Cachapoal Province

Cachapoal Province () is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is the city of Rancagua.

The province is named after the Cachapoal river that flows through the province from east to west.

Geography
The Cachapoal province has an area of , the largest province in the O'Higgins region.

Cachapoal is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered to the north by the Santiago Metropolitan region, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Colchagua province and to the west by the Cardenal Caro province.

Most of the province is in the valley of the Cachapoal river; it is region where grapes are grown to produce wine.

Population
The people from the province are called Cachapoalino (women: Cachapoalina).

 (last national census), there were 542,901 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Rancagua, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 206,971 inhabitants, followed by the city of Rengo (30,891 inhabitants).

Administration
As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 17 communes (comunas). The city of Rancagua serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

+ Cachapoal province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 06101 14 Rancagua  Rancagua 260.3 214,344  06102 1 Codegua Codegua 286.9 10,796  06103 2 Coínco  Coínco 98.2 6,385  06104 3 Coltauco  Coltauco 224.7 16,228  06105 4 Doñihue Doñihue 78.2 16,916  06106 5 Graneros Graneros 112.7 25,961  06107 6 Las Cabras Las Cabras 749.2 20,242  06108 7 Machalí Machalí 2,586.0 28,628  06109 8 Malloa Malloa 112.6 12,872  06110 9 Mostazal Mostazal 523.9 21,866  06111 10 Olivar Olivar 44.6 12,335  06112 11 Peumo Peumo 153.1 13,948  06113 12 Pichidegua Pichidegua 320.0 17,756  06114 13 Quinta de Tilcoco Quinta de Tilcoco 93.2 11,380  06115 15 Rengo Rengo 591.5 50,830  06116 16 Requínoa Requínoa 673.3 22,161  06117 17 San Vicente San Vicente 475.8 40,253  Total of the Cachapoal province 7,384.2 542,901 

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

Other websites
 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de O'Higgins  Official website 
 Province of Cachapoal website 

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:O'Higgins Region