Petorca
Petorca is a Chilean town and commune located in the Petorca Province, Valparaíso Region. The commune spans an area of 1,516.6 km2. Since 2010 Petorca has been affected by a long-term drought aggravated by poor water administration that have allowed limited water resources go to avocado plantations rather than human settlements.
Petorca
- Type: Locality
- Description: commune of Chile
- Categories: commune of Chile and town
- Location: Petorca Province, Valparaiso, Chile, South America
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Latitude
-32.1903° or 32° 11′ 25″ south
Longitude
-70.8704° or 70° 52′ 14″ west
Elevation
990 metres (3,248 feet)
Open location code
47VFR45H+VR
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Petorca” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Petorca”
- Basque: “Petorca”
- Belarusian: “Петорка”
- Catalan: “Petorca”
- Cebuano: “Petorca”
- Chinese: “佩托尔卡”
- Chinese: “佩托爾卡”
- Dimli (individual language): “Petorca”
- Dutch: “Petorca”
- French: “Petorca”
- German: “Petorca”
- Hebrew: “פטורקה”
- Italian: “Petorca”
- Korean: “페토르카”
- Lithuanian: “Petorka”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Petorca”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Petorca”
- Persian: “پتورکا”
- Polish: “Petorca”
- Portuguese: “Petorca”
- Romanian: “Petorca”
- Russian: “Петорка”
- Spanish: “Petorca”
- Swedish: “Petorca”
- Turkish: “Petorca”
- Ukrainian: “Петорка”
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