Petorca Province
| Petorca | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Chile |
| region | Valparaíso |
| Seat | La Ligua |
| surface | 4,588.9 km² |
| Residents | 70,610 (2002) |
| density | 15 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | CL-VS |
Coordinates: 32 ° 24 ′ S , 71 ° 6 ′ W
The province of Petorca is one of the eight provinces of the Chilean region of Valparaíso .
Communities
The province consists of the following five municipalities:
| local community | Inhabitants (2002) |
Area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Cabildo | 18,916 | 1,455.3 |
| La Ligua | 31,987 | 1,163.4 |
| Papudo | 4,608 | 165.6 |
| Petorca | 9,440 | 1,516.6 |
| Zapallar | 5,659 | 288.0 |
Economy and environment
Petorca is a center of avocado cultivation. More than half of Chilean production comes from the provinces. However, the high water consumption - in Petorca around 320 liters of water are needed to make an avocado - in Petorca dried up entire rivers. In 2017, it became known that several Danish supermarket chains were not importing avocados from the Petorca province in order to reduce the massive environmental problems.
proof
- ↑ Instituto, Nacional de Estadísticas, Divisíon Politico-Administrativa y Censal, 2007, Santiago 2008 , p. 107
- ↑ https://www.nordschleswiger.dk/de/daenemark-wirtschaft/daenische-supermaerkte-streichen-avocados-aus-angebote
Provinces of the V Region ( Región de Valparaíso )