Arica Province
Arica Province (Spaingie: Provincia de Arica) is ane o twa provinces o Chile's northmaist an maist recently creatit region, Arica an Parinacota (XV). The province is bordered on the north bi the Tacna Province o Peru, on the sooth bi the Tamarugal Province in the Tarapacá Region, on the east the Parinacota Province an on the wast bi the Paceefic Ocean. Its caipital is the port ceety o Arica.
Arica Province Provincia de Arica | |
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 Location in Arica an Parinacota Region | |
  Arica Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′30″S 70°18′52″W / 18.47500°S 70.31444°W | |
| Kintra | Chile |
| Region | Arica an Parinacota |
| Caipital | Arica |
| Communes | Arica Camarones |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Provincial |
| • Govrenor | José Durana Semir (UDI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8726.4 km2 (3,369.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 186,488 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 175441 |
| • Landwart | 11047 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 92,487 |
| • Weemen | 94,001 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT [3]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST [4]) |
| Area code(s) | 56 + 58 |
| Website | Official website (in Spaingie) |
History
eeditOn 8 October 2007, Law 20.175 entered intae force, effective on 23 Mairch 2007. It wis signed by Preses Michelle Bachelet in the ceety o Arica. At a ceremony held on that fore-nuin, the commonty receivit in new milestane in its history.
The law dividit the umwhile Tarapacá Region into twa: the northren portion became the XV Arica an Parinacota Region, an the soothren portion remained the I Tarapacá Region.
Geografie an demografie
eeditAccordin tae the 2002 census bi the Naitional Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans a aurie o 8,726.4 km2 (3,369 sq mi) an haed a population o 186,488 inhabitants (92,487 men an 94,001 weemen), givin it a population density o 21.4/km2 (55/sq mi). Atween the 1992 an 2002 censuses, the population grew bi 9.5% (16,184 persons).[2]
Admeenistration
eeditAs a province, Arica is a seicont-level admeenistrative diveesion o Chile, consistin o twa communes (comunas): Arica in the northren portion an Camarones in the sooth. The coastal ceety o Arica serves as the provincial caipital. The province is admeenistered bi a presidentially appointit govrenor. José Durana Semir wis appointit bi preses Sebastián Piñera.[1]
References
eedit- ↑ a b (in Spaingie) "Gobierno de Chile: Gobernadores". Government of Chile. Archived frae the original on 7 Julie 2011. Retrieved 18 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ a b c d (in Spaingie) "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Archived (PDF) frae the original on 11 Juin 2008. Retrieved 18 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived frae the original on 13 Julie 2010. Retrieved 28 Julie 2010. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help)Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived frae the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 28 Julie 2010.
Freemit airtins
eedit| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Arica. |
- (in Spaingie) Offeecial wabsteid
- (in Spaingie) Municipality o Arica Archived 2010-09-21 at the Wayback Machine