Key facts
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Coquimbo
- Capital
- Coquimbo
- Communes
- List of 6: Andacollo Coquimbo La Higuera La Serena Paihuano Vicuña
- Type
- Provincial
- Total
- 16,895.1 km (6,523.2 sq mi)
- Density
- 33.2911/km (86.2236/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( CLT )
- Summer dst
- UTC−3 ( CLST )
- Area code
- 56 + 51
- Iso 3166 code
- CL-CO
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Coquimbo Region
- Contains
- Vicuña
- Capital
- Coquimbo
- Population
- 496337
- Area
- 16895.1
- Elevation
- 2061
- Official website
- www.gobernacionelqui.gov.cl
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- Category:Elqui Province
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Encyclopedic overview
Elqui Province (Spanish: Provincia de Elqui [ˈelki]) is a province in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Its capital is Coquimbo. Spread over an area of 16,895.1 km (6,523.2 sq mi), it had a population of 562,457 inhabitants as per the 2024 Chilean census. The province was established by law on 1 August 1974.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elqui Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.