Antártica Chilena Province
Antártica Chilena Province
Provincia Antártica Chilena | |
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Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region | |
| Coordinates: 55°43′S 67°22′W / 55.717°S 67.367°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Magallanes y Antártica Chilena |
| Capital | Puerto Williams |
| Communes | Cabo de Hornos, Antártica |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Juan José Arcos (PRI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,265,853.7 km2 (488,748.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 Census) | |
• Total | 1,792 |
| • Density | 0.001416/km2 (0.003667/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,952 |
| • Rural | 440 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 1,518 |
| • Women | 874 |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Area code | 61 |
| Website | [1] |
Antártica Chilena Province (Spanish: Provincia Antártica Chilena) is the southernmost of the four provinces in Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region (XII). The capital is Puerto Williams. The province comprises the extreme southern part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (south of the Cordillera Darwin), the islands south and west of Isla Grande (Diego Ramírez Islands and its National Park, Diego Ramirez Islands & Drake Passage National Park), and Chile's claims in Antarctica. The province is administratively divided into two communes (comunas): Cabo de Hornos, located at the southern tip of South America, and Antártica, a wedge-shaped claim of Antarctica, which is not internationally recognized. Its total area of 1,265,853.7 km2 (488,749 sq mi) makes it almost twice as large as all other provinces of Chile combined.