ecial mention for
his excellent geographical work in the southern Andes.

_Divisions and Towns._--Chile contains 23 provinces and one territory,
which are subdivided into 75 departments, 855 subdelegations and 3068
districts. The territory north of the Bio-Bio was originally divided
into 13 provinces, besides which the Spaniards held Chiloe, Juan
Fernandez and Valdivia, the latter being merely a military outpost.
During the years which have elapsed since the War of Independence the
territory south of the Bio-Bio has been effectively occupied and
divided into six provinces, Chiloe and the neighbouring islands and
mainland to the east became a province, and four provinces in the
northern deserts were acquired from Bolivia and Peru. In addition to
this, Chile claimed Patagonia and the adjacent islands, and has
finally secured not only the forested strip of territory west of the
Andes, but also a large piece of the Patagonian mainland, south of
lat. 52 deg. S., the larger part of Tierra del Fuego, and all the western
islands. This extensive region, comprising an area of 71,127 sq. m.,
has been provisionally organized as the territory of Magallanes. For a
list of provinces, their areas, reduced from official returns, their
populations, and the names and populations of their capitals, see the
bottom of this page.

+------------------+--------+-----------+-------------+-------------------+
| | | | | Population. |
| Provinces. | Area. |Population.| Capitals. +---------+---------+
| | | Census | | Census | Est. |
| | | 1895. | | 1895. | 1902. |
+------------------+--------+-----------+-------------+---------+---------+
|Tacna | 9,251 | 24,160 |Tacna | 9,418 | 11,504 |
|Tarapaca | 18,131 | 89,751 |Iquique | 33,031 | 42,788 |
|Antofagasta | 46,611 | 44,035 |Antofagasta | 13,530 | 16,084 |
|Atacama | 30,729 | 59,713 |Copiapo | 9,301 | 8,991 |
|Coquimbo | 13,461 | 160,898 |La Serena | 15,712 | 19,536 |
|Aconcagua | 5,487 | 113,165 |San Felipe | 11,313 | 11,660 |
|Valparaiso | 1,953 | 220,756 |Valparaiso | 122,447 | 142,282 |
|Santiago | 5,665 | 415,636 |Santiago | 256,403 | 332,059 |
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