Talca Province

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

Geography
The Talca province has an area of , the second largest province, after the Linares province, in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Talca, is about  south of Santiago.

The province is bordered to the north by the Curicó province, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Linares  and the Cauquenes provinces and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Population
 (last national census), there were 352,966 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 266,742 persons ( of the total).

The largest city of the province is Talca, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 189,505.

Administration
As a province, Talca is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 10 communes (comunas). The city of Talca serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

+ Talca province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 07101 30 Talca Talca 231.5 201,797  07102 21 Constitución Constitución 1,343.6 46,081  07103 22 Curepto Curepto 1,073.8 10,812  07104 23 Empedrado Empedrado 564.9 4,225  07105 24 Maule Maule 238.2 16,837  07106 25 Pelarco Pelarco 331.5 7,266  07107 26 Pencahue Pencahue 956.8 8,315  07108 27 Río Claro Río Claro 430.5 12,698  07109 28 San Clemente San Clemente 4,503.6 37,261  07110 29 San Rafael San Rafael 263.5 7,674  Total of the Talca province 9,937.8 352,966 

Gallery

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Maule Region