Araucanía Region

Araucanía Region
Región de La Araucanía  (Spanish)
Mapu Raqko  (Mapudungun)
Region of Chile
Conguillío National Park
Conguillío National Park
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Coat of arms of Araucanía Region
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Map of Araucanía Region
Map of Araucanía Region
Coordinates: 38°54′S 72°40′W / 38.900°S 72.667°W / -38.900; -72.667
Country Chile
CapitalTemuco
ProvincesMalleco
Cautín
Government
 • IntendantVíctor Manoli (RN)
Area
[1]
 • Total31,842.3 km2 (12,294.4 sq mi)
 • Rank8
Highest elevation
3,125 m (10,253 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2017 census)[1]
 • Total938,626
 • Rank5
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeCL-AR
HDI (2019)0.786[2]
high
WebsiteOfficial website (in Spanish)

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.

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 / -39.63722; -71.50250 (Lanín)), 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.

Auracanía Region - Provinces and comunas
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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Araucanía Region". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Región de la Araucanía" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Volcán Lanín, Argentina/Chile". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

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