Cardenal Caro Province

Cardenal Caro Province (Spanish: Provincia Cardenal Caro[6]) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu.[7]

Cardenal Caro Province

Provincia Cardenal Caro
Province
Government of Cardenal Caro Province building, on March 12, 2011.
Seal
Coat of arms
Location of Cardenal Caro Province in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
Cardenal Caro Province
Location in Chile
Coordinates: 34°22′S 71°51′W
CountryChile
RegionO'Higgins
FoundedOctober 3, 1979[1]
CapitalPichilemu
Communes
List of 6:
Government
 • TypeProvincial
 • GovernorCarlos Ortega Bahamondes[2]
Area
 • Total3,324.8 km2 (1,283.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 Census)[3]
 • Total39,068
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Urban
18,433
 • Rural
22,727
Sex
 • Men22,127
 • Women19,033
Time zoneUTC-4 (CLT [4])
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (CLST [5])
Area code(s)56 + 72
WebsiteGovernment of Cardenal Caro

Name

The province is named after Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez, native of Pichilemu, and who was the first Cardinal of Chile.

History

On July 13, 1973, President Salvador Allende Gossens decreed the creation of the Cardenal Caro Department. The decree was published in the Diario Oficial de la República de Chile in August of the same year, making it official.[1] Marchigüe was declared the capital. However, the coup d'état that occurred in September of that year made the decree "dead text".[1]

The province of Cardenal Caro was created on October 3, 1979 by General Augusto Pinochet.[1] The communes of Litueche (formerly El Rosario), La Estrella, Marchihue, Paredones, and Pichilemu, originally from Colchagua Province; and Navidad, originally from San Antonio Province, formed the province.[1]

Administration

As a province, Cardenal Caro is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president. The province is composed by six communes (Spanish: comunas), each of which is governed by a popularly elected alcalde.

Communes
Communes of Cardenal Caro
  1. Navidad
  2. Litueche
  3. La Estrella
  4. Pichilemu
  5. Marchihue
  6. Paredones

Geography and demography

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 3,324.7 km2 (1,284 sq mi)[3] and had a population of 41,160 inhabitants (22,127 men and 19,033 women), giving it a population density of 12.4/km2 (32/sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 11.2% (4,151 persons). persons).[3]

See also

Further reading
  • Grez-Cañete, Diego (2016). Provincia Cardenal Caro: institucionalidad y autoridades locales (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: El Marino Producciones. ISBN 9789569757037. LCCN 2017497613.

References
  1. Saldías, Washington (2005-10-03). "Provincia Cardenal Caro de cumpleaños" (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: Pichilemu News. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  2. Mañana asumen nuevas autoridades en todo el país, El Marino
  3. "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  4. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  5. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  7. "Información Cívica" (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: Government of Cardenal Caro Province. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
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