San Felipe de Aconcagua Province
San Felipe de Aconcagua Province (Spanish: Provincia de San Felipe de Aconcagua) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). The city of San Felipe is the capital of the province.
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Provincia de San Felipe de Aconcagua | |
|---|---|
 Seal  San Felipe, in red, in the Valparaíso Region | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′S 70°45′W / 32.700°S 70.750°WCoordinates: 32°42′S 70°45′W / 32.700°S 70.750°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Region | Valparaíso |
| Capital | San Felipe |
| Comunas | Catemu, Llaillay, Panquehue, Putaendo, San Felipe, Santa María |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Eduardo León Lazcano |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,659.2 km2 (1,026.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 131,911 |
| • Density | 49.6055/km2 (128.4777/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
The San Felipe de Aconcagua province has an area of 2,659.2 km2 (1,026.7 sq mi), the third largest province in the Valparaíso region; only the Petorca and Los Andes provinces are more large.[2]
San Felipe de Aconcagua is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered on the north by the Petorca province, on the east by Argentina and the Los Andes province, to the south by the Santiago Metropolitan region, and to the west by the Quillota province.
The main rivers of the province are the Aconcagua river and its right tributary, the Putaendo river.[3]
Population
As of 2002[update] (last national census), there were 131,911 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 49.6 inhabitants/km².[2]
The largest city of the province is San Felipe, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 57,760 inhabitants. Other cities are Llaillay (16,215), Santa María (8,126) and Putaendo (7,214).[2]
Administration
As a province, San Felipe de Aconcagua is a second-level administrative division, consisting of six communes (comunas). The city of San Felipe serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
| Code[4] | Comuna | Capital | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[2] (2002) |
Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05701 | San Felipe | San Felipe | 185.9 | 64,126 | 344.9 |
| 05702 | Catemu | Catemu | 361.6 | 12,112 | 33.5 |
| 05703 | Llaillay | Llaillay | 349.1 | 21,644 | 62.0 |
| 05704 | Panquehue | Panquehue | 121.9 | 6,567 | 53.9 |
| 05705 | Putaendo | Putaendo | 1,474.4 | 14,649 | 9.9} |
| 05706 | Santa María | Santa María | 166.3 | 12,813 | 990.9 |
| Total of the San Felipe province | 2,659.2 | 131,911 | 49.6 | ||
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Conozca al Gobernador". Gobernación - San Felipe de Aconcagua (in español). Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Región de Valparaíso" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ "Ubicación geográfica". Gobernación - San Felipe de Aconcagua (in español). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ "Código Único Territorial (CUT)" (XLS). Retrieved 4 September 2016.
Other websites
- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Official website (in Spanish)
- Province of San Felipe de Aconcagua website (in Spanish)