O'Higgins Region

The **VI Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region** (), often shortened to **O'Higgins Region**, is one of Chile's 15 first-order administrative divisions. It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, one of Chile's founders.

The capital and largest city of the region is Rancagua. The second major city is San Fernando.

## History

In 1880, the old "O'Higgins Province" was created with the territory of the present Cachapoal Province. In 1974, with the creation of the Regions of Chile, it became, together with the Colchagua Province, the new **Region VI**, known since then as **Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region**.

## Geography

The O'Higgins Region is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean, to the east by Argentina, to the north by the Valparaíso and Santiago Metropolitan Regions, and to the south by the Maule Region.

The main rivers are the Cachapoal and Tinguiririca.

## Population

, there were (estimated) 918,751 persons living in the region, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city in the region is its capital, Rancagua, with 206,971 inhabitants (2002 census). Other cities are San Fernando (49,519) and Rengo (30,891).

## Administration

The O’Higgins region is divided in three provinces: Cachapoal, Cardenal Caro and Colchagua.

|Provinces|Capital|Code|Comunas|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=17 valign="top" align="left"|Cachapoal (061)|rowspan=17 valign="top" align="left"|Rancagua|align="left"|06101|align="left"|**14** Rancagua|260.3|214,344|||
|align="left"|06102|align="left"|**1** Codegua|286.9|10,796|||||||
|align="left"|06103|align="left"|**2** Coínco|98.2|6,385|||||||
|align="left"|06104|align="left"|**3** Coltauco|224.7|16,228|||||||
|align="left"|06105|align="left"|**4** Doñihue|78.2|16,916|||||||
|align="left"|06106|align="left"|**5** Graneros|112.7|25,961|||||||
|align="left"|06107|align="left"|**6** Las Cabras|749.2|20,242|||||||
|align="left"|06108|align="left"|**7** Machalí|2,586.0|28,628|||||||
|align="left"|06109|align="left"|**8** Malloa|112.6|12,872|||||||
|align="left"|06110|align="left"|**9** Mostazal|523.9|21,866|||||||
|align="left"|06111|align="left"|**10** Olivar|44.6|12,335|||||||
|align="left"|06112|align="left"|**11** Peumo|153.1|13,948|||||||
|align="left"|06113|align="left"|**12** Pichidegua|320.0|17,756|||||||
|align="left"|06114|align="left"|**13** Quinta de Tilcoco|93.2|11,380|||||||
|align="left"|06115|align="left"|**15** Rengo|591.5|50,830|||||||
|align="left"|06116|align="left"|**16** Requínoa|673.3|22,161|||||||
|align="left"|06117|align="left"|**17** San Vicente|475.8|40,253|||||||
|colspan=4|**Total of the Cachapoal province**|7,384.2|542,901|||||||||
|rowspan=6 valign="top" align="left"|Cardenal Caro (062)|rowspan=6 valign="top" align="left"|Pichilemu|align="left"|06201|align="left"|**23** Pichilemu|749.1|12,392|align="right"||
|align="left"|06202|align="left"|**18** La Estrella|435.0|4,221|||||||
|align="left"|06203|align="left"|**19** Litueche|618.8|5,526|||||||
|align="left"|06204|align="left"|**20** Marchihue|659.9|6,904|||||||
|align="left"|06205|align="left"|**21** Navidad|300.4|5,422|||||||
|align="left"|06206|align="left"|**22** Paredones|561.6|6,695|||||||
|colspan=4|**Total of the Cardenal Caro province**|3,324.8|41,160|||||||||
|rowspan=10 valign="top" align="left"|Colchagua (054)|rowspan=10 valign="top" align="left"|San Fernando|align="left"|06301|align="left"|**32** San Fernando|2,441.3|63,732|||
|align="left"|06302|align="left"|**24** Chépica|503.4|13,857|||||||
|align="left"|06303|align="left"|**25** Chimbarongo|497.9|32,316|||||||
|align="left"|06304|align="left"|**26** Lolol|596.9|6,191|align="right"||||||
|align="left"|06305|align="left"|**27** Nancagua|111.3|15,634|||||||
|align="left"|06306|align="left"|**28** Palmilla|237.3|11,200|||||||
|align="left"|06307|align="left"|**29** Peralillo|282.6|9,729|align="right"||||||
|align="left"|06308|align="left"|**30** Placilla|146.9|8,078|||||||
|align="left"|06309|align="left"|**31** Pumanque|440.9|3,442|||||||
|align="left"|06310|align="left"|**33** Santa Cruz|419.5|32,387|align="right"||||||
|colspan=4|**Total of the Colchagua province**|5,678.0|196,566|||||||||
|colspan=4|**Total of the region**|**16,387.0**|**780,627**|||||||||

## Related pages

- Regions of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de O'Higgins  Official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Libertador General
Bernardo O'Higgins Region
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Regions of Chile, Region of Chile
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: Rancagua
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **parts type**: Provinces of Chile, Provinces
- **parts**: Cachapoal Province, Cachapoal, Colchagua Province, Colchagua, Cardenal Caro Province, Cardenal Caro
- **leader title**: Presidential Regional Delegate
- **leader name**: Fabio López
- **leader party**: Independent politician, Independent
- **image skyline**: File:Rio_Claro_O%27Higgins.jpg
- **image caption**: Río Claro
- **image flag**: Flag of O'Higgins Region, Chile.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **flag alt**: Flag of Libertador General
Bernardo O'Higgins Region
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of O'Higgins Region, Chile.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of Arms of Libertador General
Bernardo O'Higgins Region
- **image map**: OHiggins in Chile 2018.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Map of Libertador General
Bernardo O'Higgins Region
- **area total km2**: 16387.0
- **area rank**: 14
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **population total**: 908545
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population rank**: 6
- **population density km2**: auto
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI (2019)
- **blank info sec1**: 0.820

- **website**: [http://www.goreohiggins.cl/ Official website]
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:CL, CL-LI