Colchagua Province

The Colchagua Province () is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (VI).

Its capital is the city of San Fernando.

Geography
The Colchagua province has an area of , the second largest and the most southern province of the O'Higgins region.

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

The Tinguiririca volcano is in this province near the border with Argentina, in the Andes. It was near this volcano that the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 57 crashed in 1972 with its survivors lost for seventy-two days.

Population
The people from the province are called Colchagüino (women: Colchagüina).

 (last national census), there were 196,566 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is San Fernando, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 49,519 inhabitants.

Administration
As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 10 communes (comunas). The city of San Fernando serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.
+Colchagua provinceframeless|300x300px+ Code Comune  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 06301 32 San Fernando  San Fernando 2,441.3 63,732  06302 24 Chépica Chépica 503.4 13,857  06303 25 Chimbarongo  Chimbarongo 497.9 32,316  06304 26 Lolol  Lolol 596.9 6,191  06305 27 Nancagua Nancagua 111.3 15,634  06306 28 Palmilla Palmilla 237.3 11,200  06307 29 Peralillo Peralillo 282.6 9,729  06308 30 Placilla Placilla 146.9 8,078  06309 31 Pumanque Pumanque 440.9 3,442  06310 33 Santa Cruz Santa Cruz 419.5 32,387  Total of the Colchagua province 5,678.0 196,566 

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:O'Higgins Region