Ñuble Province (1974–2018)
Ñuble Province
Provincia de Ñuble | |
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Location in the Bío Bío Region | |
| Coordinates: 36°37′00″S 71°57′00″W / 36.61667°S 71.95000°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Bío Bío |
| Capital | Chillán |
| Communes | |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,178.5 km2 (5,088.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 Census) | |
• Total | 460,113 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 285,108 |
| • Rural | 152,995 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 217,024 |
| • Women | 221,079 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Area code | 56 + 42 |
Ñuble Province (Spanish: Provincia de Ñuble, pronounced [ˈɲuβle]) was one of the provinces of the Chilean region of Bío Bío (VIII). It used to span an area of 13,178.5 km2 (5,088 sq mi) and it was administratively constituted by 21 communes. It has in 2017 a population of 441,604 inhabitants. Its capital was the city of Chillán. On the 6th of September of 2018, the province became the Ñuble Region.