Los Andes Province, Chile
Los Andes Province (Spanish: Provincia de Los Andes) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V).
Los Andes
Provincia de Los Andes | |
|---|---|
 Seal
 Los Andes, in red, in the Valparaíso Region   Los Andes Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 32°51′S 70°21′W / 32.850°S 70.350°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Valparaíso |
| Capital | Los Andes |
| Comunas | Calle Larga, Los Andes, San Esteban, Rinconada |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Alonso Retamales Campos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,054.1 km2 (1,179.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 91,683 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Area code | 56 + 34 |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
changeThe Los Andes province has an area of 3,054.1 sq mi (7,910 km2), the second largest province in the Valparaíso region after the Petorca province.[2]
Los Andes is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered on the west and north by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province, on the east by Argentina and on the south by the Santiago Metropolitan region.
Population
changeAs of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 91,683 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 30.0 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is Los Andes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 60,198 inhabitants.
Administration
changeAs a province, Los Andes is a second-level administrative division, consisting of four communes (comunas). The city of Los Andes serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05301 | Los Andes | Los Andes | 1,248.3 | 60,198 | 48.2 |
| 05302 | Calle Larga | Calle Larga | 321.7 | 10,393 | 32.3 |
| 05303 | Rinconada | Rinconada | 122.5 | 6,692 | 54.6 |
| 05304 | San Esteban | San Esteban | 1,361.6 | 14,400 | 10.6 |
| Total of the Los Andes province | 3,054.1 | 91,683 | 30.0 | ||
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Conozca al Gobernador". Gobernación - Provincia de Los Andes (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Región de Valparaíso" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
Other websites
change- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Official website (in Spanish)
- Province of Los Andes website (in Spanish)