Tamarugal Province ( Spanish : Provincia de Tamarugal ) is one of two provinces in the northern Chilean region of Tarapacá . The capital is the city of Pozo Almonte .
4-507: The province is named after Pampa del Tamarugal . Spanish name: According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute ( INE ), the province spans an area of 39,390.5 km (15,209 sq mi) and had a population of 22,531 inhabitants (14,175 men and 8,356 women). It is the seventh largest and ninth least populated province in the country with a population density of 0.6/km (2/sq mi). Between
8-622: The Andes . The plain occupies a surface area of 12,500 km with an average elevation of 1,100 m. Among the major tourist attractions in the Pampa del Tamarugal are the world heritage site Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works , the town of La Tirana , and the Pampa del Tamarugal National Reserve . 21°08′S 69°27′W / 21.133°S 69.450°W / -21.133; -69.450 This Tarapacá Region location article
12-431: The 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 63.5% (8,748 persons). The province is administered by a presidentially appointed delegate. Luz Eliana González Millas was appointed by president Gabriel Boric . As a province , Tamarugal is a second-level administrative division of Chile , which is further subdivided into five communes ( comunas ). Pampa del Tamarugal Pampa del Tamarugal ("Plateau of
16-709: The Tamarugal") is a vast plain encompassing a significant portion of the Norte Grande , Chile , and originally named for the Prosopis tamarugo trees that used to cover its surface. It is located between the parallels 19°30’ and 22°15’ south latitude and is considered part of the Atacama Desert . It is bounded on the west by the Chilean Coastal Range and on the east by the western slopes of
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