Curicó Province

Curicó Province () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). Its capital and largest city is Curicó.

Geography
The Curicó province has an area of , the third largest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Curicó, is about  south of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the northwest by the Cardenal Caro province (O'Higgins region), to the north by the Colchagua province (O'Higgins region), to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Talca provinces and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Population
 (last national census), there were 244,053 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 157,876 persons ( of the total).

The largest city of the province is Curicó, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 93,447.

Administration
As a province, Curicó is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 9 communes (comunas). The city of Curicó serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

+ Curicó province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 07301 4 Curicó Curicó 1,328.4 119,585  07302 5 Hualañé Hualañé 629.0 9,741  07303 6 Licantén Licantén 273.3 6,902  07304 7 Molina Molina 1,551.6 38,521  07305 8 Rauco Rauco 308.6 8,566  07306 9 Romeral Romeral 1,597.1 12,707  07307 10 Sagrada Familia Sagrada Familia 548.8 17,519  07308 11 Teno Teno 618.4 25,596  07309 12 Vichuquén Vichuquén 425.7 4,916  Total of the Curicó province 7,280.9 244,053 

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Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Maule Region