Los Ríos Region

The **XIV Los Ríos Region** (, _Region of the Rivers_) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital and largest city is Valdivia.

It began to operate as a region on 2007, having been created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile. It consists of two provinces: Valdivia and the new El Ranco province, that was part of the Valdivia province.

## Geography

The Los Ríos region has an area of .

It borders the La Araucanía region to the north, Argentina to the east, the Los Lagos region to the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

The two main rivers in the region are the Valdivia river, in the northern part of the region, and the Bueno river, in the southern part of the region.

The highest mountain in the region is the Villarrica volcano () (),  high, near the border with Argentina.

## Population

The Los Ríos had a population of 356,396 inhabitants (2002 census) and its population density was .

The largest city in the region is its capital, Valdivia, with 127,750 inhabitants (2002 census). The other provincial capital, La Unión had 25,615 inhabitants.

## Administration

The Los Ríos region is further subdivided into two provinces: Valdivia and El Ranco.

|Province|Capital|Code|Comuna|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2002)</small>|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8" valign="top"|Valdivia (141)|rowspan="8" valign="top"|Valdivia|14101|Valdivia|align="right"|1,015.6|align="right"|140,559|
|14102|Corral|align="right"|766.7|align="right"|5,463|||||
|14103|Lanco|align="right"|532.4|align="right"|15,107|||||
|14104|Los Lagos|align="right"|1,791.2|align="right"|20,168|||||
|14105|Máfil|align="right"|582.7|align="right"|7,213|||||
|14106|Mariquina|align="right"|1,320.5|align="right"|18,223|||||
|14107|Paillaco|align="right"|896.0|align="right"|19,237|||||
|14108|Panguipulli|align="right"|3,292.1|align="right"|33,273|||||
|colspan=4 align="right"|**Total of Valdivia province**|align="right"|10,197.2|align="right"|259,243|||||
|rowspan="4" valign="top"|El Ranco (142)|rowspan="4" valign="top"|La Unión|14201|La Unión|align="right"|2,136.7|align="right"|39,447|
|14202|Futrono|align="right"|2,120.6|align="right"|14,981|||||
|14203|Lago Ranco|align="right"|1,763.3|align="right"|10,098|||||
|14204|Río Bueno|align="right"|2,211.7|align="right"|32,327|||||
|colspan=4 align="right"|**Total of El Ranco province**|align="right"|8,232.3|align="right"|97,153|||||
|colspan=4|**Total of the region**|align="right"|**18,429.5**|align="right"|**356,396**|||||

## Related pages

- Regions of Chile

## Other websites

- Gobierno Regional de Los Ríos  Official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Los Ríos Region
- **native name**: Región de Los Ríos
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Regions of Chile, Region of Chile
- **seat type**: Capital (political), Capital
- **seat**: Valdivia
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **parts type**: Provinces of Chile, Provinces
- **parts**: Valdivia Province, Valdivia, Ranco Province, Ranco
- **leader title**: Intendant
- **leader name**: César Asenjo
- **leader party**: Independent Democratic Union, UDI
- **image skyline**: Alercecosterovista.JPG
- **image caption**: Alerce Costero National Park
- **image flag**: Flag of Los Ríos, Chile.svg
- **flag size**: 120px
- **flag alt**: Flag of Los Ríos Region
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Los Ríos, Chile.svg
- **shield size**: 75px
- **shield alt**: Coat of Arms of Los Ríos Region
- **image map**: Los Rios in Chile 2018.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Map of Los Ríos Region
- **area total km2**: 18429.5
- **area rank**: 11
- **elevation max m**: 2236
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **population total**: 380181
- **population as of**: 2017 census
- **population rank**: 11
- **population density km2**: auto
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI (2019)
- **blank info sec1**: 0.795

- **website**: [http://www.goredelosrios.cl/ Official website]
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:CL, CL-LR