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Galvarino is a Chilean municipality (
comuna), part of
Cautín ProvinceCautín Province is a province in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile, bounded on the north by Arauco and Malleco provinces, on the east by Argentina, on the south by Valdivia Province, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its population at the 2002 census was of 667,920. The most important...
, in the
Araucanía RegionThe IX Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south....
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The town of Galvarino, named for the Mapuche warrior
GalvarinoGalvarino was a famous Mapuche warrior during the early part of the Arauco War. He fought and was taken prisoner along with one hundred and fifty other Mapuche, in the Battle of Lagunillas against García Hurtado de Mendoza...
was founded on April 22, 1882 within the frame of the occupation of Araucanía by general Gregorio Urrutia, next to river Quillem as a Fort of 2500 square meters area. Together with
CuracautínCuracautín, which means "hot stone or Cautín stone" in Mapudungun, is a municipality and city in the Chilean province of Malleco. Curacautin is located 90 kilometres northeast of Temuco, in a valley near the volcanoes Tolhuaca, Lonquimay and Llaima, all of which can be seen from the city...
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LonquimayLonquimay is a town within the commune of Lonquimay and administered by the Municipality of Lonquimay in Chile . It is the terminus of an abandoned broad gauge railway project which supporters cited as the most practical railway route through the Andes to Argentina, but which lacks a link between...
, Lautaro,
MelipeucoMelipeuco is a city and commune in Chile, located at the foot of the Andes, in the Province of Cautín, Araucanía Region. 12 km from Melipeuco is the southern entrance of the Conguillío National Park. The Nevados de Sollipulli, a volcanic boiler surrounded by numerous hot water springs and geysers,...
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PerquencoPerquenco is a comuna and town in southern Chile's Araucanía Region. The town was declared capital of the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia by Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, but soon after it was occupied by Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez who was in charge of the Chilean occupation of the Araucanía....
, Victoria and Vilcún form the Electoral District N° 49 and it is part of 14th Senatorial Circunscription (North Araucanía). It is equipped with all basic services. Its population come eminently from original mapuche indigenous people. The area was colonized fundamentally by Swiss colonizers. The main economic activity is forestal activity, shown as great amount of the territory dedicated to production of forestal trees, like eucalyptus and pines.