El Ranco

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El Ranco Province Provincia del Ranco
Province
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 / -40.333; -72.500
Country	Chile
Region	Los Ríos
Capital	La Unión
Communes	List of 4: Futrono La Unión Río Bueno Lago Ranco
Government
• Type	Provincial
• Governor	Alsono Pérez de Arce Carrasco (EVOP)
Area [1]
• 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 [1]
• 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.

As a second-level administrative division, the province comprises four communes, each with its own governing municipality. Alsono Pérez de Arce Carrasco is the provincial governor.

• Futrono
• Lago Ranco
• La Unión
• Río Bueno

According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 8,232.3 km² (3,179 sq mi)^[1] and had a population of 97,153 inhabitants (49,485 men and 47,668 women), giving it a population density of 11.8/km² (31/sq mi). Of these, 51,273 (52.8%) lived in urban areas and 45,880 (47.2%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 1% (924 persons).^[1]