Araucanía Region

The IX Araucanía Region () 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 () was the name given by the Spanish to the Mapuche people that live in the region.

Geography
The Araucanía region has an area of .

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.

The two main rivers in the region are the Imperial and the Toltén rivers.

The highest mountain in the region is the Lanín volcano (), , on the border with Argentina (Neuquén Province); it is .

Population
The Auracanía had a population of 869,535 inhabitants (2002 census) and its population density was .

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(km²) Population(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

Related pages
Regions of Chile

References

Other websites

 Territorial division of Chile 
Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía  Official website