Concepción Province, Chile
Concepción Province
Provincia de Concepción | |
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Location in the Bío Bío Region | |
| Coordinates: 36°58′S 72°56′W / 36.967°S 72.933°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Bío Bío |
| Capital | Concepción |
| Boroughs | |
| 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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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.