Chanco
Chanco is a Chilean town and commune located in Cauquenes Province, Maule Region. Chanco has about 3,890 residents.Photo: Xarucoponce, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Town with 3,890 residents
- Description: Chilean commune
- Also known as: “Chanco, Chile”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Federico Albert National Reserve.
Federico Albert National Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Xarucoponce, CC BY 3.0.
Federico Albert National Reserve is a 1.45 km2 national reserve of Cauquenes Province, Chile, located near Chanco town. This reserve consists in a plantation of trees as pines, eucalyptus, firs and many others, directed by the naturalist Frederich Albert Taupp, which made this for saving the town of Chanco of the dunes that growing along the coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pelluhue.
Pelluhue
Photo: Xarucoponce, CC BY 3.0.
Pelluhue and Curanipe are popular coastal resort towns in Central Chile. Pelluhue evolved from a humble fishermen's cove to a crowded summer resort in less than 50 years.
Chanco
- Categories: commune of Chile and locality
- Location: Chanco, Cauquenes Province, Maule Region, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.73418° or 35° 44′ 3″ southLongitude
-72.53316° or 72° 31′ 59″ westPopulation
3,890Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)United Nations Location Code
CL CHAOpen location code
47P97F88+8POpenStreetMap ID
node 214204336OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Chanco” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شانكو”
- Asturian: “Chanco”
- Basque: “Chanco”
- Catalan: “Chanco”
- Cebuano: “Chanco”
- Chinese: “Chanco”
- Chinese: “錢科”
- Chinese: “钱科”
- Dutch: “Chanco”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شانكو”
- French: “Chanco”
- German: “Chanco”
- Italian: “Chanco”
- Japanese: “チャンコ”
- Korean: “창코”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chanco”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Chanco”
- Persian: “شانکو، شیلی”
- Persian: “شانکو”
- Polish: “Chanco”
- Portuguese: “Chanco”
- Romanian: “Chanco, Chile”
- Romanian: “Chanco”
- Russian: “Чанко”
- Spanish: “Chanco”
- Swedish: “Chanco”
- Turkish: “Chanco”
- Ukrainian: “Чанко”
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