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Cachapoal Province

Cachapoal Province
Provincia de Cachapoal
Province
Official seal of Cachapoal Province
Seal
Location in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
Location in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
Cachapoal Province is located in Chile
Cachapoal Province
Cachapoal Province
Location in Chile
Coordinates: 34°13′S 70°47′W / 34.217°S 70.783°W / -34.217; -70.783Coordinates: 34°13′S 70°47′W / 34.217°S 70.783°W / -34.217; -70.783
Country Chile
Region Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
Capital Rancagua
Communes
Government
 • Type Provincial
 • Governor Marie Jeane Lyon Amand de Mendieta
Area
 • Total 7,384.2 km2 (2,851.1 sq mi)
Population (2012 Census)
 • Total 601,810
 • Density 81/km2 (210/sq mi)
 • Urban 415,108
 • Rural 127,793
Sex
 • Men 271,226
 • Women 271,675
Time zone CLT (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) CLST (UTC-3)
Area code(s) country 56 + area 72
Website Government of Cachapoal

Cachapoal Province (Spanish: Provincia de Cachapoal) is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is the city of Rancagua (pop. 214,344).

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 7,384.2 km2 (2,851 sq mi) and had a population of 542,901 inhabitants (271,226 men and 271,675 women), giving it a population density of 73.5/km2 (190/sq mi). It is the fifth most populated province in the country. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 13.8% (65,871 persons).

As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president.

The province comprises seventeen communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an elected alcalde and municipal council.

Located 85 km (53 mi) south of Santiago, Cachapoal Valley is a wine growing area in Cachapoal in the O`Higgins Region of central Chile, to the north of the Rapel Valley. It is located between the heights of Paine to the north and Pelequén to the south, and between the Andes to the west and the smaller coastal range to the east. The valley takes its name from the Cachapoal River that flows through Rapel Valley along with its tributaries, the Claro and Cortaderal rivers. All these watercourses flow into Lake Rapel.


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