Huasco Province (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwasko], Spanish: Provincia de Huasco) is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Atacama (III).
According to the 2012 census by the National Statistics Institute, the province spans an area of 18,201.5 km2 (7,028 sq mi)[2] and had a population of 72,145, giving it a population density of 3.7/km2 (10/sq mi).
[2] As a province, Huasco is a second-level administrative division of Chile, which is further divided into four communes (comunas).
The province is administered by a presidentially appointed provincial delegate.
Rodrigo Loyola Morenilla was appointed by president Gabriel Boric.