Ñuble Province (1974–2018)

The **Ñuble Province** () was one of the provinces of the Chilean region of Bío Bío (VIII). The provincial capital was the city of Chillán.

It was the second province in area in the Bío Bío region, after the Bío Bío province, and the second with more people living in it, after the Concepción province.

The province was created in 1974, as the historical province of Ñuble was supressed by the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In 2018 the province was converted in the Ñuble Region.

## Geography

The Ñuble province is in the northern part of the Bío Bío region with an area of . The capital, Chillán, is at about  from Santiago, the national capital.

Ñuble is bordered to the north by the Maule region (Cauquenes and Linares provinces), to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Bío Bío province and to the west by the Concepción province and the Pacific Ocean.

## Administration

As a province, Ñuble was a second-level administrative division, consisting of 21 communes (_comunas_). The city of Chillán served as the provincial capital. The province was administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|08401|style="text-align:left;"|**35** Chillán|style="text-align:left;"|Chillán|511.2|161,953||
|08402|style="text-align:left;"|**34** Bulnes|style="text-align:left;"|Bulnes|425.4|20,595||
|08403|style="text-align:left;"|**37** Cobquecura|style="text-align:left;"|Cobquecura|570.3|5,687||
|08404|style="text-align:left;"|**38** Coelemu|style="text-align:left;"|Coelemu|342.3|16,082||
|08405|style="text-align:left;"|**39** Coihueco|style="text-align:left;"|Coihueco|1,776.6|23,583||
|08406|style="text-align:left;"|**36** Chillán Viejo|style="text-align:left;"|Chillán Viejo|291.8|22,084||
|08407|style="text-align:left;"|**40** El Carmen|style="text-align:left;"|El Carmen|664.3|12,845||
|08408|style="text-align:left;"|**41** Ninhue|style="text-align:left;"|Ninhue|401.2|5,738||
|08409|style="text-align:left;"|**42** Ñiquén|style="text-align:left;"|Ñiquén|493.1|11,421||
|08410|style="text-align:left;"|**43** Pemuco|style="text-align:left;"|Pemuco|562.7|8,821||
|08411|style="text-align:left;"|**44** Pinto|style="text-align:left;"|Pinto|1,164.0|9,875||
|08412|style="text-align:left;"|**45** Portezuelo|style="text-align:left;"|Portezuelo|282.3|5,470||
|08413|style="text-align:left;"|**46** Quillón|style="text-align:left;"|Quillón|423.0|15,146||
|08414|style="text-align:left;"|**47** Quirihue|style="text-align:left;"|Quirihue|589.0|11,429||
|08415|style="text-align:left;"|**48** Ránquil|style="text-align:left;"|Ránquil|248.3|5,683||
|08416|style="text-align:left;"|**49** San Carlos|style="text-align:left;"|San Carlos|874.0|50,088||
|08417|style="text-align:left;"|**50** San Fabián|style="text-align:left;"|San Fabián|1,568.3|3,646||
|08418|style="text-align:left;"|**51** San Ignacio|style="text-align:left;"|San Ignacio|363.6|16,106||
|08419|style="text-align:left;"|**52** San Nicolás|style="text-align:left;"|San Nicolás|490.5|9,741||
|08420|style="text-align:left;"|**53** Treguaco|style="text-align:left;"|Treguaco|313.1|5,296||
|08421|style="text-align:left;"|**54** Yungay|style="text-align:left;"|Yungay|823.5|16,814||
|colspan=3|**Total of the Ñuble province**|**13,178.5**|**438,103**|****||||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

- Territorial division of Chile
- Gobierno Regional del Bío Bío Official website
- Province of Ñuble website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Ñuble Provincia
- **native name**: Provincia de Ñuble
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province
- **image map**: Provincia de Ñuble.svg
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Ñuble.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the Bío Bío Region
- **map caption**: Location in the Bío Bío Region
- **pushpin map**: Chile
- **pushpin map alt**: Location in Chile
- **pushpin mapsize**: 175
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Chile
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: Chile
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Chile, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Bío Bío Region, Bío Bío
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Communes
- **parts style**: coll
- **parts**: List of 21:
- **p1**: Bulnes, Chile, Bulnes
- **p2**: Cobquecura
- **p3**: Coelemu
- **p4**: Coihueco
- **p5**: Chillán
- **p6**: Chillán Viejo
- **p7**: El Carmen, Chile, El Carmen
- **p8**: Ninhue
- **p9**: Ñiquén
- **p10**: Pemuco
- **p11**: Pinto, Chile, Pinto
- **p12**: Portezuelo, Chile, Portezuelo
- **p13**: Quillón
- **p14**: Quirihue
- **p15**: Ránquil
- **p16**: San Carlos, Chile, San Carlos
- **p17**: San Fabián de Alico, San Fabián
- **p18**: San Ignacio, Chile, San Ignacio
- **p19**: San Nicolás, Chile, San Nicolás
- **p20**: Treguaco
- **p21**: Yungay, Chile, Yungay
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: Chillán
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader party**: National Renewal (Chile), RN
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Paola Becker Villa
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 13178.5
- **population total**: 460113
- **population as of**: 2012 Census
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Urban
- **population blank1**: 285,108
- **population blank2 title**: Rural
- **population blank2**: 152,995
- **demographics type1**: Sex
- **demographics1 title1**: Men
- **demographics1 info1**: 217,024
- **demographics1 title2**: Women
- **demographics1 info2**: 221,079
- **timezone**: Time in Chile, CLT
- **utc offset**: -4
- **timezone dst**: Time in Chile, CLST
- **utc offset dst**: -3
- **area code**: 56 + 42
- **website**: [http://www.gobernacionnuble.gov.cl/curriculum.html Government of Ñuble]