Curicó Province

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

## Geography

The Curicó province has an area of , the third largest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Curicó, is about  south of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the northwest by the Cardenal Caro province (O'Higgins region), to the north by the Colchagua province (O'Higgins region), to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Talca provinces and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

## Population

(last national census), there were 244,053 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 157,876 persons ( of the total).

The largest city of the province is Curicó, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 93,447.

## Administration

As a province, Curicó is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 9 communes (_comunas_). The city of Curicó serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|07301|**4** Curicó|Curicó|align="right"|1,328.4|align="right"|119,585|align="right"||
|07302|**5** Hualañé|Hualañé|align="right"|629.0|align="right"|9,741|align="right"||
|07303|**6** Licantén|Licantén|align="right"|273.3|align="right"|6,902|align="right"||
|07304|**7** Molina|Molina|align="right"|1,551.6|align="right"|38,521|align="right"||
|07305|**8** Rauco|Rauco|align="right"|308.6|align="right"|8,566|align="right"||
|07306|**9** Romeral|Romeral|align="right"|1,597.1|align="right"|12,707|align="right"||
|07307|**10** Sagrada Familia|Sagrada Familia|align="right"|548.8|align="right"|17,519|align="right"||
|07308|**11** Teno|Teno|align="right"|618.4|align="right"|25,596|align="right"||
|07309|**12** Vichuquén|Vichuquén|align="right"|425.7|align="right"|4,916|align="right"||
|colspan=3|**Total of the Curicó province**|**7,280.9**|**244,053**|****|||||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Curicó
- **native name**: Provincia de Curicó
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province of Chile
- **image skyline**: Alameda (16928752009).jpg
- **image alt**: Alameda in Curicó
- **image caption**: _Alameda_ in Curicó
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Curicó.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Curicó.svg
- **mapsize**: 160px
- **map alt**: Location in the Maule Region
- **map caption**: Curicó, 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**: Curicó
- **p2**: Hualañé
- **p3**: Licantén
- **p4**: Molina, Chile, Molina
- **p5**: Rauco
- **p6**: Romeral
- **p7**: Sagrada Familia, Chile, Sagrada Familia
- **p8**: Teno, Chile, Teno
- **p9**: Vichuquén
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Curicó
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Cristina Andrea Bravo Castro
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 7280.9
- **population total**: 244053
- **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.gobernacioncurico.gov.cl Official website]