| Magallanes Province | |
| Native Name: | Provincia de Magallanes |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Mapsize: | 175px |
| Map Alt: | Location in the Magallanes Region |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 175 |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Coordinates: | -53.1667°N -126°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Parts Type: | Communes |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| Parts: | List of 4: |
| P1: | Punta Arenas |
| P2: | Río Verde |
| P3: | Laguna Blanca |
| P4: | San Gregorio |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Punta Arenas |
| Named For: | Ferdinand Magellan |
| Government Type: | Provincial |
| Leader Party: | RN |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | Nicolás Cogler Galindo |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 36400.8 |
| Population Total: | 129199 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 116,005 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 5,670 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 62,360 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 59,315 |
| Timezone: | CLST[2] |
| Utc Offset: | -3 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[3] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 56 + 61 |
| Website: | Government of Magallanes |
Magallanes Province (Spanish; Castilian: Provincia de Magallanes) is one of four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Magallanes and Antártica Chilena. The provincial capital is the city of Punta Arenas.
Its eastern portion is located along the northern shore of the Strait of Magellan while the western portion straddles the strait on either side of the strait's northwesterly stretch toward the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by the Última Esperanza Province to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south.
This is the main terrestrial and aerial entry point to the southernmost region in Chile. Either coming from Argentina, via Río Gallegos by car, or by plane, arriving at the Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo International Airport. On this province there are several touristic places, such as Port Famine, Fuerte Bulnes, two penguin colonies and the first marine park in the country.
According to National Statistics Institute's 2002 census, it has an area of 36400.8sqkm. It is the ninth largest province in the country. It then had a population of 121,675 inhabitants (62,360 men and 59,315 women), giving it a population density of 3.3PD/sqkm. Of these, 116,005 (95.3%) lived in urban areas and 5,670 (4.7%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 4.4% (5,164 persons).[1]
As a province, Magallanes is a second-level administrative division of Chile, headed by a governor who is appointed by the president. It consists of four communes (Spanish: comunas): Punta Arenas, Río Verde, Laguna Blanca and San Gregorio.