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Cachapoal
Provincia de Cachapoal
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| Country |  Chile |
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| Region | O'Higgins | ||||
| Capital | Rancagua | ||||
| Comunas |
List of 17:
Codegua
Coínco Coltauco Doñihue Graneros Las Cabras Machalí Malloa Olivar Peumo Pichidegua Quinta de Tilcoco Rancagua Requínoa Rengo Mostazal San Vicente de Tagua Tagua |
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| • Type | Provincial | ||||
| Area | |||||
| • Total | 7,384.2 km2 (2,851.1 sq mi) | ||||
| Population
(2002 Census)
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| • Total | 542,901 | ||||
| • Density | 73.5220/km2 (190.4211/sq mi) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) | ||||
| Website | Official website: http://www.gobernacioncachapoal.gov.cl/ | ||||
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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 (km²) |
Population (2002) |
Density |
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| 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 | ||
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See also
In Spanish: Provincia de Cachapoal para niños
