Cautín Province

The **Cautín Province** () is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Araucanía (IX). The provincial capital is the city of Temuco.

## Geography

The Cautín province is in the southern half of the Araucanía region with an area of . The capital, Temuco, is in the central part of the province.

Cautín is bordered to the north by the Arauco and Malleco provinces, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Los Ríos region and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

### Climate

The climate in Temuco is a Mediterranean climate (Marine West Coast Climate), **Cfb** in the Köppen climate classification.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Temuco is . The month with the most precipitation on average is June with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Temuco is . The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

## Population

(last national census), there were 667,920 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 449,147 persons ( of the total population).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Temuco, with 227,086 inhabitants. Other cities are Padre Las Casas (33,697 inhabitants) and Villarrica (27,408 inhabitants).

## Administration

As a province, Cautín is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 21 communes (_comunas_). The city of Temuco serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|09101|**17** Temuco|Temuco|align="right"|464.0|align="right"|245,347|align="right"||
|09102|**1** Carahue|Carahue|align="right"|1,340.6|align="right"|25,696|align="right"||
|09103|**3** Cunco|Cunco|align="right"|1,906.5|align="right"|18,703|align="right"||
|09104|**4** Curarrehue|Curarrehue|align="right"|1,170.7|align="right"|6,784|align="right"||
|09105|**5** Freire|Freire|align="right"|935.2|align="right"|25.514|align="right"||
|09106|**6** Galvarino|Galvarino|align="right"|568.2|align="right"|12,596|align="right"||
|09107|**7** Gorbea|Gorbea|align="right"|694.5|align="right"|15,222|align="right"||
|09108|**8** Lautaro|Lautaro|align="right"|901.1|align="right"|32,218|align="right"||
|09109|**9** Loncoche|Loncoche|align="right"|976.8|align="right"|23,037|align="right"||
|09110|**10** Melipeuco|Melipeuco|align="right"|1,107.3|align="right"|5,628|align="right"||
|09111|**11** Nueva Imperial|Nueva Imperial|align="right"|732.5|align="right"|29,994|align="right"||
|09112|**12** Padre Las Casas|Padre Las Casas|align="right"|400.7|align="right"|58,795|align="right"||
|09113|**13** Perquenco|Perquenco|align="right"|330.7|align="right"|6,450|align="right"||
|09114|**14** Pitrufquén|Pitrufquén|align="right"|580.7|align="right"|21,988|align="right"||
|09115|**15** Pucón|Pucón|align="right"|1,248.5|align="right"|21,107|align="right"||
|09116|**16** Saavedra|Saavedra|align="right"|400.8|align="right"|14,034|align="right"||
|09117|**18** Teodoro Schmidt|Teodoro Schmidt|align="right"|649.9|align="right"|15,504|align="right"||
|09118|**19** Toltén|Nueva Toltén|align="right"|860.4|align="right"|11,216|align="right"||
|09119|**20** Vilcún|Vilcún|align="right"|1,420.9|align="right"|22,491|align="right"||
|09120|**21** Villarrica|Villarrica|align="right"|1,291.1|align="right"|45,531|align="right"||
|09121|**2** Cholchol|Cholchol|align="right"|427.9|align="right"|10,065|align="right"||
|colspan=3|**Total of Cautín province**|18,409.0|667,920||||||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía  Official website
- Province of Cautín website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Cautín Province
- **native name**: Provincia de Cautín
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province of Chile
- **image skyline**: Carahue sector costero lafquenche.JPG
- **image alt**: Coastal area of Carahue
- **image caption**: Coastal area of Carahue
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Cautín.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Cautín.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the Araucanía Region
- **map caption**: Cautín, in red, in the Araucanía 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**: Araucanía Region, Araucanía
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: para
- **parts**: #Administration, See list
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Temuco
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Ricardo Chancerel González
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 18409
- **population total**: 667920
- **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.gobernacioncautin.gov.cl/ Official website]