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.

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

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

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

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Los Ríos Region