Petorca Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Petorca Provincia de Petorca
Province
Seal Petorca, in red, in the Valparaíso Region Petorca Location in Chile
Country	Chile
Region	Valparaíso
Capital	La Ligua
Comunas	La Ligua, Cabildo, Zapallar, Papudo, Petorca
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	4,588.9 km2 (1,771.8 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)
• Total	70,610
• Density	15.3871/km2 (39.852/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Website	Official website: http://www.gobernacionpetorca.gov.cl/

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

Geography

The Petorca province is the largest province in the Valparaíso region with an area of 4,588.9 km² (1,771.8 sq mi).

The Petorca province is the most northern of the provinces of the region and is on the coast along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered to the north by the Coquimbo region, to the east by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province, to the south by the Quillota province, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

		Choapa province (Coquimbo region)
	Pacific Ocean		San Felipe de Aconcagua province
		Petorca
	Valparaíso province	Quillota province	San Felipe de Aconcagua province

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 70,610 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 15.4 inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is La Ligua, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 17,048 inhabitants.

Administration

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

Related pages

• Provinces of Chile

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Petorca para niños