Araucanía Region facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Araucanía Region (IX Región de La Araucanía) |
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| Region of Chile | |||
 The Lanín volcano
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| Country |  Chile |
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| Provinces | Cautín, Malleco | ||
| Capital | Temuco | ||
| - coordinates | 38°45′S 72°40′W / 38.750°S 72.667°W | ||
| Lowest point | Pacific Ocean | ||
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||
| Area | 31,842.3 km² (12,294 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 995,974 (2016) | ||
| Density | 31 /km² (80 /sq mi) | ||
| Intendant | Nora Barrientos Cárdenas | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | CL-AR | ||
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).
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.
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Arauco province | Bío Bío province | |
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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).
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 (km²) |
Population (2002) |
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| 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
| Regions of Chile |  |
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| Arica y Parinacota | Tarapacá | Antofagasta | Atacama | Coquimbo | Valparaíso | O'Higgins | Maule | Bío Bío | La Araucanía | Los Ríos | Los Lagos | Aysén | Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena | RM Santiago | |
See also
In Spanish: Región de La Araucanía para niños
