Valparaíso Province (Spanish: Provincia de Valparaíso) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the coastal city of Valparaíso (pop. 275,982). As a province, Valparaíso is a second-level administrative division, it was governed by a provincial governor who was appointed by the president. Since 2021, however, it is directly governmed by a regional presidential delegate, also appointed by the President, because one of its communes is the regional capital. A province with the same name was first created on October 27, 1842, being originally composed of the Valparaíso, Casablanca and Quillota Departments. This law segregated the department of Quillota from the province of Aconcagua, as well as the departments of Valparaíso and Casablanca from that of Santiago. Its capital was the city of the same name. In 1857 the deparmtnets of Ferrocarril and Juan Fernández were created, with both being ultimately disestablished in 1925, the same year the department of Limache was created. In 1966 the Isla de Pascua Department was established, which incorporated the province, before finally being succeeded by the Valparaíso Region in 1976. More information...
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