El Ranco

The **El Ranco Province** () is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Los Ríos (XIV). The provincial capital is the city of La Unión.

The El Ranco province, as Ranco province, was created with the creation of the Los Ríos region in 2007. The name of the province was changed from Ranco to El Ranco in 2008.

## Geography

The El Ranco province is in the southern half of the Los Ríos region with an area of . The capital, La Unión, is in the western part of the province.

El Ranco is bordered to the north by the Valdivia province, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Los Lagos region and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

The main river in the province is _Bueno_ river that flows from the Ranco lake to the Pacific Ocean; it is  long.

### Climate

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Lago Ranco, at an altitude of , is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of .

## Population

In 2002 (last national census), there were 97,153 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 51,273 persons ( of the total population).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, La Unión, with 25,615 inhabitants.

## Administration

As a province, El Ranco is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 4 communes (_comunas_). The city of La Unión serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14201|La Unión|La Unión|align="right"|2,136.7|align="right"|39,447|align="right"||
|14202|Futrono|Futrono|align="right"|2,120.6|align="right"|14,981|align="right"||
|14203|Lago Ranco|Lago Ranco|align="right"|1,763.3|align="right"|10,098|align="right"||
|14204|Río Bueno|Río Bueno|align="right"|2,211.7|align="right"|32,327|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of El Ranco province**|align="right"|8,232.3|align="right"|97,153|align="right"|||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional de Los Ríos  Official website
- Province of El Ranco website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: El Ranco Province
- **native name**: Provincia del Ranco
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación del Ranco.svg
- **image map**: Provincia del Ranco.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the Los Ríos Region
- **map caption**: El Ranco, in red, in the Los Ríos Region
- **pushpin map**: Chile
- **pushpin map narrow**: yes
- **pushpin map alt**: Location in Chile
- **pushpin mapsize**: 175
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Chile
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Chile
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Chile, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Los Ríos Region, Los Ríos
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: La Unión, Chile, La Unión
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, _Comunas_
- **parts style**: coll
- **parts**: List of 4:
- **p1**: Futrono
- **p2**: La Unión, Chile, La Unión
- **p3**: Río Bueno, Chile, Río Bueno
- **p4**: Lago Ranco, Chile, Lago Ranco
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Luis Gallardo Salazar
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 8232.3
- **population total**: 97153
- **population as of**: 2002 Census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **demographics1 info2**: 47,668
- **timezone**: Time in Chile, CLT
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Time in Chile, CLST
- **utc offset dst**: -3
- **area code**: 56 + 63
- **website**: [http://www.gobernacionranco.gov.cl/ Government of El Ranco]