Talca Province

Talca Province () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). Its capital and the largest city is Talca.
Geography.
The Talca province has an area of , the second largest province, after the Linares province, in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Talca, is about south of Santiago.
The province is bordered to the north by the Curicó province, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Linares and the Cauquenes provinces and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Population.
 (last national census), there were 352,966 people living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km². The urban population was 266,742 persons ( of the total).
The largest city of the province is Talca, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 189,505.
Administration.
As a province, Talca is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 10 communes ("comunas"). The city of Talca serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.