| El Loa Province | |
| Native Name: | Provincia El Loa |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Mapsize: | 175px |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location in Chile |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 175 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Coordinates: | -22.8333°N -75°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Parts Type: | Communes |
| Parts: | Calama Ollagüe San Pedro de Atacama |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Calama |
| Government Type: | Provincial |
| Leader Party: | Democratic Revolution |
| Leader Title: | Presidential Provincial Delegate |
| Leader Name: | Miguel Ballesteros Candia |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 41999.6 |
| Population Total: | 142686 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 138,538 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 5,151 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 73,970 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 69,719 |
| Timezone: | CLT[2] |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[3] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 56 + 55 |
El Loa Province (Spanish; Castilian: Provincia El Loa) is one of three provinces of the northern Chilean region of Antofagasta (II). It is named after the longest of rivers in Chile, the Loa River. The provincial capital is Calama.
According to the 2012 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 41999.6sqkm[1] and had a population of 142,686 inhabitants, giving it a population density of 3.4PD/sqkm. It is the sixth largest province in the country. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 14.9% (18,610 persons).[1]