Quillota Province

The **Quillota Province** () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of Quillota.

## Geography

The Quillota province is the second smallest province in the Valparaíso region with an area of ; only the Isla de Pascua province is smaller.

The Quillota province is bordered to the north by the Petorca province, to the east by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province and the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and to the south and west by the Valparaíso province.

## Population

(last national census), there were 175,917 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Quillota, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 62,231 inhabitants.

## Administration

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

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|05501|**17** Quillota|Quillota|align="right"|302.0|align="right"|75,916|align="right"||
|05502|**12** La Calera|La Calera|align="right"|60.5|align="right"|49,503|align="right"||
|05503|**11** Hijuelas|Hijuelas|align="right"|267.2|align="right"|16,014|align="right"||
|05504|**13** La Cruz|La Cruz|align="right"|78.2|align="right"|12,851|align="right"||
|05506|**15** Nogales|Nogales|align="right"|405.2|align="right"|21,633|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of the Quillota province**|align="right"|**1,113.1**|align="right"|**175,917**|align="right"|****||

The _comunas_ Limache (number 14 in the map) and Olmué (number 16 in the map) were transferred to the Marga Marga province in 2010.

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Quillota
- **native name**: Provincia de Quillota
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Quillota.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Quillota.svg
- **mapsize**: 150px
- **map alt**: Location in the Valparaíso Region
- **map caption**: Quillota, 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**: Quillota
- **p2**: La Calera, Chile, La Calera
- **p3**: Hijuelas
- **p4**: La Cruz, Chile, La Cruz
- **p5**: Nogales, Chile, Nogales
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Quillota
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: César Antonio Barra Rozas
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1113.1
- **population total**: 175917
- **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
- **website**: [http://www.gobernacionquillota.gov.cl/ Official website]