Malleco Province

The **Malleco Province** () is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Araucanía (IX). The provincial capital is the city of Angol.

## Geography

The Malleco province is in the northern half of the Araucanía region with an area of . The capital, Temuco, is in the northwestern part of the province.

Malleco is bordered to the north by the Bío Bío provinces, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Cautín province and to the west by the Arauco province.

### Climate

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Angol-Los Estanques, at an altitude of , is . The month with the most precipitation on average is July with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

## Population

(last national census), there were 201,615 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 139,261 persons ( of the total population).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Angol, with 43,801 inhabitants.

## Administration

As a province, Malleco is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 11 communes (_comunas_). The city of Angol serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|09201|**22** Angol|Angol|align="right"|1,194.4|align="right"|48,996|align="right"||
|09202|**23** Collipulli|Collipulli|align="right"|1,295.9|align="right"|22,354|align="right"||
|09203|**24** Curacautín|Curacautín|align="right"|1,664.0|align="right"|16,970|align="right"||
|09204|**25** Ercilla|Ercilla|align="right"|499.7|align="right"|9,041|align="right"||
|09205|**26** Lonquimay|Lonquimay|align="right"|3,914.2|align="right"|10,237|align="right"||
|09206|**27** Los Sauces|Los Sauces|align="right"|849.8|align="right"|7,581|align="right"||
|09207|**28** Lumaco|Lumaco|align="right"|1,119.0|align="right"|11,405|align="right"||
|09208|**29** Purén|Purén|align="right"|464.9|align="right"|12,868|align="right"||
|09209|**30** Renaico|Renaico|align="right"|267.4|align="right"|9,128|align="right"||
|09210|**31** Traiguén|Traiguén|align="right"|908.0|align="right"|19,534|align="right"||
|09211|**32** Victoria|Victoria|align="right"|1,256.0|align="right"|33,501|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of Malleco province**|align="right"|13,433.3|align="right"|201,615|align="right"|||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía  Official website
- Province of Malleco website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Malleco Province
- **native name**: Provincia de Malleco
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province of Chile
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Malleco.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Malleco.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the Araucanía Region
- **map caption**: Malleco, in red, in the Araucanía Region
- **pushpin map**: Chile
- **pushpin map narrow**: yes
- **pushpin label position**: bottom
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Chile
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Chile, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Araucanía Region, Araucanía
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: para
- **parts**: #Administration, See list
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Angol
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Benigno Quiñones Lara
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 13433.3
- **population total**: 201615
- **population as of**: 2002 Census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Time in Chile, CLT
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Time in Chile, CLST
- **utc offset dst**: -3
- **website**: [http://www.gobernacionmalleco.gov.cl/ Official website]