Ñuble Region

The **Ñuble Region** () is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Chillán.

It was founded the 6th of september of 2018 when the Ñuble Province was separated in order to create the new region and 3 new provinces.

The region is named after the Ñuble river.

## Geography

The Ñuble region has area of .

It borders the Maule region to the north, Argentina to the east, the Bío Bío region to the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

The main river in the region is the
- Itata river,  long.
The highest mountains are in the Andes, in the eastern part of the region; these mountains are the Nevados de Chillán.
- Ñuble river.

### Climate

The climate in Chillán is a Mediterranean climate, **Csb** in the Köppen climate classification.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Chillán is . The month with the most precipitation on average is June with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Chillán is . The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

## Population

(last national census), there were 438,103 people living in the region, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 285,108 persons ( of the total).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Chillán, with 146,701 inhabitants. Other cities are San Carlos (29,359 inhabitants) and Chillán Viejo (18,827 inhabitants).

## Provinces and Communes

The Ñuble Region has 3 provinces and 21 communes.

|colspan=2|Communes of the Ñuble Region||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|width=75%|{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"||||
|rowspan=7 align=center|Itata|rowspan=7 align=center|Quirihue|**1** Cobquecura|
|**2** Coelemu|||||
|**3** Ninhue|||||
|**4** Portezuelo|||||
|**5** Quirihue|||||
|**6** Ránquil|||||
|**7** Treguaco|||||
|rowspan=9 align=center|Diguillín|rowspan=9 align=center|Bulnes|**8** Bulnes|
|**9** Chillán Viejo|||||
|**10** Chillán|||||
|**11** El Carmen|||||
|**12** Pemuco|||||
|**13** Pinto|||||
|**14** Quillón|||||
|**15** San Ignacio|||||
|**16** Yungay|||||
|rowspan=5 align=center|Punilla|rowspan=5 align=center|San Carlos|**17** Coihueco|
|**18** Ñiquén|||||
|**19** San Carlos|||||
|**20** San Fabián|||||
|**21** San Nicolás|}|width=25% align="center"|||

## Related pages

- Regions of Chile

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Ñuble Region
- **native name**: Región de Ñuble
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Regions of Chile, Region of Chile
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: Chillán
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **parts type**: Provinces of Chile, Provinces
- **parts**: Diguillín Province, Diguillín, Itata Province, Itata, Punilla Province, Punilla
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Óscar Crisóstomo
- **leader party**: Socialist Party of Chile, PS
- **image skyline**: TermasChillan.JPG
- **image caption**: Termas de Chillán
- **image flag**: Flag of Ñuble Region, Chile.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **flag alt**: Flag of Ñuble Region
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Ñuble, Chile.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of Arms of Ñuble Region
- **image map**: Ñuble in Chile 2018.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Map of Ñuble Region
- **area total km2**: 13178.5
- **area rank**: 16
- **population total**: 480609
- **population as of**: 2017
- **population rank**: 10
- **population density km2**: auto
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI (2019)
- **blank info sec1**: 0.826

- **website**: [http://www.goredenuble.cl// Gobierno Regional de Ñuble]