• Governor	Claudio Vila Bustillos
Area [2]
• Total	39,390.5 km2 (15,208.8 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)[2]
• Total	22,531
• Density	0.57/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code	56 + 57
Website	Official website

Tamarugal means "a place where there are many tamarugos"; tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo) is a tree endemic to the arid lands of northern Chile.

Geography

The Tamarugal province has an area of 39,390.5 km² (15,208.8 sq mi).^[2]

Tamarugal is bordered on the north by the Arica and Parinacota region, on the east by Bolivia, on the south by the Antofagasta region and on the west by the Iquique province and the Pacific Ocean.

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 22,531 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 0.6 inhabitants/km².^[2]

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

Administration

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

The Tamarugal province, in brown

Tamarugal province (014)

Code	Comuna	Capital	Area[2] (km²)	Population[2] (2002)
01401	Pozo Almonte	7 Pozo Almonte	13,765.8	10,830
01402	Camiña	3 Camiña	2,200.2	1,275
01403	Colchane	4 Colchane	4,015.6	1,649
01404	Huara	5 Huara	10,474.6	2,599
01405	Pica	6 Pica	8,934.3	6,178
Total of Tamarugal province			39,390.5	22,531

References

1. "Gobernaciones". Intendencia - Region of Tarapacá (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2016.
2. "Región de Tarapacá" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

Other websites

• Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
• Gobierno Regional de Tarapacá (in Spanish)
• Province of Iquique website (in Spanish)