Marga Marga Province

**Marga Marga Province** () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). The city of Quilpué is the capital of the province.

The province of Marga Marga was created in 2010 with 2 communes of the Valparaíso province, Quilpué and Villa Alemana, and 2 communes of the province of Quillota, Limache and Olmué.

## Geography

The Marga Marga province has an area of , the sixth largest province in the Valparaíso region; only the Quillota and Isla de Pascua provinces are smaller.

Marga Marga is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered on the north by the Quillota province, on the east and south by Santiago Metropolitan region, and to the west by the Valparaíso province.

## Population

(last national census), there were 277,525 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Quilpué, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 128,578 inhabitants. Other cities are Villa Alemana (95,623), Limache (39,219) and Olmué (14,105).

## Administration

As a province, Marga Marga is a second-level administrative division, consisting of four communes (_comunas_). The city of Quilpué serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|05801|Quilpué|Quilpué|align="right"|536.9|align="right"|128,578|align="right"||
|05802|Limache|Limache|align="right"|293.8|align="right"|39,219|align="right"||
|05803|Olmué|Olmué|align="right"|231.8|align="right"|14,105|align="right"||
|05804|Villa Alemana|Villa Alemana|align="right"|96.5|align="right"|95,623|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of the Marga Marga province**|align="right"|**1,159.0**|align="right"|**277,525**|align="right"|****||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website
- Province of Marga Marga website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Marga Marga
- **native name**: Provincia de Marga Marga
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Marga Marga.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Marga Marga.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the Valparaíso Region
- **map caption**: Marga Marga, in red, in the Valparaíso Region
- **pushpin map**: Chile
- **pushpin map narrow**: yes
- **pushpin label position**: bottom
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Chile
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Chile, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Valparaíso Region, Valparaíso
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Quilpué
- **p2**: Villa Alemana
- **p3**: Limache
- **p4**: Olmué
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Quilpué
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Christián Arturo Cárdenas Silva
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1159
- **population total**: 277525
- **population as of**: 2002 Census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Time in Chile, CLT
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Time in Chile, CLST
- **utc offset dst**: -3
- **area code**: +56-32 (Quilpué and Villa Alemana)
 +56-33 (Limache y Olmué)
- **website**: [http://www.gobernacionmargamarga.gov.cl/ Official website]