Overview
Choapa Province is one of the provinces making up the Coquimbo Region of Chile. It has an area of 10,079.8 km² and a population of 81,681. The capital of the province is the town of Illapel.
Administration
The current presidential provincial delegate is Nataly Carvajal.
Communes
The province is divided into four communes (comunas) administered by four municipalities:
Illapel
Salamanca
Los Vilos
Canela
Geography and demography
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of and had a population of 81,681 inhabitants (41,578 men and 40,103 women), giving it a population density of . Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 4.6% (3,603 persons).
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