A province is a second-level administrative division in Chile . There are 56 in total. The top-level administrative division in Chile is the region . There are 16 in total.
5-456: El Ranco Province (Spanish: Provincia del Ranco ) is one of two provinces of the southern Chilean region of Los Ríos . It is named after Ranco Lake shared by the communes ( comunas ) of Futrono and Lago Ranco . The lake is drained by the Bueno River , on which basin lies most of the province. La Unión is the provincial capital. As a second-level administrative division ,
10-503: Is advised by the Provincial Economic and Social Council ( Consejo Económico y Social Provincial or CESPRO). No provincial presidential delegations exist in those provinces where the regional capital is located; its functions were merged with those of the regional presidential delegate. The country's provinces are further divided into 346 communes which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council . Until 1976,
15-517: The 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 1% (924 persons). Provinces of Chile Each provincial presidential delegation ( delegación presidencial provincial ) is headed by a provincial presidential delegate ( delegado presidencial provincial ) appointed by the President . The governor exercises their powers in accordance with instructions from the regional presidential delegate ( delegado presidencial regional ). The provincial delegate
20-470: The 25 provinces were the broadest administrative division in Chile. They were: Aconcagua, Aysén (since 1929), Antofagasta, Arauco, Atacama, Biobío, Cautín, Chiloé, Colchagua , Concepción, Coquimbo, Curicó, Linares, Llanquihue, Magallanes (since 1929), Malleco, Maule, Ñuble, O'Higgins, Osorno (since 1940), Santiago, Talca, Tarapacá, Valdivia, and Valparaíso. Chile claims part of Antarctica which it includes in
25-594: The province comprises four communes, each with its own governing municipality. Alsono Pérez de Arce Carrasco is the provincial governor. According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute ( INE ), the province spans an area of 8,232.3 km (3,179 sq mi) and had a population of 97,153 inhabitants (49,485 men and 47,668 women), giving it a population density of 11.8/km (31/sq mi). Of these, 51,273 (52.8%) lived in urban areas and 45,880 (47.2%) in rural areas. Between
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