Arauco
Arauco is a city and commune in Chile, located in Arauco Province in the Bío Bío Region. The region was a Moluche aillarehue. The Spanish settlements founded here during the Conquest of Chile were destroyed on numerous occasions by the Mapuche during the Arauco War.
- Type: Town with 17,600 residents
- Description: city in Chile
- Also known as: “Arauco, Chile”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carampangue.
Carampangue
Village
Carampangue is a small town in Biobío Region, Chile. Carampangue is situated 7 km east of Arauco.
Arauco
- Categories: city in Chile, commune of Chile, and locality
- Location: Arauco, Arauco Province, Biobío, Southern Chile, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-37.24625° or 37° 14′ 47″ south
Longitude
-73.31764° or 73° 19′ 4″ west
Population
17,600
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CL ARA
Open location code
47J8QM3J+GW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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: “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”
- Turkish: “Arauco, Şili”
- Ukrainian: “Арауко”
- Urdu: “اراؤکو، چلی”
- Waray (Philippines): “Arauco, Chile”
- Waray (Philippines): “Arauco”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Población Nueva Esperanza and Villa Las Araucarias.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Plaza de Arauco and Registro Civil de Arauco.
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