Back Уаско (провинция) Bashkir Proviñs Huasco Breton Provincia de Huasco CEB Provinz Huasco German Provinco Huasco Esperanto Provincia de Huasco Spanish Huasco probintzia Basque ووآزکو Persian Province de Huasco French Ուասկո (նահանգ) Armenian
Huasco Province
Provincia de Huasco | |
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 Location in the Atacama Region   Huasco Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 28°32′S 70°22′W / 28.533°S 70.367°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region |  Atacama |
| Capital | Vallenar |
| Communes | List of 4: |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Presidential Provincial Delegate | Rodrigo Loyola Morenilla (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| • Province | 18,201.5 km2 (7,027.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3 |
| Population (2012 census)[2] | |
| • Province | 72,145 |
| • Rank | 2 |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 53,664 |
| • Rural | 12,827 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 32,712 |
| • Women | 33,779 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[3]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[4]) |
| Area code | 56 + 51 |
| Website | dpphuasco |
Huasco Province (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwasko], Spanish: Provincia de Huasco) is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III). Vallenar is the capital city.
- ^ "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 8 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.