O'Higgins Region

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Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins
Region of Chile
Río Claro
Flag Coat of arms
Map of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region
Coordinates: 34°10′02″S 70°43′37″W / 34.16722°S 70.72694°W / -34.16722; -70.72694
Country	Chile
Capital	Rancagua
Provinces	Cachapoal, Colchagua, Cardenal Caro
Government
• Presidential Regional Delegate	Fabio López (Independent)
• Governor	Pablo Silva Amaya
Area [1]
• Total	16,387.0 km2 (6,327.1 sq mi)
• Rank	14
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	908,545
• Rank	6
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
GDP (PPP) [2]
• Total	$16.376 billion (2014)
• Per capita	$17,985 (2014)
ISO 3166 code	CL-LI
HDI (2019)	0.820[3] very high
Website	goreohiggins.cl (in Spanish)

The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region

The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean, to the east by the Republic of Argentina, to the north by the Valparaíso and Santiago Metropolitan Regions, and to the south by the Maule Region. It extends approximately between the parallels of 33° 51' and 35° 01' south latitude, and between the meridian of 70° 02' west longitude and the Pacific Ocean.

The capital and largest city of the region is Rancagua. The second major town is San Fernando.

Geography

In pre-Quaternary times extensive Nothofagus forests covered much of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region.^[8]

The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region is part of the very restricted range of the

The Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins region contains a large part of the rural population (surpassed only by the

Economy

The main industrial and export activity takes place at CODELCO's El Teniente mine, which contributes 7.7% of Chile's copper production. The ore is processed at the Sewell and Colón concentrator plants, smelted and refined at Caletones, and shipped from the port of San Antonio, in the Valparaíso Region. Byproducts include molybdenum and silver.

Agriculture contributes 30.1% of the region's GDP. One out of every four hectares of fruit orchards in Chile is in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region. The main crops are apples and pears, followed by table grapes, plums, kiwis, and nectarines.

Manufacturing activity in the region is mostly related to

, and dehydrated fruit.

Over the past few years, there has been significant development in the forestry sector, especially plantations of eucalyptus and radiata pine.

Law and government

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The region is co-governed by a presidential regional delegate, who is appointed by the president —currently independent Fabio López— and popularly-elected governor of O'Higgins, Pablo Silva Amaya, who was elected in 2021 and will serve until 2025. ^[11]

The administration of the region rests with the regional government which is headed by the regional governor and the regional council (Consejo Regional de Chile). The latter comprises twenty regional council members, who are popularly elected since 2013 (thirteen from Cachapoal, five from Colchagua, and two from Cardenal Caro).

Administrative divisions

For purposes of interior administration, the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region is divided into three provinces:

• Cachapoal Province, capital: Rancagua,
• Colchagua Province, capital: San Fernando,
• Cardenal Caro Province, capital: Pichilemu.

The provinces are subdivided into 33

Politico-administrative divisions of the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region

Province Capital Commune Cachapoal Rancagua 1 Codegua 2 Coínco 3 Coltauco 4 Doñihue 5 Graneros 6 Las Cabras 7 Machalí 8 Malloa 9 Mostazal 10 Olivar 11 Peumo 12 Pichidegua 13 Quinta de Tilcoco 14 Rancagua 15 Rengo 16 Requínoa 17 San Vicente de Tagua Tagua Province Capital Commune Cardenal Caro Pichilemu 18 La Estrella 19 Litueche 20 Marchihue 21 Navidad 22 Paredones 23 Pichilemu Colchagua San Fernando 24 Chépica 25 Chimbarongo 26 Lolol 27 Nancagua 28 Palmilla 29 Peralillo 30 Placilla 31 Pumanque 32 San Fernando 33 Santa Cruz

Education

Culture

This area is known as the "huaso province" after the name of the Chilean cowboy, the

The population is a mixture of both European (including

• Violeta Zúñiga (1933–2019), human rights activist

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to O'Higgins Region.

• "The Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Region" at the Chilean government website (in Spanish)
• Regional government of the O'Higgins Region (in Spanish)
• VI.cl: Portal de la Sexta Región (Portal for the Sixth Region) (in Spanish)
• Pichilemu's official website (in Spanish)
• "O'Higgins" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
• "O'Higgins" .
  New International Encyclopedia
  . 1905.