Place:Arauco, Arauco, Bío-Bío, Chile

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NameArauco
TypeCommune
Coordinates37.25°S 73.367°W
Located inArauco, Bío-Bío, Chile
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Carampangue


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Arauco is a city and commune in Chile, located in Arauco Province in the Bío Bío Region. The meaning of Arauco means Chalky Water in Mapudungun. The region was a Moluche aillarehue. The Spanish settlements founded here during the Conquest of Chile were destroyed on numerous occasions by the Mapuche during the Arauco War.

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


Arauco is an inhabited place.

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