Talca Province

**Talca Province** () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII).  Its capital and the largest city is Talca.

## Geography

The Talca province has an area of , the second largest province, after the Linares province, in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Talca, is about  south of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the north by the Curicó province, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Linares  and the Cauquenes provinces and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

## Population

(last national census), there were 352,966 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 266,742 persons ( of the total).

The largest city of the province is Talca, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 189,505.

## Administration

As a province, Talca is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 10 communes (_comunas_). The city of Talca serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|07101|**30** Talca|Talca|align="right"|231.5|align="right"|201,797|align="right"||
|07102|**21** Constitución|Constitución|align="right"|1,343.6|align="right"|46,081|align="right"||
|07103|**22** Curepto|Curepto|align="right"|1,073.8|align="right"|10,812|align="right"||
|07104|**23** Empedrado|Empedrado|align="right"|564.9|align="right"|4,225|align="right"||
|07105|**24** Maule|Maule|align="right"|238.2|align="right"|16,837|align="right"||
|07106|**25** Pelarco|Pelarco|align="right"|331.5|align="right"|7,266|align="right"||
|07107|**26** Pencahue|Pencahue|align="right"|956.8|align="right"|8,315|align="right"||
|07108|**27** Río Claro|Río Claro|align="right"|430.5|align="right"|12,698|align="right"||
|07109|**28** San Clemente|San Clemente|align="right"|4,503.6|align="right"|37,261|align="right"||
|07110|**29** San Rafael|San Rafael|align="right"|263.5|align="right"|7,674|align="right"||
|colspan=3|**Total of the Talca province**|**9,937.8**|**352,966**|****|||||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional del Maule  Official website
- Province of Talca website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Talca
- **native name**: Provincia de Talca
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province of Chile
- **image skyline**: TalcaTeatro.jpg
- **image alt**: Theater in Talca
- **image caption**: Theatre of the Maule Region in Talca
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Talca.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Talca.svg
- **mapsize**: 160px
- **map alt**: Location in the Maule Region
- **map caption**: Talca, in red, in the Maule 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**: Maule Region, Maule
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: Talca
- **p2**: San Clemente, Chile, San Clemente
- **p3**: Pelarco
- **p4**: Pencahue
- **p5**: Maule, Chile, Maule
- **p6**: San Rafael, Chile, San Rafael
- **p7**: Curepto
- **p8**: Constitución, Chile, Constitución
- **p9**: Empedrado, Chile, Empedrado
- **p10**: Río Claro, Chile, Río Claro
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Talca
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Óscar Antonio Vega Gutiérrez
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 9937.8
- **population total**: 352966
- **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.gobernaciontalca.gov.cl Official website]