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A province is a second-level administrative division in Chile.There are 56 in total. The top-level administrative division in Chile is the region.There are 16 in total.
The political and administrative division of Chile has had four major periods: before 1833, from 1833 to 1925, from 1925 to 1976 and from 1976 onwards. Before 1974, Chile was divided into: Provinces (provincias) - First level; Departments (departamentos) - Second level
Each region was given a Roman numeral, followed by a name (e.g. IV Región de Coquimbo, read as "fourth region of Coquimbo" in Spanish).When the regional structure was created, Roman numerals were assigned in ascending order from north to south, with the northernmost region designated as I (first) and the southernmost region as XII (twelfth).
Santiago Province (Spanish: Provincia de Santiago) is one of the six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region (RM) of central Chile. It encompasses the majority of the population of that region, including 31 of the 36 communities of Greater Santiago. The province spans 2,030.30 km (1,262 mi). [1]
Most regions and provinces of Europe have alternative names in different languages. Some regions have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all major European regions, provinces, and territories.
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 9,937.8 km 2 (3,837 sq mi) [1] and had a population of 352,966 inhabitants (174,734 men and 178,232 women), giving it a population density of 35.5/km 2 (92/sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 12.4% (39,015 persons).
Ecuador defines Spanish as its official language, but Spanish, Quechua and Shuar – as official languages of intercultural relations in the Article 2 of the 2008 Constitution. [145] Falkland Islands, English is the official & dominant language. Spanish is spoken by a minority of the population who comes from Chile and Argentina.
The province has an area of 9,223.7 km 2 (3,561 sq mi) and a population of 221,496 distributed across seven communes (Spanish: comunas). The provincial capital is the city of Osorno. Osorno is a city located in southern Chile a territory of northern Patagonia in the Los Lagos Region.