Chiloé Province


Chiloé Province is one of the four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Los Lagos. It consists of all of Chiloé Archipelago with the exception of the Desertores Islands. The province spans a surface area of. Its capital is Castro, and the seat of the Roman Catholic bishopric is Ancud.

Administration

As a province, Chiloé is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president.

Communes

The province is composed of ten communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council.
CommuneSealPopulation
Ancud38 991
Castro43 807
Chonchi14 858
Curaco de Vélez3 829
Dalcahue13 762
Puqueldón3 921
Queilén5 385
Quellón27 192
Quemchi8 352
Quinchao8 088

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute, the province spans an area of and had a population of 142,194 inhabitants, giving it a population density of. Of these, 82,058 lived in urban areas and 60,136 in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 9.1%.