Valparaíso Province

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Valparaíso
location
Basic data
Country Chile
region Valparaíso
Seat Valparaíso
surface 16,396.1 km²
Residents 1,539,852 (2002)
density 94 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 CL-VS

Coordinates: 33 ° 0 ′  S , 71 ° 30 ′  W

The province of Valparaíso is one of the eight provinces of the Chilean region of Valparaíso .

Communities

The province consists of the following 7 municipalities:

local community Inhabitants
(2002)
Area
(km²)
Casablanca 21,874 952.5
Concón 32,273 76.0
Juan Fernández 633 147.5
Puchuncaví 12,954 299.9
Quintero 21,174 147.5
Valparaíso 275,982 401.6
Viña del Mar 286.931 121.6

Until 2007, the municipalities of Quilpué and Villa Alemana also belonged to the province, which then became part of the newly formed province of Marga Marga .

proof

  1. Instituto, Nacional de Estadísticas, Divisíon Politico-Administrativa y Censal, 2007, Santiago 2008 (PDF) p. 106.
  2. Law 20.368 of 7 August 2009