Tucapel
Tucapel is a town and commune in the Bío Bío Province, Bío Bío Region, Chile. It was once a region of Araucanía named for the Tucapel River. The name of the region derived from the rehue and aillarehue of the Moluche people of the area between the Lebu and the Lleulleu Rivers, who were famed for their long resistance to the Spanish in the Arauco War.
- Town with about 3,030 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 330 metres (1,090 feet)
- Description: commune of Chile
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Latitude
-37.29256° or 37° 17′ 33″ south
Longitude
-71.94952° or 71° 56′ 58″ west
UN/LOCODE
CL TUC
Open location code
47JCP342+X5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Tucapel” goes by many names.
TucapelGalician
TucapelItalian
トゥカペルJapanese
투카펠Korean
Tukén peleMapudungun
TucapelMin Nan Chinese
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