Key facts
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Bío Bío
- Capital
- Lebu
- Communes
- List of 7: Arauco Cañete Contulmo Curanilahue Lebu Los Álamos Tirúa
- Type
- Provincial
- Total
- 5,643.3 km (2,178.9 sq mi)
- Density
- 29.456/km (76.292/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−4 ( CLT )
- Summer dst
- UTC-3 ( CLST )
- Area code
- 56 + 41
- Website
- www .gobernacionarauco .gov .cl
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Biobío Region
- Contains
- Tirúa
- Capital
- Lebu
- Population
- 166087
- Area
- 5643.3
- Elevation
- 125
- Shares border with
- Cautín Province
- Official website
- www.gobernacionarauco.gov.cl
- Image
- Lebu.jpg
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- Category:Arauco Province
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Encyclopedic overview
Arauco Province (Spanish: Provincia de Arauco) is one of three provinces of the Bío Bío Region in Chile. It spans an area of 5,643.3 km (2,178.9 sq mi). Its capital is Lebu. It had a population of 166,231 inhabitants as per the 2024 Chilean census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arauco Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.