Bío Bío Province

The **Bío Bío Province** () is one of three provinces of the Chilean region of Bío Bío (VIII). The provincial capital is the city of Los Ángeles.

## Geography

The Bío Bío province is in the southeast of the Bío Bío region with an area of . It is the only province of the region that is not along the coast. The capital, Los Ángeles, is to the southeast of Concepción, the capital of the region.

Bío Bío is bordered to the north by the Ñuble province, to the west by the Concepción province, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Araucanía region and to the southwest by the Arauco province
.

The main river that flows through the province is the Bío Bío.

### Climate

The climate of Los Ángeles is a Mediterranean climate, **Cfb** in the Köppen climate classification.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Los Ángeles is . The month with the most precipitation on average is May with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

The average temperature for the year in Los Ángeles 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 353,315 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 245,775 persons ( of the total).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Los Ángeles, with 117,972 inhabitants. Other cities are Mulchén (21,819 inhabitants) and Nacimiento (20,884 inhabitants).

## Administration

As a province, Bío Bío is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 14 communes (_comunas_). The city of Los Ángeles serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.

|Code|Comuna|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|Density||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|08301|**12** Los Ángeles|Los Ángeles|align="right"|1,748.2|align="right"|166,556|align="right"||
|08302|**9** Antuco|Antuco|align="right"|1,884.1|align="right"|3,908|align="right"||
|08303|**10** Cabrero|Cabrero|align="right"|640.8|align="right"|25,282|align="right"||
|08304|**11** Laja|Laja|align="right"|339.8|align="right"|22,404|align="right"||
|08305|**13** Mulchén|Mulchén|align="right"|1,925.3|align="right"|29,003|align="right"||
|08306|**14** Nacimiento|Nacimiento|align="right"|934.9|align="right"|25,971|align="right"||
|08307|**15** Negrete|Negrete|align="right"|156.5|align="right"|8,579|align="right"||
|08308|**16** Quilaco|Quilaco|align="right"|1,123.7|align="right"|4,021|align="right"||
|08309|**17** Quilleco|Quilleco|align="right"|1,121.8|align="right"|10,428|align="right"||
|08310|**18** San Rosendo|San Rosendo|align="right"|92.4|align="right"|3,918|align="right"||
|08311|**19** Santa Bárbara|Santa Bárbara|align="right"|1,254.9|align="right"|12,943|align="right"||
|08312|**20** Tucapel|Tucapel|align="right"|914.9|align="right"|12,777|align="right"||
|08313|**21** Yumbel|Yumbel|align="right"|727.0|align="right"|20,498|align="right"||
|08314|**8** Alto Biobío|Alto Biobío|align="right"|2,124.6|align="right"|7,027|align="right"||
|colspan=3|**Total of the Biobío province**|**14,987.9**|**353,315**|****|||||

## Related pages

- Provinces of Chile

## Other websites

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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Bío Bío Province
- **native name**: Provincia de Bío Bío
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Chile, Province of Chile
- **image skyline**: Vista desde cerro curamavida (3 km a las afueras de la ciudad).jpg
- **image alt**: General view of Los Ángeles
- **image caption**: General view of Los Ángeles, Chile, Los Ángeles
- **image seal**: Logotipo de la Gobernación del Biobío.svg
- **image map**: Provincia del Biobío.svg
- **mapsize**: 175px
- **map alt**: Location in the Bío Bío Region
- **map caption**: Bío Bío, in red, in the Bío Bío 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**: Bío Bío Region, Bío Bío
- **parts type**: Communes of Chile, Comunas
- **parts style**: para
- **parts**: #Administration, See list
- **seat type**: Capital city, Capital
- **seat**: Los Ángeles, Chile, Los Ángeles
- **government type**: Province, Provincial
- **leader title**: Governor
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 14987.9
- **population total**: 353315
- **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.gobernacionbiobio.gov.cl/ Official website]