Arica Province ( es, Provincia de Arica) is one of two

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s of

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's northernmost

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, Arica y Parinacota. The province is bordered on the north by the

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, on the south by the Tamarugal Province in the

Tarapacá Region The Tarapacá Region ( es, Región de Tarapacá, ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It comprises two provinces, Iquique and Tamarugal. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Orur ...

, on the east the

Parinacota Province Parinacota Province ( es, Provincia de Parinacota) is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Arica y Parinacota. Its capital is Putre. It is named after the Parinacota Volcano. History Arica y Parinacota Region was created on October 8, ...

and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is the port city of

Arica Arica ( ; ) is a commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The city is the cap ...

History

On October 8 of 2007, Law 20.175 entered into force, effective on March 23 of 2007. It was signed by

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in the city of Arica. At a ceremony held on that morning, the community received in new milestone in its history. The law divided the former Tarapacá Region into two: the northern portion became the XV Arica y Parinacota Region, and the southern portion remained the I Tarapacá Region.

Geography and demography

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (''INE''), the province spans an area of and had a population of 186,488 inhabitants (92,487 men and 94,001 women), giving it a population density of . Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 9.5% (16,184 persons).

Administration

As a

, Arica is a second-level

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, consisting of two

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(''comunas''): Arica in the northern portion and Camarones in the south. The coastal city of

serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by the presidentially appointed regional delegate of Arica y Parinacota.

References

External links

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Municipality of Arica
{{Authority control Provinces of Arica y Parinacota Region Provinces of Chile