Arica Province
Provincia de Arica | |
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 Location in Arica y Parinacota Region | |
  Arica Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′30″S 70°18′52″W / 18.47500°S 70.31444°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region |  Arica y Parinacota |
| Capital | Arica |
| Communes | Arica Camarones |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Presidential Provincial Delegate | None |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,726.4 km2 (3,369.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 186,488 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 175,441 |
| • Rural | 11,047 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 92,487 |
| • Women | 94,001 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[3]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[4]) |
| Area code | 56 + 58 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
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Arica Province (Spanish: Provincia de Arica) is one of two provinces of Chile's northernmost region, Arica y Parinacota. The province 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 the Parinacota Province and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its capital is the port city of Arica.
- ^ "Gobierno de Chile: Gobernadores". Government of Chile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ a b c "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.