| Cauquenes Province | |
| Native Name: | Provincia de Cauquenes |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Mapsize: | 175px |
| Map Alt: | Location in the Maule Region |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 175 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Coordinates: | -35.95°N -91°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maule |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| Parts Type: | Communes |
| Parts: | Cauquenes Chanco Pelluhue |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Cauquenes |
| Government Type: | Provincial |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3027.2 |
| Population Total: | 54145 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 38,660 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 18,428 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 28,356 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 28,732 |
| Timezone: | CLT[2] |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[3] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 56 + |
| Website: | Governorate of Cauquenes |
Cauquenes Province (Spanish; Castilian: Provincia de Cauquenes) is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). The provincial capital is the city of Cauquenes.
The provincial capital, Cauquenes, lies approximately 370km (230miles) southwest of Santiago. According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 3027.2sqkm[1] and had a population of 57,088 inhabitants (28,356 men and 28,732 women), giving it a population density of 18.9PD/sqkm. Of these, 38,660 (67.7%) lived in urban areas and 18,428 (32.3%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 3.3% (1,846 persons).[1]
As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president.
The province is composed of three communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council: Cauquenes, Chanco and Pelluhue.