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Cautín Province

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Also known as Cautin Province

province of Chile

Key facts

Country
Chile
Region
La Araucanía
Capital
Temuco
Communes
21 communes: Temuco Carahue Cholchol Cunco Curarrehue Freire Galvarino Gorbea Lautaro Loncoche Melipeuco Nueva Imperial Padre Las Casas Perquenco Pitrufquén Pucón Saavedra Teodoro Schmidt Toltén Vilcún Villarrica
Type
Provincial
Governor
Mauricio Ojeda Rebodollo ( EVOP )
Total
18,409.0 km (7,107.8 sq mi)
Density
37.6219/km (97.4403/sq mi)
Urban
449,147
Rural
218,773
Time zone
UTC-4 ( CLT )
Summer dst
UTC-3 ( CLST )
Area code
56 + 45
Website
Government of Cautín

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Encyclopedic overview

Cautín Province (Spanish: Provincia de Cautín) is one of two provinces in the southern Chilean region of La Araucanía (IX), bounded on the north by Arauco and Malleco provinces, on the east by Argentina, on the south by Valdivia Province, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its population at the 2012 census was of 692,582. The most important communes are Temuco, Villarrica, Padre Las Casas, and Nueva Imperial. Cattle, forestry, and agriculture make up most of Cautin's economy. Its climate is humid, rainy in winter, and generally warm in summer.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cautín Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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