Penco
Penco, is a Chilean city and commune in Concepción Province, Bío Bío Region on the Bay of Concepción. Founded as the city of Concepción del Nuevo Extremo on February 12, 1550, by Pedro de Valdivia, it is the third oldest city in Chile, after capital Santiago founded first in 1541 and La Serena second in 1544.
- Town with about 46,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 120 metres (380 feet)
- Description: city and commune of Chile
- Neighbors: Concepción
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lirquén.
Lirquén
Lirquén is a town located in the Biobío Region of central Chile.
Penco
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Latitude
-36.7386° or 36° 44′ 19″ south
Longitude
-72.9938° or 72° 59′ 38″ west
Open location code
47M97264+HF
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Penco” goes by many names.
PencoAfrikaans
بينكوArabic
PencoAsturian
PencoAymara
PencoBasque
PencoCatalan
PencoCebuano
PencoChamorro
PencoChavacano
彭科Chinese
PencoCroatian
PencoDutch
PencoEstonian
PencoExtremaduran
PencoGalician
פנקוHebrew
PencoHungarian
PencoInterlingua
PencoItalian
ペンコJapanese
펭코Korean
PenkoLadino
PencoLigurian
PencoMin Nan Chinese
PencoOccitan (post 1500)
پنکوPersian
PencoPiemontese
PencoPolish
PencoRomanian
ПенкоRussian
ПенкоSerbian
PencoSerbo-Croatian
PencoSwedish
PencoTurkish
ПенкоUkrainian
پینکوUrdu
PencoVolapük
PencoWaray (Philippines)
פּענקאYiddish
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