Los Ángeles, Chile

Los Ángeles is a Chilean city; it is the capital and main city of the Bío Bío province, Bío Bío region.

Geography
The commune of Los Ángeles is between the Laja and Bío Bío rivers and has an area of 1748.2 km2. It is 510 km from the national capital of Santiago.

The commune is bordered on the north by the Yumbel and Cabrero communes and the Ñuble province, on the east by the Quilleco and Santa Bárbara communes, on the south by the Mulchén and Negrete communes, and on the west by the Nacimiento and Laja communes.

Climate
The climate of Los Ángeles is a Mediterranean climate, Cfb in the Köppen climate classification.

The average amount of precipitation for the year in Los Ángeles is 1069.3 mm. The month with the most precipitation on average is May with 254 mm of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is February with an average of 15.2 mm.

The average temperature for the year in Los Ángeles is 13.9 °C. The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of 20 °C. The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 7.8 °C.

Population
(last national census), there were 166,556 people living in the commune, giving it a population density of inhabitants/km².

The city of Los Ángeles has an urban area of 27.35 km2 and a population, in 2002, of 117,972 inhabitants.

Its inhabitants are called Angelinos (women, Angelinas).

Related pages

 * Communes of Chile
 * Provinces of Chile

Other websites

 * Territorial division of Chile
 * Municipality of Los Ángeles
 * Gobierno Regional del Bío Bío Official website