Iquique Province
Iquique Province is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá. Its capital is the port city of Iquique.History
Until October 2007, the Province of Iquique was composed of 7 communes: Alto Hospicio, Camina, Colchane, Huara, Iquique, Pica and Pozo Almonte, but since then, with the creation of the Region of Arica and Parinacota, much of the province, specifically the municipalities of Huara, Camina, Colchane, Pozo Almonte and Pica, pass shape administratively Tamarugal Province, leaving Iquique Province consists of two communes.According to the 2012 census by the National Statistics Institute, the province spans an area of and had a population of 275,042 inhabitants, giving it a population density of. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 30.8%.Administration
As a province, Iquique is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further divided into two communes : the capital Iquique and its suburb Alto Hospicio. The province is administered by a presidentially appointed governor. Felipe Rojas Andrade was appointed by president Sebastián Piñera.
