Cardenal Caro Province ( es, Provincia Cardenal Caro) is one of the three

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of the central

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of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu.

Name

The province is named after

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José María Caro Rodríguez José María Caro Rodríguez (June 23, 1866 – December 4, 1958) was a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1939 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius ...

, native of Pichilemu, and who was the first Cardinal of Chile.

History

On July 13, 1973,

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Salvador Allende Gossens decreed the creation of the

Cardenal Caro Department Cardenal Caro Department ( es, Departamento Cardenal Caro) was one of the departments of Chile located in Colchagua Province. Background There were several attempts to create a department made up by the coastal communes of the province of Colchagu ...

. The decree was published in the

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in August of the same year, making it official. Marchigüe was declared the capital. However, the coup d'état that occurred in September of that year made the decree "dead text". The province of Cardenal Caro was created on October 3, 1979 by General

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. The communes of

Litueche Litueche ( arn, land of the white lands; originally called ''El Rosario'', ''Rosario Lo Solís'' or simply ''Rosario'') is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region. It is served by Litueche Airport. Demographics A ...

(formerly El Rosario), La Estrella, Marchihue,

Paredones Paredones is a Chilean town and commune in Cardenal Caro Province, O'Higgins Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Paredones spans an area of and has 6,695 inhabitants (3,562 men and 3,133 women ...

, and Pichilemu, originally from

Colchagua Province Colchagua Province ( es, Provincia de Colchagua) is one of three Provinces of Chile, provinces of the central Chilean Regions of Chile, region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, O'Higgins (VI). Its capital (political), capital is S ...

; and Navidad, originally from

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, formed the province.

Administration

As a province, Cardenal Caro is a second-level

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of Chile, governed by a provincial delegate who is appointed by the

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. The province is composed by six

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(

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: ''comunas''), each of which is governed by a popularly elected

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Communes

Geography and demography

According to the 2002 census by the

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(''INE''), the province spans an area of and had a population of 41,160 inhabitants (22,127 men and 19,033 women), giving it a population density of . Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 11.2% (4,151 persons). persons).

References

External links

Government of Cardenal Caro
{{Communes in Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region Provinces of O'Higgins Region Provinces of Chile