Última Esperanza Province
Última Esperanza
Provincia de Última Esperanza | |
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Torres del Paine National Park | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region | |
Última Esperanza Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 50°47′S 74°06′W / 50.783°S 74.100°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Magallanes y Antártica Chilena |
| Capital | Puerto Natales |
| Communes | Puerto Natales Torres del Paine |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Provincial Presidential Delegate | Ericka Farías Guerra |
| Area | |
• Total | 55,443.9 km2 (21,407.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 Census) | |
• Total | 18,685 |
| • Rank | 2 |
| • Density | 0.33701/km2 (0.87284/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 16,978 |
| • Rural | 2,877 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 10611 |
| • Women | 9244 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Area code | 61 |
| Website | Government of Última Esperanza |
Última Esperanza (Spanish: Provincia de Última Esperanza, meaning "Province of the Last Hope") is one of four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena. The capital is Puerto Natales and it is named after Última Esperanza Sound. A section of its border with Argentina in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field is under dispute.