Concepción Province, Chile
The Province of Concepción (Spanish: Provincia de Concepción) is one of the 4 provinces in the Biobío Region, with capital based in Concepción, part of the Greater Concepción conurbation.
Concepción Province
Provincia de Concepción | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Biobío Region | |
| Coordinates: 36°58′S 72°56′W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Biobío |
| Capital | Concepción |
| Boroughs | List
|
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Eric Aedo Jeldres |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,439.3 km2 (1,327.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 912,889 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 879,854 |
| • Rural | 33,035 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 441,953 |
| • Women | 470,936 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT [2]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST [3]) |
| Area code | 56 + 41 |
| Website | Government of Concepción (in Spanish) |
Administration
Communes
- Concepción
- Coronel
- Chiguayante
- Florida
- Hualpén
- Hualqui
- Lota
- Penco
- San Pedro de la Paz
- Santa Juana
- Talcahuano
- Tomé
References
- (in Spanish) "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
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