| Talca Province | |
| Native Name: | Provincia de Talca |
| 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: | -35.4333°N -107°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Chile |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Maule |
| Parts Style: | coll |
| Parts Type: | Communes |
| Parts: | List of 10: |
| P1: | Talca |
| P2: | San Clemente |
| P3: | Pelarco |
| P4: | Pencahue |
| P5: | Maule |
| P6: | San Rafael |
| P7: | Curepto |
| P8: | Constitución |
| P9: | Empedrado |
| P10: | Río Claro |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Talca |
| Government Type: | Provincial |
| Leader Title: | Presidential Provincial Delegate |
| Leader Name: | None |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 9937.8 |
| Population Total: | 370154 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 Census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
| Population Blank1: | 266,742 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
| Population Blank2: | 86,224 |
| Demographics Type1: | Sex |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 174,734 |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 178,232 |
| Timezone: | CLT[2] |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | CLST[3] |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 56 + 71 |
| Website: | Governorate of Talca |
Talca Province (Spanish; Castilian: Provincia de Talca) is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). Its capital is the city of Talca.
As a province, Talca is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by the regional delegate of Maule Region who is appointed by the president.
The province comprises ten communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council.
To the east the Andean slopes cover a considerable part of its territory, and in the west another large area is covered by the Chilean Coast Range. Between these is the central valley of Chile. The mountainous parts are well wooded, and the intermediate plain, which is rolling and slopes gently to the south, is fertile.
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 9937.8sqkm[1] and had a population of 352,966 inhabitants (174,734 men and 178,232 women), giving it a population density of 35.5PD/sqkm. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 12.4% (39,015 persons).[1]