Cachapoal Province

**Cachapoal Province** () is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is the city of Rancagua.

The province is named after the Cachapoal river that flows through the province from east to west.

## Geography

The Cachapoal province has an area of , the largest province in the O'Higgins region.

Cachapoal is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered to the north by the Santiago Metropolitan region, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Colchagua province and to the west by the Cardenal Caro province.

Most of the province is in the valley of the Cachapoal river; it is region where grapes are grown to produce wine.

## Population

The people from the province are called _Cachapoalino_ (women: _Cachapoalina_).

(last national census), there were 542,901 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Rancagua, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 206,971 inhabitants, followed by the city of Rengo (30,891 inhabitants).

## Administration

As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 17 communes (_comunas_). The city of Rancagua serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|06101|**14** Rancagua|Rancagua|align="right"|260.3|align="right"|214,344|align="right"||
|06102|**1** Codegua|Codegua|align="right"|286.9|align="right"|10,796|align="right"||
|06103|**2** Coínco|Coínco|align="right"|98.2|align="right"|6,385|align="right"||
|06104|**3** Coltauco|Coltauco|align="right"|224.7|align="right"|16,228|align="right"||
|06105|**4** Doñihue|Doñihue|align="right"|78.2|align="right"|16,916|align="right"||
|06106|**5** Graneros|Graneros|align="right"|112.7|align="right"|25,961|align="right"||
|06107|**6** Las Cabras|Las Cabras|align="right"|749.2|align="right"|20,242|align="right"||
|06108|**7** Machalí|Machalí|align="right"|2,586.0|align="right"|28,628|align="right"||
|06109|**8** Malloa|Malloa|align="right"|112.6|align="right"|12,872|align="right"||
|06110|**9** Mostazal|Mostazal|align="right"|523.9|align="right"|21,866|align="right"||
|06111|**10** Olivar|Olivar|align="right"|44.6|align="right"|12,335|align="right"||
|06112|**11** Peumo|Peumo|align="right"|153.1|align="right"|13,948|align="right"||
|06113|**12** Pichidegua|Pichidegua|align="right"|320.0|align="right"|17,756|align="right"||
|06114|**13** Quinta de Tilcoco|Quinta de Tilcoco|align="right"|93.2|align="right"|11,380|align="right"||
|06115|**15** Rengo|Rengo|align="right"|591.5|align="right"|50,830|align="right"||
|06116|**16** Requínoa|Requínoa|align="right"|673.3|align="right"|22,161|align="right"||
|06117|**17** San Vicente|San Vicente|align="right"|475.8|align="right"|40,253|align="right"||
|colspan=3|**Total of the Cachapoal province**|**7,384.2**|**542,901**|****|||||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Cachapoal
- **native name**: Provincia de Cachapoal
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province of Chile
- **image skyline**: Plaza de los Héroes de Rancagua 01.JPG
- **image alt**: Square and cathedral in Rancagua
- **image caption**: Town square, Square and cathedral in Rancagua
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Cachapoal.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Cachapoal.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the O'Higgins Region
- **map caption**: Cachapoal, in red, in the O'Higgins 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**: O'Higgins Region, O'Higgins
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: coll
- **parts**: List of 17:
- **p1**: Codegua
- **p2**: Coínco
- **p3**: Coltauco
- **p4**: Doñihue
- **p5**: Graneros
- **p6**: Las Cabras, Chile, Las Cabras
- **p7**: Machalí
- **p8**: Malloa
- **p9**: El Olivar, Chile, Olivar
- **p10**: Peumo
- **p11**: Pichidegua
- **p12**: Quinta de Tilcoco
- **p13**: Rancagua
- **p14**: Requínoa
- **p15**: Rengo
- **p16**: San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile, Mostazal
- **p17**: San Vicente de Tagua Tagua
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Rancagua
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Mirenchu Beitia Navarrete
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 7384.2
- **population total**: 542901
- **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.gobernacioncachapoal.gov.cl/ Official website]