San Antonio Province
San Antonio Province (Spanish: Provincia de San Antonio) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). The port city of San Antonio is the capital of the province.
San Antonio
Provincia de San Antonio | |
|---|---|
 Provincial offices building in San Antonio | |
 Seal
 San Antonio, in red, in the Valparaíso Region   San Antonio Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 33°39′S 71°31′W / 33.650°S 71.517°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Valparaíso |
| Capital | San Antonio |
| Comunas | Algarrobo, El Quisco, El Tabo, Cartagena, San Antonio, Santo Domingo |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Manuel Alejandro Villatoro Jerez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,511.6 km2 (583.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 136,594 |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
changeThe San Antonio province has an area of 1,511.6 km2 (583.6 sq mi), the third smallest province in the Valparaíso region; only the Quillota and Marga Marga provinces are smaller.[2]
The San Antonio province is on the coast along the Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the north by the Casablanca commune (Valparaíso province), on the east by the Melipilla commune (Santiago Metropolitan region), to the south with the Navidad commune (Cardenal Caro province, O'Higgins region), and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The San Antonio valley is a small region where wine is produced. It is very close to the sea around the city of San Antonio, at only 90 km (56 mi) west of Santiago.
Population
changeAs of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 136,594 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 90.4 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is San Antonio, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 87,205 inhabitants.[2]
Administration
changeAs a province, San Antonio is a second-level administrative division, consisting of six communes (comunas). The city of San Antonio serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code[3] | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05601 | San Felipe | San Felipe | 404.5 | 87,205 | 215.6 |
| 05602 | Algarrobo | Algarrobo | 175.6 | 8,601 | 49.0 |
| 05603 | Cartagena | Cartagena | 245.9 | 16,875 | 68.6 |
| 05604 | El Quisco | El Quisco | 50.7 | 9,467 | 186.7 |
| 05605 | El Tabo | El Tabo | 98.8 | 7,028 | 71.1} |
| 05606 | Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo | 536.1 | 7,418 | 13.8 |
| Total of the San Antonio province | 1,511.6 | 136,594 | 90.4 | ||
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Conozca al Gobernador". Gobernación de San Antonio (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Región de Valparaíso" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ "Código Único Territorial (CUT)" (XLS). Retrieved 23 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 San Antonio website (in Spanish)