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.


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

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Bío Bío Region