Southern Chile
Biobío
Arauco Province

Tirúa

Tirúa is a commune and town in , . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 2,640 residents
  • Description: commune of Chile
  • Also known as: “Tirua”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tirúa Airport.

Aerodrome
Lequecahue Airport is an airport 2 kilometres south of Tirúa, a Pacific coastal town in the Bío Bío Region of . The runway is on a bluff 1.6 kilometres inland from the shore.

Tirúa

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
node 214227580
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8261330
Wiki­data ID
Q188183
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Satellite Map

Discover Tirúa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Tirúa” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Tirúa”
  • Basque: “Tirúa”
  • Catalan: “Tirúa”
  • Cebuano: “Tirúa”
  • Chinese: “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: “Tirua”
  • Spanish: “Tirúa”
  • Swedish: “Tirúa”
  • Ukrainian: “Тіруа”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Juzgado Policía Local Tirúa and Ilustre Municipalidad de Tirúa.

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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 “Tirúa”. Photo: Wikimedia, GPL.