Tirúa
Tirúa is a Chilean commune and town in Arauco Province, Biobío Region. The 2010 Chile earthquake led to a permanent uplift of Tirúa of about 180 cm above sea level, the highest recorded uplift related to the earthquake.
- Type: Town with 2,640 residents
- Description: commune of Chile
- Also known as: “Tirua”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tirúa Airport.
Tirúa
- Categories: commune of Chile and locality
- Location: Arauco Province, Biobío, Southern Chile, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-38.3439° or 38° 20′ 38″ south
Longitude
-73.4935° or 73° 29′ 37″ west
Population
2,640
Elevation
399 metres (1,309 feet)
Open location code
47H8MG44+FJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Tirúa” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tirúa”
- Basque: “Tirúa”
- Catalan: “Tirúa”
- Cebuano: “Tirúa”
- Chinese: “蒂魯阿”
- Chinese: “蒂鲁阿”
- Dutch: “Tirúa”
- French: “Tirúa”
- German: “Tirúa”
- Italian: “Tirúa”
- Japanese: “ティルア”
- Korean: “티루아”
- Mapudungun: “Trürun-we”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tirúa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tirúa”
- Persian: “تیروآ”
- Polish: “Tirúa”
- Portuguese: “Tirúa”
- Romanian: “Tirúa”
- Russian: “Тируа”
- Spanish: “Tirúa”
- Swedish: “Tirúa”
- Turkish: “Tirúa”
- Ukrainian: “Тіруа”
- Urdu: “تیروآ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tirúa Sur and Colcuma.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Juzgado Policía Local Tirúa and Ilustre Municipalidad de Tirúa.
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