出版社：Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要：The article examines diverse factors —geographic, economic, demographic, political and legal— which influenced the parliamentary debate and the subsequent creation of the province of Antofagasta under the government of Balmaceda. One of the most important differences of this province in comparison with other Chilean territories resulted from the municipal powers inherited from the Bolivian administration that contributed to the hardening of regionalist discourse in the face of the Chilean government’s aim of juridical uniformity. The article reviews the different proposals for a political-administrative structure for the Antofagasta territory and the different modifications affecting it from 1888 until 1933. Emphasis is placed on the complexity of the territory at the local, national and international levels.
关键词：Chile;province;Atacama Desert;Antofagasta;Chilean laws;Chile;provincia;desierto de Atacama;Antofagasta;leyes chilenas
