Cachapoal Province
Cachapoal Province (Spanish: Provincia de Cachapoal) is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is the city of Rancagua.
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Provincia de Cachapoal | |
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 Seal  Cachapoal, in red, in the O'Higgins Region | |
| Coordinates: 34°13′S 70°47′W / 34.217°S 70.783°WCoordinates: 34°13′S 70°47′W / 34.217°S 70.783°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | O'Higgins |
| Capital | Rancagua |
| Comunas | List of 17:
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| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Mirenchu Beitia Navarrete |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,384.2 km2 (2,851.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 542,901 |
| • Density | 73.5220/km2 (190.4211/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
The province is named after the Cachapoal river that flows through the province from east to west.
Geography
The Cachapoal province has an area of 7,384.2 sq mi (19,125 km2), the largest province in the O'Higgins region.[2]
Cachapoal is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered to the north by the Santiago Metropolitan region, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Colchagua province and to the west by the Cardenal Caro province.[2]
Most of the province is in the valley of the Cachapoal river; it is region where grapes are grown to produce wine.
Population
The people from the province are called Cachapoalino (women: Cachapoalina).
As of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 542,901 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 73.5 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is Rancagua, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 206,971 inhabitants, followed by the city of Rengo (30,891 inhabitants).
Administration
As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 17 communes (comunas). The city of Rancagua serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06101 | 14 Rancagua | Rancagua | 260.3 | 214,344 | 823.4 |
| 06102 | 1 Codegua | Codegua | 286.9 | 10,796 | 37.6 |
| 06103 | 2 Coínco | Coínco | 98.2 | 6,385 | 65.0 |
| 06104 | 3 Coltauco | Coltauco | 224.7 | 16,228 | 72.2 |
| 06105 | 4 Doñihue | Doñihue | 78.2 | 16,916 | 216.3 |
| 06106 | 5 Graneros | Graneros | 112.7 | 25,961 | 230.4 |
| 06107 | 6 Las Cabras | Las Cabras | 749.2 | 20,242 | 27.0 |
| 06108 | 7 Machalí | Machalí | 2,586.0 | 28,628 | 11.1 |
| 06109 | 8 Malloa | Malloa | 112.6 | 12,872 | 114.3 |
| 06110 | 9 Mostazal | Mostazal | 523.9 | 21,866 | 41.7 |
| 06111 | 10 Olivar | Olivar | 44.6 | 12,335 | 276.6 |
| 06112 | 11 Peumo | Peumo | 153.1 | 13,948 | 91.1 |
| 06113 | 12 Pichidegua | Pichidegua | 320.0 | 17,756 | 55.5 |
| 06114 | 13 Quinta de Tilcoco | Quinta de Tilcoco | 93.2 | 11,380 | 122.1 |
| 06115 | 15 Rengo | Rengo | 591.5 | 50,830 | 485.1 |
| 06116 | 16 Requínoa | Requínoa | 673.3 | 22,161 | 32.9 |
| 06117 | 17 San Vicente | San Vicente | 475.8 | 40,253 | 84.6 |
| Total of the Cachapoal province | 7,384.2 | 542,901 | 73.5 | ||
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Conozca a la Gobernadora". Gobernación - Provincia de Cachapoal (in español). Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Other websites
- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de O'Higgins Official website (in Spanish)
- Province of Cachapoal website (in Spanish)