Marga Marga Province

Marga Marga Province () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). The city of Quilpué is the capital of the province.

The province of Marga Marga was created in 2010 with 2 communes of the Valparaíso province, Quilpué and Villa Alemana, and 2 communes of the province of Quillota, Limache and Olmué.

Geography
The Marga Marga province has an area of , the sixth largest province in the Valparaíso region; only the Quillota and Isla de Pascua provinces are smaller.

Marga Marga is a landlocked province (it does not border the ocean) and is bordered on the north by the Quillota province, on the east and south by Santiago Metropolitan region, and to the west by the Valparaíso province.

Population
 (last national census), there were 277,525 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Quilpué, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 128,578 inhabitants. Other cities are Villa Alemana (95,623), Limache (39,219) and Olmué (14,105).

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

+ Marga Marga province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 05801 Quilpué Quilpué 536.9 128,578  05802 Limache Limache 293.8 39,219  05803 Olmué Olmué 231.8 14,105  05804 Villa Alemana Villa Alemana 96.5 95,623  Total of the Marga Marga province 1,159.0 277,525 

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

Other websites
 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de Valparaíso  Official website 
 Province of Marga Marga website 

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Valparaíso Region