Population, basic resources in the development of the coastal areas: province of San Antonio, Chile  <B>Population, basic resources in the development of the coastal areas: province of San Antonio, Chile</B><P>M. GangasGeisse and H. SantisArenas</B><I><P> Institute of Geography, Pontificial Catholic of Chile University, Casilla, Santiago, Chile</I><P> Abstract <P> Is estimated that the population of the province of San Antonio, V Region of Valparaiso, it is the basic resource to support its economic, social and cultural development. This involves to know certain fundamental aspects, such as, its demographic characteristics, its socioeconomic characteristics and its standard of life. Such variable are represented and analyzed quantitative and cartographic way.<P>