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Cardenal Caro Province
Provincia Cardenal Caro
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Government of Cardenal Caro Province building, on March 12, 2011.
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Location of Cardenal Caro Province in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
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 Cardenal Caro Province
Location in Chile
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| Country | Chile | ||
| Region | O'Higgins | ||
| Founded | October 3, 1979 | ||
| Capital | Pichilemu | ||
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| • Type | Provincial | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 3,324.8 km2 (1,283.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population
(2012 Census)
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| • Total | 39,068 | ||
| • Density | 11.7505/km2 (30.4336/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 18,433 | ||
| • Rural | 22,727 | ||
| Sex | |||
| • Men | 22,127 | ||
| • Women | 19,033 | ||
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) | ||
| Area code(s) | 56 + 72 | ||
| Website | Government of Cardenal Caro | ||
Cardenal Caro Province (Spanish: Provincia Cardenal Caro) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu.
Name
The province is named after Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez, native of Pichilemu, and who was the first Cardinal of Chile.
History
On July 13, 1973, President Salvador Allende Gossens decreed the creation of the Cardenal Caro Department. The decree was published in the Diario Oficial de la República de Chile in August of the same year, making it official. Marchigüe was declared the capital. However, the coup d'état that occurred in September of that year made the decree "dead text".
The province of Cardenal Caro was created on October 3, 1979 by General Augusto Pinochet. The communes of Litueche (formerly El Rosario), La Estrella, Marchihue, Paredones, and Pichilemu, originally from Colchagua Province; and Navidad, originally from San Antonio Province, formed the province.
Administration
As a province, Cardenal Caro is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president. The province is composed by six communes (Spanish: comunas), each of which is governed by a popularly elected alcalde.
Communes of the province
The province has 6 communes:
- Pichilemu (capital)
- La Estrella
- Litueche
- Marchigüe
- Navidad
- Paredones
See also
In Spanish: Cardenal Caro para niños
