Valdivia Province

The **Valdivia Province** () is one of the two provinces in the Chilean region of Los Ríos (XIV). The capital of the province, and of the region, is the city of Valdivia.

## Geography

The Valdivia province is in the northern half of the Los Ríos region with an area of . The capital, Valdivia, is in the western part of the province.

Valdivia is bordered to the north by the Cautín province (La Araucanía region), to the east by Argentina, to the south by the El Ranco province and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

The main river in the province is the _Valdivia_ river.

### Climate

The climate of the Valdivia province, in the city of Valdivia, is an oceanic climate, **Cfb** (Marine West Coast Climate) in the Köppen climate classification.

The average temperature for the year in Valdivia 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 .

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

## Population

(last national census), there were 259,243 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 192,066 persons ( of the total population).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Valdivia, with 127,750 inhabitants.

## Administration

As a province, Valdivia is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 8 communes (_comunas_). The city of Valdivia serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|14101|Valdivia|Valdivia|align="right"|1,015.6|align="right"|140,559|align="right"||
|14102|Corral|Corral|align="right"|766.7|align="right"|5,463|align="right"||
|14103|Lanco|Lanco|align="right"|532.4|align="right"|15,107|align="right"||
|14104|Los Lagos|Los Lagos|align="right"|1,791.2|align="right"|20,168|align="right"||
|14105|Máfil|Máfil|align="right"|582.7|align="right"|7,213|align="right"||
|14106|Mariquina|Mariquina|align="right"|1,320.5|align="right"|18,223|align="right"||
|14107|Paillaco|Paillaco|align="right"|896.0|align="right"|19,237|align="right"||
|14108|Panguipulli|Panguipulli|align="right"|3,292.1|align="right"|33,273|align="right"||
|colspan=3 align="right"|**Total of Valdivia province**|align="right"|10,197.2|align="right"|259,243|align="right"|||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Valdivia Province
- **native name**: Provincia de Valdivia
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province of Chile
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación de Valdivia.svg
- **image map**: Provincia de Valdivia.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the Los Ríos Region
- **map caption**: Valdivia, in red, in the Los Ríos 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**: Los Ríos Region, Los Ríos
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: para
- **parts**: #Administration, See list
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Valdivia
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **leader name**: Patricia Morano Büchner
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 10197.2
- **population total**: 259243
- **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.gobernacionvaldivia.gov.cl/ Government of Valdivia]