Concepción Province, Chile
Concepción Province (Spanish: Provincia de Concepción) is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Bío Bío (VIII). Its capital, Concepción, is part of the Greater Concepción conurbation, the nation's second largest metropolitan area after Santiago.
Concepción Province
Provincia de Concepción | |
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Province | |
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Seal Coat of arms | |
Location in the Bío Bío Region | |
Concepción Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 36°58′S 72°56′W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Bío Bío |
| Capital | Concepción |
| Boroughs | List
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| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Julio Anativia Zamora (RN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,439.0 km2 (1,327.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 Census) | |
| • Total | 959,336 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 879,854 |
| • Rural | 33,035 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 441,953 |
| • Women | 470,936 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Area code | 56 + 41 |
| Website | Government of Concepción |
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