Cautín Province

The Cautín Province (Spanish: Provincia de Cautín) is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Araucanía (IX). The provincial capital is the city of Temuco.

Cautín Province Provincia de Cautín
Province of Chile
Coastal area of Carahue
Seal Cautín, in red, in the Araucanía Region Cautín Province Location in Chile
Coordinates: 39°00′S 72°30′W
Country	Chile
Region	Araucanía
Capital	Temuco
Comunas	See list
Government
• Type	Provincial
• Governor	Ricardo Chancerel González[1]
Area [2]
• Total	18,409 km2 (7,108 sq mi)
Population  (2002 Census)[2]
• Total	667,920
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (CLST)
Website	Official website

Geography

The Cautín province is in the southern half of the Araucanía region with an area of 18,409 sq mi (47,680 km²).^[2] The capital, Temuco, is in the central part of the province.

Cautín is bordered to the north by the Arauco and Malleco provinces, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Los Ríos region and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

Climate

The climate in Temuco is a Mediterranean climate (Marine West Coast Climate), Cfb in the Köppen climate classification.^[3]

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Temuco is 1,196.3 mm (47.1 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is June with 180.3 mm (7.1 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of 40.6 mm (1.6 in).

The average temperature for the year in Temuco is 12.2 °C (54.0 °F). The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of 16.7 °C (62.1 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 7.8 °C (46.0 °F).

Population

As of 2002^[update] (last national census), there were 667,920 people living in the province, giving it a population density of 36.3 inhabitants/km².^[2] The urban population was 449,147 persons (67% of the total population).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Temuco, with 227,086 inhabitants. Other cities are Padre Las Casas (33,697 inhabitants) and Villarrica (27,408 inhabitants).

Administration

As a province, Cautín is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 21 communes (comunas). The city of Temuco serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

Cautín province

Code	Comuna	Capital	Area[2] (km²)	Population[2] (2002)	Density
09101	17 Temuco	Temuco	464.0	245,347	528.8
09102	1 Carahue	Carahue	1,340.6	25,696	19.2
09103	3 Cunco	Cunco	1,906.5	18,703	9.8
09104	4 Curarrehue	Curarrehue	1,170.7	6,784	5.8
09105	5 Freire	Freire	935.2	25.514	27.3
09106	6 Galvarino	Galvarino	568.2	12,596	22.2
09107	7 Gorbea	Gorbea	694.5	15,222	21.9
09108	8 Lautaro	Lautaro	901.1	32,218	21.9
09109	9 Loncoche	Loncoche	976.8	23,037	23.6
09110	10 Melipeuco	Melipeuco	1,107.3	5,628	5.1
09111	11 Nueva Imperial	Nueva Imperial	732.5	29,994	40.9
09112	12 Padre Las Casas	Padre Las Casas	400.7	58,795	146.7
09113	13 Perquenco	Perquenco	330.7	6,450	19.5
09114	14 Pitrufquén	Pitrufquén	580.7	21,988	37.9
09115	15 Pucón	Pucón	1,248.5	21,107	16.9
09116	16 Saavedra	Saavedra	400.8	14,034	35.0
09117	18 Teodoro Schmidt	Teodoro Schmidt	649.9	15,504	23.9
09118	19 Toltén	Nueva Toltén	860.4	11,216	13.0
09119	20 Vilcún	Vilcún	1,420.9	22,491	15.8
09120	21 Villarrica	Villarrica	1,291.1	45,531	35.3
09121	2 Cholchol	Cholchol	427.9	10,065	23.5
Total of Cautín province			18,409.0	667,920	36.3

Related pages

• Provinces of Chile

References

1. "Conozca al Gobernador" (in Spanish). Gobernación Provincial de Cautín. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
2. "Región de la Araucanía" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
3. "Temuco, Chile - Köppen Climate Classification". Weatherbase. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

Other websites

• Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
• Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía Official website (in Spanish)
• Province of Cautín website (in Spanish)