The Province of Tocopilla () is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). The provincial capital is Tocopilla.

Geography

The Tocopilla province has an area of .

Tocopilla Province

The province is bordered on the north by the Tarapacá region, on the east by the El Loa province, on the south by the Antofagasta province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Tocopilla Province

Population

(last national census), there were 31,516 people living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km².

Tocopilla Province

The largest city of the province is Tocopilla, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 23,352 inhabitants.

Administration

As a province, the Tocopilla province is a second-level administrative division, consisting of two communes (comunas). The city of Tocopilla serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

References

Other websites

Territorial division of Chile

Gobierno Regional de Antofagasta

Province of Tocopilla website

Tocopilla

Antofagasta Region