Cauquenes Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cauquenes Provincia de Cauquenes
Province of Chile
Seal Cauquenes, in red, in the Maule Region Cauquenes Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Maule
Capital	Cauquenes
Comunas	Cauquenes, Chanco, Pelluhue
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	3,027.2 km2 (1,168.8 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	57,088
• Density	18.8584/km2 (48.8429/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacioncauquenes.gov.cl

Cauquenes Province (Spanish: Provincia de Cauquenes) is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). The provincial capital and largest city is Cauquenes.

Geography

The Cauquenes province has an area of 3,027.2 sq mi (7,840 km²), the smallest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Cauquenes, is about 370 km (230 mi) southwest of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the north by the Talca province, to the east by the Linares province, to the south by the Ñuble province (Bío Bío region) and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

		Talca province
	Pacific Ocean		Linares province
		Cauquenes province
		Ñuble province (Bío Bío region)

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 57,088 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 18.9 inhabitants/km². The urban population was 38,660 persons (68% of the total).

The largest city of the province is Cauquenes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 30,771.

Administration

As a province, Cauquenes is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 8 communes (comunas). The city of Cauquenes serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

Gallery

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  San Alfonso church, Cauquenes

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  Los Ruiles Nature Reserve

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  Mariscadero, Pelluhue

Related pages

• Provinces of Chile

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Cauquenes para niños