| Chacabuco Province | |
| Native Name: | Provincia de Chacabuco |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Map Alt: | Location in the Santiago Metropolitan Region |
| Pushpin Map: | Chile |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 175 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
| Coordinates: | -33.1333°N -116°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Santiago Metropolitan |
| Parts Type: | Communes |
| Parts: | Colina Lampa Til-Til |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Colina |
| Leader Party: | Democratic Revolution |
| Leader Title: | Presidential Provincial Delegate |
| Leader Name: | Giordano Delpin Pino |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2076.1 |
| Area Rank: | 3 |
| Population Total: | 203993 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 Census |
| Population Rank: | 6 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 99,201 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 33,597 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 69,184 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 63,614 |
| Timezone: | CLT[2] |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[3] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 2 |
| Website: | Delegation of Chacabuco |
Chacabuco Province (es|Provincia de Chacabuco) is one of six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in central Chile. It is located north of the Province of Santiago, which is entirely urbanized and part of the Santiago conurbation. The provincial capital, Colina, lies approximately 27km (17miles) north of Santiago.
As a province, Chacabuco is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial delegate who is appointed by the president.[4] Current delegate is Giordano Delpin, who was appointed by Gabriel Boric.
The province is composed of three communes (Spanish: comunas), each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council:
The province spans an area of 2076.1sqkm, the third largest in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. According to the 2002 census, Chacabuco was the least populous province in the region with a total population of 132,798. At that time, there were 99,201 people living in urban areas, 33,597 living in rural areas, 69,184 men, and 63,614 women.[1]