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Tamarugal Province

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El Tamarugal
Provincia del Tamarugal
Location in the Tarapacá Region
Location in the Tarapacá Region
CountryChile
RegionTarapacá
CapitalPozo Almonte
Communes
Government
 • TypeProvincial
 • GovernorEspartago Ferrari
Area
 • Total
39,390.5 km2 (15,208.8 sq mi)
 • Rank1
Population
 (2002)[1]
 • Total
22,531
 • Rank2
 • Density0.57/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
 • Urban
11,876
 • Rural
10,655
Sex
 • Men14,175
 • Women8,356
Time zoneUTC-4 (CLT [2])
 • Summer (DST)[[UTC-3 ] postal_code_type =]] (CLST [3])
Area code56 + 57
WebsiteGovernment of Tamarugal

El Tamarugal Province (Template:Lang-es) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá (I). The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte, and it is named after Pampa del Tamarugal.

Communes

The province is composed by five communes (comunas):

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:Es Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas
  2. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Retrieved 26 September 2010.