Laraquete
Encyclopedia
Laraquete is a Chile
an town in Arauco
, Arauco Province
, Biobío Region. It is located at the mouth of the Laraquete River
about 50 kilometers south of the Chile
an city of Concepción
.
The town locally known for its tortillas that are served with shellfish by the "tortilleras."
The name Laraquete is Mapudungun
for "big chin." Laraquete has a population of 5000.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an town in Arauco
Arauco, Chile
Arauco is a city and commune in Chile, located in Arauco Province in the Biobio Region. The meaning of Arauco means Chalky Water in Mapudungun. The region was a Moluche aillarehue...
, Arauco Province
Arauco Province
Arauco Province is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Biobío . It spans a coastal area of just south of the mouth of the Biobío River, the traditional demarcation between the nation's major natural regions, Zona Central and Zona Sur...
, Biobío Region. It is located at the mouth of the Laraquete River
Laraquete River
Laraquete River is a small river in Arauco Province, Biobío Region of Chile. Its sources are in the Nahuelbuta Range and they flow west to its mouth at the bay of Arauco and the foot of the hill of Andalicán where there is located the town of Laraquete....
about 50 kilometers south of the Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an city of Concepción
Concepción, Chile
Concepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
.
The town locally known for its tortillas that are served with shellfish by the "tortilleras."
The name Laraquete is Mapudungun
Mapudungun
The Mapuche language, Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also spelled Mapuzugun and sometimes called Mapudungu or Araucanian...
for "big chin." Laraquete has a population of 5000.
External links
- http://www.municipalidaddearauco.cl/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=140
- http://www.bienvenido.cl/destinos/laraquete.php
- http://www.sernatur.cl/scripts/sitio/destino_atractivo2.php?destino=168&atractivo=169