Cautín Province

The Cautín Province (Provincia de Cautín) 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 18409 sqmi. 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 1196.3 mm. The month with the most precipitation on average is June with 180.3 mm of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of 40.6 mm.

The average temperature for the year in Temuco is 12.2 °C. The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of 16.7 °C. The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 7.8 °C.

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 (67% 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.



Related pages

 * Provinces of Chile

Other websites

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