Utrecht (province) Pope Clement VII gave his consent, under political pressure after the Sack of Rome. However, the Habsburg rule did not last long, as Utrecht joined in the Dutch Revolt against Charles' successor Philip II in 1579, becoming a part of the Dutch Republic. In World War II, Utrecht was held by German forces until the general capitulation of the Germans in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. It was occupied by Canadian Allied forces on May 7, 1945. The towns of Oudewater, Woerden and Vianen were transferred from the province of South Holland to Utrecht in 1970, 1989 and 2002
Talca Province Talca Province Talca Province () 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 a provincial governor who is appointed by the president. The province comprises ten communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council. According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute ("INE"), the province spans an area of and had a population of 352,966 inhabitants (174,734 men and 178,232 women), giving it a population density of .