Cachapoal Province

Cachapoal Province (Provincia de Cachapoal) is one of three provinces of the central Chilean region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (VI). Its capital is the city of Rancagua.

The province is named after the Cachapoal river that flows through the province from east to west.

Geography
The Cachapoal province has an area of 7384.2 sqmi, the largest province in the O'Higgins region.

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

Most of the province is in the valley of the Cachapoal river; it is region where grapes are grown to produce wine.

Population
The people from the province are called Cachapoalino (women: Cachapoalina).

(last national census), there were 542,901 people living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km².

The largest city of the province is Rancagua, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 206,971 inhabitants, followed by the city of Rengo (30,891 inhabitants).

Administration
As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 17 communes (comunas). The city of Rancagua serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.



Related pages

 * Provinces of Chile

Other websites

 * Territorial division of Chile
 * Gobierno Regional de O'Higgins Official website
 * Province of Cachapoal website