Cauquenes Province

Cauquenes Province () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). The provincial capital and largest city is Cauquenes.

Geography
The Cauquenes province has an area of , the smallest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Cauquenes, is about  southwest of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the north by the Talca province, to the east by the Linares province, to the south by the Ñuble province (Bío Bío region) and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Population
 (last national census), there were 57,088 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 38,660 persons ( of the total).

The largest city of the province is Cauquenes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 30,771.

Administration
As a province, Cauquenes is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 8 communes (comunas). The city of Cauquenes serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
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Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

Other websites
 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional del Maule  Official website 
 Province of Cauquenes website 

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Maule Region