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Cardenal Caro Province

Coordinates: 34°22′S 71°51′W / 34.367°S 71.850°W / -34.367; -71.850
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Cardenal Caro Province
Provincia Cardenal Caro
Province
Government of Cardenal Caro Province building, on March 12, 2011.
Government of Cardenal Caro Province building, on March 12, 2011.
Official seal of Cardenal Caro Province
Seal
Coat of arms of Cardenal Caro Province
Coat of arms
Location of Cardenal Caro Province in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
Location of Cardenal Caro Province in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
Location in Chile
Location in Chile
Cardenal Caro Province
Location in Chile
Coordinates: 34°22′S 71°51′W / 34.367°S 71.850°W / -34.367; -71.850
CountryChile
RegionO'Higgins
FoundedOctober 3, 1979[1]
CapitalPichilemu
Communes
List of 6:
Government
 • TypeProvincial
 • Presidential Provincial DelegateJosefina Toro (Socialist Party)
Area
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 • Total
3,324.8 km2 (1,283.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2012 Census)[2]
 • Total
39,068
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Urban
18,433
 • Rural
22,727
Sex
[2]
 • Men22,127
 • Women19,033
Time zoneUTC-4 (CLT[3])
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (CLST[4])
Area code56 + 72
WebsiteGovernment of Cardenal Caro

Cardenal Caro Province (Spanish: Provincia Cardenal Caro[5]) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu.[6]

Name

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The province is named after Cardinal José María Caro Rodríguez, native of Pichilemu, and who was the first Cardinal of Chile.

History

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Governor's logo

On July 13, 1973, President Salvador Allende Gossens decreed the creation of the Cardenal Caro Department with Marchigüe its capital. The decree was published in the Diario Oficial de la República de Chile in August of the same year, making it official.[1] However, the coup d'état that occurred in September of that year made the decree "dead text".[1]

The province of Cardenal Caro was created on October 3, 1979 by General Augusto Pinochet.[1] The communes of Litueche (formerly El Rosario), La Estrella, Marchigüe, Paredones were joined to form it, with Pichilemu added from Colchagua Province and Navidad added from San Antonio Province.[1]

It was named in honour of José María Caro Rodríguez, the first Chilean Roman Catholic Cardinal, who was born in Ciruelos near the province's capital city of Pichilemu.[7]

From its founding in 1979 to 2021 its government was led by a series of governors appointed by the President of Chile:

# Governor Took office Left office
1 Marcelo Nogueira Hidalgo[8] 1979 1990
2 Hernán Vieira Herrera[8] 1990 1994
3 Rolando Cárdenas Ibarra[8] 1994 2000
4 Cristián Oyarzún Estay[8] 2000 2002
5 José Saúl Bravo Gallegos[8] 2002 2004
6 Fabricio Jiménez Mardones[8] 2004 2006
7 Hernán San Martín Valdés[8] 2006 2007
8 Loreto Puebla Muñoz[8] 2009 11 March 2010
9 Julio Diego Ibarra Maldonado[8] 16 March 2010 12 March 2014
10 Teresa Núñez Cornejo 12 March 2014[9][10] 11 March 2018
11 Carlos Ortega Bahamondes 11 March 2018 14 July 2021

The first, Marcelo Nogueira Hidalgo, was appointed by dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. The last, Carlos Ortega Bahamondes, was appointed by President Sebastián Piñera Echenique.

Administration

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Logo of the Presidential Provincial Delegate

As a province, Cardenal Caro is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial delegate who is appointed by the president. In 2021, a new regionalization law was enacted and the former post of governor of Cardenal Caro province was superseded by the Presidential Provincial Delegate of Cardenal Caro. Carlos Ortega Bahamondes, originally appointed as governor in 2018, was confirmed as presidential provincial delegate by president Sebastián Piñera on 14 July 2021.

# Presidential Provincial Delegate Took office Left office
1 Carlos Ortega Bahamondes 14 July 2021 11 March 2022
2 Carlos Cisterna Pavez 11 March 2022[11] 26 October 2023
3 Josefina Toro Rodríguez 1 December 2023 Incumbent

The province is composed of six communes, each of which is governed by a popularly elected alcalde.

Communes

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Communes of Cardenal Caro
  1. Navidad
  2. Litueche
  3. La Estrella
  4. Pichilemu
  5. Marchigüe
  6. Paredones

Geography and demography

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According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 3,324.7 km2 (1,284 sq mi)[2] and had a population of 41,160 inhabitants (22,127 men and 19,033 women), giving it a population density of 12.4/km2 (32/sq mi). Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 11.2% (4,151 persons). persons).[2]

See also

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Further reading

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  • Grez-Cañete, Diego (2016). Provincia Cardenal Caro: institucionalidad y autoridades locales (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: El Marino Producciones. ISBN 9789569757037. LCCN 2017497613.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Saldías, Washington (2005-10-03). "Provincia Cardenal Caro de cumpleaños" (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: Pichilemu News. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  3. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  4. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  5. ^ "Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional | Ley Chile".
  6. ^ "Información Cívica" (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: Government of Cardenal Caro Province. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  7. ^ Saldías, Washington (2005-10-03). "Provincia Cardenal Caro de cumpleaños" (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: Pichilemu News. Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Misión Institucional" (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile: Government of Cardenal Caro Province. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  9. ^ En emotiva ceremonia... Archived 2014-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, Gobernación de Cardenal Caro
  10. ^ "Asumió nueva Gobernadora de Cardenal Caro, Teresa Núñez Cornejo". El Marino (in Spanish). Pichilemu, Chile. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  11. ^ ASUMIÓ NUEVO DELEGADO PRESIDENCIAL DE CARDENAL CARO, CARLOS CISTERNA PAVEZ, Delegación Presidencial Provincial de Cardenal Caro, 11 March 2022
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