Quillota Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Quillota Provincia de Quillota
Province
Seal Quillota, in red, in the Valparaíso Region Quillota Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Valparaíso
Capital	Quillota
Comunas	Quillota, La Calera, Hijuelas, La Cruz, Nogales
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	1,113.1 km2 (429.8 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	175,917
• Density	158.042/km2 (409.328/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionquillota.gov.cl/

The Quillota Province (Spanish: Provincia de Quillota) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of Quillota.

Geography

The Quillota province is the second smallest province in the Valparaíso region with an area of 1,113.1 km² (429.8 sq mi); only the Isla de Pascua province is smaller.

The Quillota province is bordered to the north by the Petorca province, to the east by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province and the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and to the south and west by the Valparaíso province.

		Petorca province
	Valparaíso province		San Felipe de Aconcagua province
		Quillota
		Valparaíso province	Santiago Metropolitan Region

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 175,917 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 158.0 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Quillota, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 62,231 inhabitants.

Administration

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

The comunas Limache (number 14 in the map) and Olmué (number 16 in the map) were transferred to the Marga Marga province in 2010.

Related pages

• Provinces of Chile

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Quillota para niños