Cauquenes Province

The Cauquenes province has an area of 3,027.2 sq mi (7,840 km²), the smallest province in the Maule region.^[2] The provincial capital, Cauquenes, is about 370 km (230 mi) southwest of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the north by the Talca province, to the east by the Linares province, to the south by the Ñuble province (Bío Bío region) and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 57,088 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 18.9 inhabitants/km². The urban population was 38,660 persons (68% of the total).^[2]

The largest city of the province is Cauquenes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 30,771.

As a province, Cauquenes is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 8 communes (comunas). The city of Cauquenes serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

Cauquenes province Code Comuna Capital Area[2] (km²) Population[2] (2002) Density 07201 1 Cauquenes Cauquenes 2,126.3 41,217 19.4 07202 2 Chanco Chanco 529.5 9,457 17.9 07203 3 Pelluhue Pelluhue 371.4 6,414 17.3 Total of the Cauquenes province 3,027.2 57,088 18.9

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  San Alfonso church, Cauquenes
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  Los Ruiles Nature Reserve
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  Mariscadero, Pelluhue

• Provinces of Chile

• Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
• Gobierno Regional del Maule Archived 2016-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Official website (in Spanish)
• Province of Cauquenes website (in Spanish)