Osorno Province
Provincia de Osorno | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location in the Los Lagos Region | |
  Osorno Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 40°35′S 73°10′W / 40.583°S 73.167°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Los Lagos |
| Named for | Osorno la Mayor, Spain |
| Capital | Osorno |
| Communes | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Daniel Lilayu Vivanco (UDI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,223.7 km2 (3,561.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 3 |
| Population (2012 census)[1] | |
• Total | 221,496 |
| • Rank | 2 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 163,808 |
| • Rural | 57,701 |
| Sex | |
| • Male | 110,048 |
| • Female | 111,461 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLT) |
| Area code | 56 + 64 |
| Website | Government of Osorno |
Osorno Province (Spanish: Provincia de Osorno) is one of the four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Los Lagos (X). The province has an area of 9,223.7 km2 (3,561 sq mi) and a population of 221,496 distributed across seven communes (Spanish: comunas). The provincial capital is the city of Osorno.
Osorno is a city located in southern Chile a territory of northern Patagonia in the Los Lagos Region. The Chilean Patagonia starts at Latitude 39° South in Valdivia and then it continues through the Chiloe Island and the fiords that continue its course south through the Pacific Ocean and the Cordillera de los Andes until it reaches Latitude 56° South at Cape Horn.The province possesses one of the most frequented mountain passes of Chile, the Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass which links the province with Villa La Angostura and San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina.
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas