Curicó Province

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Curicó' is a province in the Maule Region of central Chile, lying between the provinces of Colchagua and Talca and extending from the Pacific to the Argentine frontier; area of 7,280.9 sq. km., pop. 244,053. The eastern and western sections are mountainous, and are separated by the fertile valley of central Chile.

[edit] History

The capital is Curicó, on the Mataquito River, 194 km. S. of Santiago. The province was created in 1865 by a division of Colchagua and in 1974 was reshaped, taking place in recent created Region del Maule because for a regionalization process in all Chile during the Augusto Pinochet regime and executed for CONARA ("Comisión Nacional de Reforma Administrativa" in Spanish "National Commission of Administrative Reform" in English).