Malleco Province

The Malleco Province () is one of two provinces of the Chilean region of Araucanía (IX). The provincial capital is the city of Angol.

Geography
The Malleco province is in the northern half of the Araucanía region with an area of . The capital, Temuco, is in the northwestern part of the province.

Malleco is bordered to the north by the Bío Bío provinces, to the east by Argentina, to the south by the Cautín province and to the west by the Arauco province.

 Climate 
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Angol-Los Estanques, at an altitude of , is . The month with the most precipitation on average is July with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of .

Population
 (last national census), there were 201,615 people living in the province, giving it a population density of  inhabitants/km². The urban population was 139,261 persons ( of the total population).

The largest city of the province, in 2002, is its capital, Angol, with 43,801 inhabitants.

Administration
As a province, Malleco is a second-level administrative division, consisting of 11 communes (comunas). The city of Angol serves as the provincial capital. The province is administered by a governor.


+ Malleco province Code Comuna  Capital Area(km²) Population(2002) Density 09201 22 Angol Angol 1,194.4 48,996  09202 23 Collipulli Collipulli 1,295.9 22,354  09203 24 Curacautín Curacautín 1,664.0 16,970  09204 25 Ercilla Ercilla 499.7 9,041  09205 26 Lonquimay Lonquimay 3,914.2 10,237  09206 27 Los Sauces Los Sauces 849.8 7,581  09207 28 Lumaco Lumaco 1,119.0 11,405  09208 29 Purén Purén 464.9 12,868  09209 30 Renaico Renaico 267.4 9,128  09210 31 Traiguén Traiguén 908.0 19,534  09211 32 Victoria Victoria 1,256.0 33,501  Total of Malleco province 13,433.3 201,615 

Related pages
 Provinces of Chile

References

Other websites
 Territorial division of Chile 
 Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía  Official website 
 Province of Malleco website 

Category:Provinces of Chile
Category:Araucanía Region