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.

+ San Felipe de Aconcagua province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 05701 San Felipe San Felipe 185.9 64,126  05702 Catemu Catemu 361.6 12,112  05703 Llaillay Llaillay 349.1 21,644  05704 Panquehue Panquehue 121.9 6,567  05705 Putaendo Putaendo 1,474.4 14,649 } 05706 Santa María Santa María 166.3 12,813  Total of the San Felipe province 2,659.2 131,911 

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Valparaíso Region