Llanquihue Province (Spanish: Provincia de Llanquihue) is one of four provinces of the Chilean regionofLos Lagos (X). Its capital is Puerto Montt. Chile's second largest lake, Lake Llanquihue, is located in the province as well as four volcanoes: Osorno, Calbuco, Puntiagudo and Cerro Tronador.
Llanquihue Province
Provincia de Llanquihue
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Llanquihue Lake and the Osorno Volcano
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Location in the Los Lagos Region
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  Llanquihue Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 41°20′S 72°50′W / 41.333°S 72.833°W / -41.333; -72.833 | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Los Lagos |
| Capital | Puerto Montt |
| Communes | List of 9: |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Leticia Oyarce Kruger (UDI) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,876.4 km2 (5,743.8 sq mi) |
| Population
(2012 Census)[1]
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| • Total | 368,127 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 232,962 |
| • Rural | 88,531 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 162,636 |
| • Women | 158,857 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[2]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[3]) |
| Area code | 56 + 65 |
| Website | Government of Llanquihue |
European settlement of Llanquihue began in 1852 when Germans were encouraged to immigrate to southern Chile. A century later in 1945 a new wave of Jewish refugees came from Germany.[4]
The region is well known for the beauty of its natural environment as well as for the food and seafood from the ports of Puerto Montt and Calbuco.
As a province, Llanquihue is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a municipality for each constituent commune (Spanish: comuna). Puerto Montt is the provincial capital. The provincial governor is Francisco Le-Bretón as appointed by the President of Chile.
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 14,876.4 km2 (5,744 sq mi)[1] and had a population of 321,493 inhabitants (162,636 men and 158,857 women), giving it a population density of 21.6/km2 (56/sq mi). Of these, 232,962 (72.5%) lived in urban and 88,531 (27.5%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 22.4% (58,931 persons).[1]