| Aconcagua Province Aconcagua | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province of Chile | |||||||||
| 1826–1976 | |||||||||
 The Province of Aconcagua (1903) | |||||||||
| Capital | San Felipe Valparaíso (1928-1936) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Creation | 30 August 1826 | ||||||||
| 1 January 1976 | |||||||||
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The Aconcagua Province was one of the administrative divisions of Chile that existed from 1826 to 1976.
Aconcagua was one of the original eight provinces (Coquimbo, Aconcagua, Santiago, Colchagua, Maule, Concepción, Valdivia, and Chiloé) created in Chile under the federal laws of August 30, 1826. [1]
The province was composed of:
| Delegation | Capital |
|---|---|
| Petorca | Petorca |
| La Ligua | La Ligua |
| Quillota | Quillota |
| Putaendo | Putaendo |
| San Felipe | San Felipe |
| Los Andes | Los Andes |
It extended from the Choapa River in the north to the Chacabuco Pass in the south, and from the Andes Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. These boundaries remained largely unchanged until 1928.
The 1828 Constitution established Chile's division into eight provinces (Coquimbo, Aconcagua, Santiago, Colchagua, Maule, Concepción, Valdivia, and Chiloé).
Under the 1833 Constitution, provinces were divided into departments, which were further divided into subdelegations and districts.
The Province of Aconcagua comprised the following departments:
| Department | Capital |
|---|---|
| Petorca | Petorca |
| La Ligua | La Ligua |
| Quillota | Quillota |
| Putaendo | Putaendo |
| San Felipe | San Felipe |
| Los Andes | Los Andes |
On October 27, 1842, [2] the Quillota Department was separated to create, along with the Valparaíso and Casablanca departments of the Santiago Province, the new Valparaíso Province.
| Department | Capital |
|---|---|
| Petorca | Petorca |
| La Ligua | La Ligua |
| Putaendo | Putaendo |
| San Felipe | San Felipe |
| Los Andes | Los Andes |
By 1925, the departments were:
| Department | Capital |
|---|---|
| Petorca | Petorca |
| La Ligua | La Ligua |
| Putaendo | Putaendo |
| San Felipe | San Felipe |
| Los Andes | Los Andes |
In 1928, the Valparaíso Province was abolished and incorporated into the new Province of Aconcagua, as established by Decree with Force of Law (DFL) 8582 of December 30, 1927:
"Article 1° The country is divided into the following provinces, departments, and territories:..." "PROVINCE OF ACONCAGUA.- Capital Valparaíso.- Departments: Petorca, San Felipe, Andes, Quillota, and Valparaíso;"
"Art. 2° The departments shall have the boundaries fixed by decree-law number 354 of March 17, 1925, and their current capitals, with the following modifications, in addition to those indicated above:"
Thus, the province was composed of:
| Department | Capital |
|---|---|
| Petorca | La Ligua |
| Quillota | Quillota |
| San Felipe | San Felipe |
| Andes | Los Andes |
| Valparaíso | Valparaíso |
In 1936, provincial boundaries were modified, reducing the size of the Province of Aconcagua to just three departments:
| Department | Capital |
|---|---|
| Petorca | La Ligua |
| San Felipe | San Felipe |
| Los Andes | Los Andes |
During the 1970s, a new change in the political-administrative division of the country occurred with the creation of regions. In 1975, the Valparaíso Region was created from the provinces of Valparaíso, Aconcagua, and the San Antonio Department of the Santiago Province. The Valparaíso Region was composed of the provinces of Isla de Pascua, Los Andes, Petorca, Quillota, San Antonio, San Felipe de Aconcagua, and Valparaíso. Thus, the three departments of the Province of Aconcagua became provinces of the same name, and the Province of Aconcagua was abolished. The region was governed by an intendant, and each province was governed by a governor. The provincial and communal levels were reformed, and departments and districts were abolished (the latter are currently used by the National Statistics Institute as census districts for census purposes).
This list is incomplete.
