Chañaral Province (Spanish: Provincia de Chañaral) is one of three provinces in the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III).

According to the 2012 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 24,436.2 km2 (9,435 sq mi)[2] and had a population of 28,874 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi).

[2] As a province, Chañaral is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further divided into two communes (comunas): Chañaral and Diego de Almagro.

The province is administered by a presidentially appointed provincial delegate.

Jorge Fernández Herrera was appointed by president Gabriel Boric.