Curicó Province

Curicó Province () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). Its capital and largest city is Curicó.
Geography.
The Curicó province has an area of , the third largest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Curicó, is about south of Santiago.
The province is bordered to the northwest by the Cardenal Caro province (O'Higgins region), to the north by the Colchagua province (O'Higgins region), to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Talca provinces and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Population.
 (last national census), there were 244,053 people living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km². The urban population was 157,876 persons ( of the total).
The largest city of the province is Curicó, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 93,447.
Administration.
As a province, Curicó is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 9 communes ("comunas"). The city of Curicó serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.