Cautín Province

The Cautín Province () is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Araucanía (IX). The provincial capital is the city of Temuco.

Geography
The Cautín province is in the southern half of the Araucanía region with an area of . The capital, Temuco, is in the central part of the province.

Cautín is bordered to the north by the Arauco and Malleco provinces, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Los Ríos region and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

 Climate 
The climate in Temuco is a Mediterranean climate (Marine West Coast Climate), Cfb in the Köppen climate classification.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Temuco is . The month with the most precipitation on average is June with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Temuco is . The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

Population
 (last national census), there were 667,920 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 449,147 persons ( of the total population).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Temuco, with 227,086 inhabitants. Other cities are Padre Las Casas (33,697 inhabitants) and Villarrica (27,408 inhabitants).

Administration
As a province, Cautín is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 21 communes (comunas). The city of Temuco serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.


+ Cautín province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 09101 17 Temuco Temuco 464.0 245,347  09102 1 Carahue Carahue 1,340.6 25,696  09103 3 Cunco Cunco  1,906.5 18,703  09104 4 Curarrehue Curarrehue 1,170.7 6,784  09105 5 Freire Freire 935.2 25.514  09106 6 Galvarino Galvarino 568.2 12,596  09107 7 Gorbea Gorbea 694.5 15,222  09108 8 Lautaro Lautaro 901.1 32,218  09109 9 Loncoche Loncoche 976.8 23,037  09110 10 Melipeuco Melipeuco 1,107.3 5,628  09111 11 Nueva Imperial Nueva Imperial 732.5 29,994  09112 12 Padre Las Casas Padre Las Casas 400.7 58,795  09113 13 Perquenco Perquenco 330.7 6,450  09114 14 Pitrufquén Pitrufquén 580.7 21,988  09115 15 Pucón Pucón 1,248.5 21,107  09116 16 Saavedra Saavedra 400.8 14,034  09117 18 Teodoro Schmidt Teodoro Schmidt 649.9 15,504  09118 19 Toltén Nueva Toltén 860.4 11,216  09119 20 Vilcún Vilcún 1,420.9 22,491  09120 21 Villarrica Villarrica 1,291.1 45,531  09121 2 Cholchol Cholchol 427.9 10,065  Total of Cautín province 18,409.0 667,920 

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

Other websites
 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía  Official website 
 Province of Cautín website 

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Araucanía Region