Parral is a city and commune in the Linares Province of Chile's Maule Region.
Parral is located 40 km south of Linares and 97 kilometers south of Talca, on the southern border of the Maule Region and Linares Province. Parral borders on the north with the communes of Longaví, Retiro and Colbún (with which it shares a short border in the cordillerana zone); on the west with the commune of Cauquenes (Cauquenes Province); on the south with the commune of Ñiquén and San Fabián and Ñuble Region); and on the east, with the commune of San Fabián.
The commune of Parral is 1638.4 km2 in area. The river Perquilauquén forms its southern border.
