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El Ranco Province
Provincia del Ranco | |
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 Seal | |
 Location in the Los Ríos Region | |
  El Ranco Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 40°20′S 72°30′W / 40.333°S 72.500°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Los Ríos |
| Capital | La Unión |
| Communes | List of 4: |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Alsono Pérez de Arce Carrasco (EVOP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,232.3 km2 (3,178.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2012 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 91,656 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 51,273 |
| • Rural | 45,880 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 49,485 |
| • Women | 47,668 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[2]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[3]) |
| Area code | 56 + 63 |
| Website | Government of El Ranco |
El Ranco Province[4] (Spanish: Provincia del Ranco) is one of two provinces of the southern Chilean region of Los Ríos. It is named after Ranco Lake shared by the communes (comunas) of Futrono and Lago Ranco. The lake is drained by the Bueno River, on which basin lies most of the province. La Unión is the provincial capital.
- ^ 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 11 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ law 20.294