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
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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.

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

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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