Marga Marga Province ( Spanish : Provincia de Marga Marga ) is one of the eight provinces in the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of Quilpué .
7-421: 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 to the south, Quilpué and Villa Alemana , together with two communes from Quillota Province to the north, Limache and Olmué , to form the new province. As a province , Marga Marga is a second-level administrative division , governed by
14-416: A provincial delegate who is appointed by the president . The province comprises four communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council : The province spans a landlocked area of 1,159.0 km (447 sq mi), 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,
21-471: Is the regional capital. The province comprises seven communes ( Spanish : comunas ), each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council : A province with the same name was first created on October 27, 1842, being originally composed of the Valparaíso, Casablanca and Quillota Departments. This law segregated the department of Quillota from the province of Aconcagua, as well as
28-519: The Valparaíso Region in 1976. On March 11, 2010, the communes of Quilpué and Villa Alemana were transferred to Marga Marga Province under Law 20,368 (signed August 25, 2009). The province spans a coastal area of 2,146.6 km (829 sq mi), the fourth largest in the Valparaíso Region. According to the 2002 census, Valparaíso was the most populous province in the region with
35-466: The central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the coastal city of Valparaíso (pop. 275,982). As a province, Valparaíso is a second-level administrative division , it was governed by a provincial governor who was appointed by the president . Since 2021, however, it is directly governmed by a regional presidential delegate, also appointed by the President, because one of its communes
42-459: The departments of Valparaíso and Casablanca from that of Santiago . Its capital was the city of the same name. In 1857 the deparmtnets of Ferrocarril and Juan Fernández were created, with both being ultimately disestablished in 1925, the same year the department of Limache was created. In 1966 the Isla de Pascua Department was established, which incorporated the province, before finally being succeeded by
49-410: 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 areas , 10,503 people living in rural areas , 133,605 men and 143,920 women. Valpara%C3%ADso Province Valparaíso Province ( Spanish : Provincia de Valparaíso ) is one of eight provinces of
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