Marga Marga Province is one of the eight provinces

Provinces of Chile

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 in the central Chile

Chile

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an region of Valparaíso

Valparaíso Region

The V Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's third highest population of 1,539,852 million in 2002 and third smallest area of , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region...

 (V). Its capital is the city of Quilpué.

History

The province was created by Law 20,368 on August 25, 2009 and it became operative on March 11, 2010. This law incorporated two communes (comunas) from Valparaíso Province

Valparaíso Province

Valparaíso Province is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso . Its capital is the coastal city of Valparaíso Valparaíso Province is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the coastal city of Valparaíso Valparaíso...

 to the south, Quilpué and Villa Alemana

Villa Alemana

Villa Alemana is a city and commune in Chile's Zona Central. It was founded in 1896 by Italian and German immigrants. Villa Alemana is a part of the urban area known as Greater Valparaiso.- History :...

, together with two communes from Quillota Province

Quillota Province

Quillota Province is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso . Its capital is the city of Quillota .-Administration:...

 to the north, Limache

Limache

Limache is a Chilean city and commune in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region. Limache is the only commune of Chile that has two cities. First San Francisco de Limache is to the north of the Matting of Limache, towards the south is Limache Viejo...

 and Olmué

Olmué

Olmué is a Chilean commune located in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Olmué has 14,105 inhabitants . Of these, 10,379 lived in urban areas and 3,726 in rural areas...

, to form the new province.

Administration

As a province

Province

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, Marga Marga is a second-level administrative division

Administrative divisions of Chile

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, governed by a provincial governor

Governor

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 who is appointed by the president

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.

Communes

The province comprises four communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde

Alcalde

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 and municipal council

Municipal council

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:

• Quilpué (capital)
• Villa Alemana
  Villa Alemana
  Villa Alemana is a city and commune in Chile's Zona Central. It was founded in 1896 by Italian and German immigrants. Villa Alemana is a part of the urban area known as Greater Valparaiso.- History :...
  
  
• Limache
  Limache
  Limache is a Chilean city and commune in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region. Limache is the only commune of Chile that has two cities. First San Francisco de Limache is to the north of the Matting of Limache, towards the south is Limache Viejo...
  
  
• Olmué
  Olmué
  Olmué is a Chilean commune located in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of .-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Olmué has 14,105 inhabitants . Of these, 10,379 lived in urban areas and 3,726 in rural areas...
  
  

Geography and demography

The province spans a landlocked area of 1159 sqkm, making it the sixth largest of Valaparíso Region's eight provinces. According to the 2002 census, which was conducted before the province came into law, the sum of Marga Marga's communes was 277,525 persons, making it the second most populous province in the region after Valparaíso Province. At that time, there were 267,022 people living in urban area

Urban area

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s, 10,503 people living in rural areas, 133,605 men and 143,920 women.

External links

• Official link