Curicó Province facts for kids

Curicó
Quick facts for kids Curicó ; Provincia de Curicó
	Province of Chile
	Alameda in Curicó
	Seal
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Country	Chile
Region	Maule
Area
• Total	7,280.9 km2 (2,811.2 sq mi)
Population (2002 Census)
• Total	244,053
• Density	33.51962/km2 (86.8154/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Website	Official website

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

Geography

The Curicó province has an area of 7,280.9 sq mi (18,857 km²), the third largest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Curicó, is about 182 km (113 mi) south of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the northwest by the Cardenal Caro province (O'Higgins region), to the north by the Colchagua province (O'Higgins region), to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Talca provinces and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 244,053 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 33.5 inhabitants/km². The urban population was 157,876 persons (65% of the total).

The largest city of the province is Curicó, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 93,447.

Administration

As a province, Curicó is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 9 communes (comunas). The city of Curicó serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

Curicó province
Code	Comuna	Capital	Area (km²)	Population (2002)	Density
07301	4 Curicó	Curicó	1,328.4	119,585	90.0
07302	5 Hualañé	Hualañé	629.0	9,741	15.5
07303	6 Licantén	Licantén	273.3	6,902	25.3
07304	7 Molina	Molina	1,551.6	38,521	24.8
07305	8 Rauco	Rauco	308.6	8,566	27.8
07306	9 Romeral	Romeral	1,597.1	12,707	8.0
07307	10 Sagrada Familia	Sagrada Familia	548.8	17,519	31.9
07308	11 Teno	Teno	618.4	25,596	41.4
07309	12 Vichuquén	Vichuquén	425.7	4,916	11.5
Total of the Curicó province			7,280.9	244,053	33.5