| Parinacota Province | |
| Native Name: | Provincia de Parinacota |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Mapsize: | 175px |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 175 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Coordinates: | -18.1964°N -69.5594°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Parts Type: | Communes |
| Parts: | General Lagos Putre |
| Named For: | Parinacota Volcano |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Putre |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Government Type: | Provincial |
| Leader Title: | Presidential Provincial Delegate |
| Leader Name: | Wagner Sanhueza Guzmán |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8146.9 |
| Population Total: | 3156 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 1,235 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 1,921 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 2,106 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1,050 |
| Timezone: | CLT[3] |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[4] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 56 + 58 |
| Website: | Government of Parinacota |
Parinacota Province (Spanish; Castilian: Provincia de Parinacota) is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Arica y Parinacota. Its capital is Putre. It is named after the Parinacota Volcano.
Arica y Parinacota Region was created on October 8, 2007 under Law 20.175, promulgated on March 23, 2007 by President Michelle Bachelet in the city of Arica. The law divided the former Tarapacá Region into two: the northern portion became the XV Arica y Parinacota Region, and the southern portion remained the I Tarapacá Region.
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 8146.9sqkm[2] and had a population of 3,156 inhabitants (2,106 men and 1,050 women), giving it a population density of 0.4PD/sqkm. It is the second least populated province in the country after Antártica Chilena and fifth most sparsely populated province. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 17.3% (659 persons).[2]
As a province, Parinacota is a second-level administrative division of Chile consisting of two communes: General Lagos in the northern portion and Putre in the south. The town of Putre serves as the provincial capital. The provincial government is led by delegate Wagner Sanhueza Guzmán, who was appointed by president Gabriel Boric.[1]