Arauco Province
Provincia de Arauco | |
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 General view of Lebu | |
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  Arauco Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 37°46′S 73°20′W / 37.767°S 73.333°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Bío Bío |
| Capital | Lebu |
| Communes | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | María Belgíca Tripailaf Quilodrán (UDI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,643.3 km2 (2,178.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 157,052 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (72/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 117,569 |
| • Rural | 39,686 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 79,263 |
| • Women | 77,992 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[2]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[3]) |
| Area code | 56 + 41 |
| Website | Governorate of Arauco |
Arauco Province (Spanish: Provincia de Arauco) is one of three provinces of the Chilean region of Bío Bío. It spans a coastal area of 6,366 km2 (2,458 sq mi) just south of the mouth of the Biobío River, the traditional demarcation between the nation's major natural regions, Zona Central and Zona Sur. The province originally covered the once-independent indigenous territory of Araucanía, but this was afterward divided into four provinces. It is devoted largely to agricultural pursuits. The capital Lebu (population 25,000) is situated on the coast about 90 km (56 mi) south of Concepción with which it is connected by rail.[4]
- ^ a b c "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arauco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 322.
