Araucanía Region
The IX Araucanía Region (Spanish: IX Región de La Araucanía) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital and largest city is Temuco.
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 Map of Araucanía Region | |
| Coordinates: 38°54′S 72°40′W / 38.900°S 72.667°WCoordinates: 38°54′S 72°40′W / 38.900°S 72.667°W | |
| Country |  Chile |
| Capital | Temuco |
| Provinces | Malleco Cautín |
| Government | |
| • Intendant | Víctor Manoli (RN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31,842.3 km2 (12,294.4 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 8 |
| Highest elevation | 3,125 m (10,253 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2017 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 938,626 |
| • Rank | 5 |
| • Density | 29.47733/km2 (76.34594/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | CL-AR |
| HDI (2019) | 0.786[2] high |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
The Auracanía means "place where the Araucanians live". Araucanian (Spanish: Araucano) was the name given by the Spanish to the Mapuche people that live in the region.
Geography
The Araucanía region has an area of 31,842.3 km2 (12,294.4 sq mi).[3]
It borders the Bío Bío region (Bío Bío and Arauco provinces), to the north, Argentina to the east, the Los Ríos region to the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west.[3]
The two main rivers in the region are the Imperial and the Toltén rivers.
The highest mountain in the region is the Lanín volcano (39°38′14″S 71°30′9″W / 39.63722°S 71.50250°W), 1,461 m (4,793 ft), on the border with Argentina (Neuquén Province); it is 3,747 m (12,293 ft).[4]
Population
The Auracanía had a population of 869,535 inhabitants (2002 census) and its population density was 27.3.
The largest city in the region is its capital, Temuco, with 227,086 inhabitants (2002 census). The other provincial capital, Angol had 43,801 inhabitants.
Administration
The Auracanía region is further subdivided into two provinces: Cautín and Malleco.
| Province | Capital | Code | Comuna | Area[3] (km²) |
Population[3] (2002) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cautín (091) | Temuco | 09101 | 17 Temuco | 464.0 | 245,347 |
| 09102 | 1 Carahue | 1,340.6 | 25,696 | ||
| 09103 | 3 Cunco | 1,906.5 | 18,703 | ||
| 09104 | 4 Curarrehue | 1,170.7 | 6,784 | ||
| 09105 | 5 Freire | 935.2 | 25.514 | ||
| 09106 | 6 Galvarino | 568.2 | 12,596 | ||
| 09107 | 7 Gorbea | 694.5 | 15,222 | ||
| 09108 | 8 Lautaro | 901.1 | 32,218 | ||
| 09109 | 9 Loncoche | 976.8 | 23,037 | ||
| 09110 | 10 Melipeuco | 1,107.3 | 5,628 | ||
| 09111 | 11 Nueva Imperial | 732.5 | 29,994 | ||
| 09112 | 12 Padre Las Casas | 400.7 | 58,795 | ||
| 09113 | 13 Perquenco | 330.7 | 6,450 | ||
| 09114 | 14 Pitrufquén | 580.7 | 21,988 | ||
| 09115 | 15 Pucón | 1,248.5 | 21,107 | ||
| 09116 | 16 Saavedra | 400.8 | 14,034 | ||
| 09117 | 18 Teodoro Schmidt | 649.9 | 15,504 | ||
| 09118 | 19 Toltén | 860.4 | 11,216 | ||
| 09119 | 20 Vilcún | 1,420.9 | 22,491 | ||
| 09120 | 21 Villarrica | 1,291.1 | 45,531 | ||
| 09121 | 2 Cholchol | 427.9 | 10,065 | ||
| Total of Cautín province | 18,409.0 | 667,920 | |||
| Malleco (092) | Angol | ||||
| 09201 | 22 Angol | 1,194.4 | 48,996 | ||
| 09202 | 23 Collipulli | 1,295.9 | 22,354 | ||
| 09203 | 24 Curacautín | 1,664.0 | 16,970 | ||
| 09204 | 25 Ercilla | 499.7 | 9,041 | ||
| 09205 | 26 Lonquimay | 3,914.2 | 10,237 | ||
| 09206 | 27 Los Sauces | 849.8 | 7,581 | ||
| 09207 | 28 Lumaco | 1,119.0 | 11,405 | ||
| 09208 | 29 Purén | 464.9 | 12,868 | ||
| 09209 | 30 Renaico | 267.4 | 9,128 | ||
| 09210 | 31 Traiguén | 908.0 | 19,534 | ||
| 09211 | 32 Victoria | 1,256.0 | 33,501 | ||
| Total of Malleco province | 13,433.3 | 201,615 | |||
| Total of the region | 31,842.3 | 869,535 | |||
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Araucanía Region". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2010.[dead link]
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Región de la Araucanía" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ↑ "Volcán Lanín, Argentina/Chile". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
Other websites
Media related to Araucanía Region at Wikimedia Commons- Territorial division of Chile (in Spanish)
- Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía Official website (in Spanish)
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