San Felipe de Aconcagua Province

**San Felipe de Aconcagua Province** () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). The city of San Felipe is the capital of the province.

## Geography

The San Felipe de Aconcagua province has an area of , the third largest province in the Valparaíso region; only the Petorca and Los Andes provinces are more large.

San Felipe de Aconcagua is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered on the north by the Petorca province, on the east by Argentina and the Los Andes province, to the south by the Santiago Metropolitan region, and to the west by the Quillota province.

The main rivers of the province are the Aconcagua river and its right tributary, the Putaendo river.

## Population

(last national census), there were 131,911 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is San Felipe, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 57,760 inhabitants. Other cities are Llaillay (16,215), Santa María (8,126) and Putaendo (7,214).

## Administration

As a province, San Felipe de Aconcagua is a second-level administrative division, consisting of six communes (_comunas_). The city of San Felipe serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|05701|San Felipe|San Felipe|align="right"|185.9|align="right"|64,126|align="right"||
|05702|Catemu|Catemu|align="right"|361.6|align="right"|12,112|align="right"||
|05703|Llaillay|Llaillay|align="right"|349.1|align="right"|21,644|align="right"||
|05704|Panquehue|Panquehue|align="right"|121.9|align="right"|6,567|align="right"||
|05705|Putaendo|Putaendo|align="right"|1,474.4|align="right"|14,649|align="right"|}|
|05706|Santa María|Santa María|align="right"|166.3|align="right"|12,813|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of the San Felipe province**|align="right"|**2,659.2**|align="right"|**131,911**|align="right"|****||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website
- Province of San Felipe de Aconcagua website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: San Felipe de Aconcagua
- **native name**: Provincia de San Felipe de Aconcagua
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de San Felipe de Aconcagua.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de San Felipe de Aconcagua.svg
- **mapsize**: 150px
- **map alt**: Location in the Valparaíso Region
- **map caption**: San Felipe, 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**: Catemu
- **p2**: Llaillay
- **p3**: Panquehue
- **p4**: Putaendo
- **p5**: San Felipe, Chile, San Felipe
- **p6**: Santa María, Chile, Santa María
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: San Felipe, Chile, San Felipe
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Eduardo León Lazcano
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2659.2
- **population total**: 131911
- **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
- **area code**: 56 + 34
- **website**: [http://www.gobernacionsanfelipe.gov.cl/ Official website]