Arauco

Arauco is a city and commune in , located in in the Bío Bío Region. The meaning of Arauco means Chalky Water in Mapudungun. The region was a Moluche aillarehue.
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  • Type: Town with 17,600 residents
  • Description: city in Chile
  • Also known as: Arauco, Chile

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carampangue.

Village
is a small town in , . It is approximately 50 kilometers south of the regional capital, , and borders the towns of Arauco and . is situated 7 km east of Arauco.

Arauco

Latitude
-37.24625° or 37° 14′ 47″ south
Longitude
-73.31764° or 73° 19′ 4″ west
Population
17,600
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CL ARA
Open location code
47J8QM3J+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2809403613
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3899462
Wiki­data ID
Q3632
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Arauco” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أراوكو
  • Basque: Arauco
  • Catalan: Arauco
  • Cebuano: Arauco
  • Chinese: Arauco
  • Chinese: 阿劳科
  • Chinese: 阿勞科
  • Dutch: Arauco
  • Egyptian Arabic: اراوكو
  • French: Arauco
  • German: Arauco
  • Italian: Arauco
  • Japanese: アラウコ
  • Korean: 아라우코
  • Min Nan Chinese: Arauco
  • Occitan (post 1500): Arauco
  • Persian: آرائوکو
  • Polish: Arauco
  • Portuguese: Arauco
  • Romanian: Arauco, Chile
  • Romanian: Arauco
  • Russian: Арауко
  • Serbo-Croatian: Arauco
  • Spanish: Arauco
  • Swedish: Arauco, Chile
  • Swedish: Arauco
  • Ukrainian: Арауко
  • Waray (Philippines): Arauco, Chile
  • Waray (Philippines): Arauco

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de Arauco and Registro Civil de Arauco.

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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 “Arauco”. Photo: Feliaravena, CC BY-SA 4.0.