Colbún

Colbún is a town and commune in , . The commune has a population of over 17,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 2,900 km2, making it the province's largest.
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  • Type: Town with 6,930 residents
  • Description: Chilean town and commune
  • Also known as: Colbun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Colbún Hydroelectric Plant.

Power station
is a hydroelectric power station in , . The plant uses water from and produces 400 megawatts of electricity. The plant was built by ENDESA in 1985 and is run by Colbún S.A. is situated 3 km east of Colbún.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Panimávida and Rari.

Village
is a town in the commune of Colbún, , . is well known in Chile for being one of the country's oldest hot springs and resort spas. is situated 7 km south of Colbún.

Hamlet
is a village in the municipality of Colbún, , located in the Andean foothills of this province. is close to the well-known hot springs of and Quinamávida and lies 20 km to the northeast of , the provincial capital. is situated 9 km south of Colbún.

Colbún

Latitude
-35.69601° or 35° 41′ 46″ south
Longitude
-71.40609° or 71° 24′ 22″ west
Population
6,930
Elevation
260 metres (853 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CL COB
Open location code
47PC8H3V+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 214218708
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3894319
Wiki­data ID
Q3836
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Colbún” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كولبيون
  • Asturian: Colbún
  • Catalan: Colbún
  • Cebuano: Colbun
  • Cebuano: Colbún
  • Chinese: Colbún
  • Chinese: 科尔文
  • Chinese: 科爾文
  • Dutch: Colbún
  • Egyptian Arabic: كولبيون
  • French: Colbún
  • German: Colbún
  • Italian: Colbún
  • Japanese: コルブン
  • Korean: 콜분
  • Min Nan Chinese: Colbún
  • Occitan (post 1500): Colbún
  • Persian: کولبون، شیلی
  • Persian: کولبون
  • Polish: Colbún
  • Portuguese: Colbún
  • Romanian: Colbún
  • Russian: Кольбун
  • Spanish: Colbun
  • Spanish: Colbún
  • Swedish: Colbun
  • Swedish: Colbún
  • Ukrainian: Кольбун

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Highlights include Plaza de Armas Colbún and Tenencia Colbún.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Colbún”. Photo: tuguriodetom, CC BY 2.0.