Cauquenes Province

Cauquenes Province () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). The provincial capital and largest city is Cauquenes.
Geography.
The Cauquenes province has an area of , the smallest province in the Maule region. The provincial capital, Cauquenes, is about southwest of Santiago.
The province is bordered to the north by the Talca province, to the east by the Linares province, to the south by the Ñuble province (Bío Bío region) and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Population.
 (last national census), there were 57,088 people living in the province, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km². The urban population was 38,660 persons ( of the total).
The largest city of the province is Cauquenes, its capital, with a population, in 2002, of 30,771.
Administration.
As a province, Cauquenes is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 8 communes ("comunas"). The city of Cauquenes serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.