Quillota Province

The Quillota Province () is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of Quillota.

Geography
The Quillota province is the second smallest province in the Valparaíso region with an area of ; only the Isla de Pascua province is smaller.

The Quillota province is bordered to the north by the Petorca province, to the east by the San Felipe de Aconcagua province and the Santiago Metropolitan Region, and to the south and west by the Valparaíso province.

Population
 (last national census), there were 175,917 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Quillota, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 62,231 inhabitants.

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

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+ Quillota province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 05501 17 Quillota Quillota 302.0 75,916  05502 12 La Calera La Calera 60.5 49,503  05503 11 Hijuelas Hijuelas 267.2 16,014  05504 13 La Cruz La Cruz 78.2 12,851  05506 15 Nogales Nogales 405.2 21,633  Total of the Quillota province 1,113.1 175,917 

The comunas Limache (number 14 in the map) and Olmué (number 16 in the map) were transferred to the Marga Marga province in 2010.

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Valparaíso Region