Mapocho River

The River Mapocho is a river in . It flows from its source in the mountains onto the west and divides Chile's capital Santiago in two.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Talagante.

Town
is a commune and the capital city of the in the of central . The word in Quechua comes from talacanta, meaning "Lazo de Hechicero", which was the proper name of the curaca, or ruler, who dominated this central valley on behalf of the Inca Empire during the arrival of the Spaniards. is situated 10 km northeast of Mapocho River.

Mapocho River

Latitude
-33.70974° or 33° 42′ 35″ south
Longitude
-71.02074° or 71° 1′ 15″ west
Elevation
256 metres (840 feet)
Open location code
47RC7XRH+4P
Geo­Names ID
3880596
Wiki­data ID
Q738973
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Mapocho River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر مابوتشو
  • Asturian: Ríu Mapocho
  • Basque: Mapocho ibaia
  • Bavarian: Río Mapocho
  • Belarusian: Мапоча
  • Catalan: Mapocho
  • Catalan: riu Mapocho
  • Cebuano: Río Mapocho
  • Chinese: 馬普丘河
  • Czech: Mapocho
  • Dutch: Mapocho River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ماپوتشو
  • Estonian: Mapocho
  • Finnish: Mapocho
  • French: Mapocho
  • French: Río Mapocho
  • Galician: Río Mapocho
  • Georgian: მაპოჩო
  • German: Río Mapocho
  • Hebrew: נהר מפוצ’ו
  • Ido: Fluvio Mapocho
  • Irish: Abhainn Mapocho
  • Italian: Mapocho
  • Mingrelian: მაპოჩო
  • Northern Frisian: Río Mapocho
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Río Mapocho
  • Polish: Mapocho
  • Portuguese: Rio Mapocho
  • Russian: Мапочо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mapocho
  • Slovenian: Mapocho
  • South Azerbaijani: ماپوچو چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Mapocho
  • Spanish: Río Mapocho
  • Swedish: Mapochofloden
  • Turkish: Mapocho Nehri
  • Venetian: Fiume Mapocho
  • Welsh: Afon Mapocho

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mapocho River”. Photo: Christian Van Der Henst S., CC BY 2.0.