Arica Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Arica Province Provincia de Arica
Province
Seal Location in Arica y Parinacota Region Arica Province Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Arica and Parinacota
Capital	Arica
Comunas	Arica Camarones
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	8,726.4 km2 (3,369.3 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	186,488
• Density	21.37055/km2 (55.3495/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Area code(s)	56 + 58
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionarica.gov.cl/

The Arica Province (Spanish: Provincia de Arica) is a province of Chile. It belongs to the Arica and Parinacota (XV), the northernmost and the newest of the Chilean regions. Its capital is the port city of Arica.

Geography

Arica province is on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The province has an area of 8,726.4 km² (3,369.3 sq mi).

Arica is bordered on the north by the Tacna province of Peru, on the south by the Tamarugal province in the Tarapacá region, on the east by the Parinacota province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

		Tacna province (Peru)
	Pacific Ocean		Parinacota province
		Arica province
		Tamarugal province

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 186,488 people (91,742 men and 93,526 women) living in the province, giving it a population density of 21.4 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Arica, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 175,441 inhabitants.

Administration

As a province, Arica is a second-level administrative division, consisting of two communes (comunas): Arica in the northern portion and Camarones in the south. The coastal city of Arica serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Arica para niños