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Aisén Province

Aisén Province
Provincia de Aisén
Province
Melinka
Official seal of Aisén Province
Seal
Location in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region
Location in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region
Location in Chile
Location in Chile
Aisén Province
Location in Chile
Coordinates: 44°55′S 73°35′W / 44.917°S 73.583°W / -44.917; -73.583Coordinates: 44°55′S 73°35′W / 44.917°S 73.583°W / -44.917; -73.583
Country Chile
Region Aisén
Capital Puerto Aisén
Communes Puerto Aisén
Cisnes
Guaitecas
Government
 • Type Provincial
 • Governor Felisa Ojeda Vargas
Area
 • Total 46,588.8 km2 (17,988.0 sq mi)
Population (2012 Census)
 • Total 26,858
 • Density 0.58/km2 (1.5/sq mi)
 • Urban 16,180
 • Rural 13,451
Time zone CLT (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) CLST (UTC-3)
Area code(s) country 56 + area 67
Website Government of Aisén

Aisén Province (Spanish: Provincia de Aisén Pronounced: /sɛn/ EYE-ssen) is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Aisen (XI). Its capital is Puerto Aisén.

The province had a 2002 population of 23,498 according to the census by the National Statistics Institute. Of these, 16,180 (68.9%) lived in urban areas and 13,451 (57.2%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 20.7% ( persons). The census also yielded a surface area of 46,588.8 km2 (17,988 sq mi), the largest in the region and fifth largest province in the country, though it is the tenth least populated in the country.

As a province, Palena is a second-level administrative division, administered by a presidentially appointed governor. Felisa Ojeda Vargas was appointed by president Sebastián Piñera.

The province comprises three communes, each governed by a municipality, headed by an alcalde: Aisén, Cisnes, and Guaitecas.


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