Petorca Province

The **Petorca Province** () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of La Ligua.

## Geography

The Petorca province is the largest province in the Valparaíso region with an area of .

The Petorca province is the most northern of the provinces of the region and is on the coast along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered to the north by the Coquimbo region, to the east by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province, to the south by the Quillota province, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

## Population

(last national census), there were 70,610 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is La Ligua, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 17,048 inhabitants.

## Administration

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

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|05401|**7** La Ligua|La Ligua|align="right"|1,163.4|align="right"|31,987|align="right"||
|05402|**6** Cabildo|Cabildo|align="right"|1,455.3|align="right"|18,916|align="right"||
|05403|**8** Papudo|Papudo|align="right"|165.6|align="right"|4,608|align="right"||
|05404|**9** Petorca|Petorca|align="right"|1,516.6|align="right"|9,440|align="right"||
|05405|**10** Zapallar|Zapallar|align="right"|288.0|align="right"|5,659|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of the Petorca province**|align="right"|**4,588.9**|align="right"|**70,610**|align="right"|****||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website
- Province of Petorca website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Petorca
- **native name**: Provincia de Petorca
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Petorca.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Petorca.svg
- **mapsize**: 150px
- **map alt**: Location in the Valparaíso Region
- **map caption**: Petorca, 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**: La Ligua
- **p2**: Cabildo, Chile, Cabildo
- **p3**: Zapallar
- **p4**: Papudo
- **p5**: Petorca
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: La Ligua
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Hernán Quezada Sepúlveda
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 4588.9
- **population total**: 70610
- **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.gobernacionpetorca.gov.cl/ Official website]