Curanilahue

Curanilahue is a city in the south of the South American Andean country Chile.

Geography and climate

Curanilahue located around 39 km south of Arauco and about 40 km north of Cañete in the Región del Bío -Bío.

The city lies on the Rio Curanilahue and has about 30,000 inhabitants ( 2004). The city is known mainly by coal mining.

The mean annual temperature is 12 ° C.

History

The area around Curanilahue was in 1550 a heavily contested area between the Mapuche and the Spanish. Francisco de Villagra tried in 1554 to advance from Concepcion in the southern areas. On February 23, 1554 came to the battle of Marigüeñu with the leader ( Toqui ) of the Mapuche Lautaro. Villagra ran into an ambush and had to escape by fleeing the clutches. The Mapuche began after massive attacks on the fortresses of the Spanish. Many cities were completely destroyed.

On 2 July 1852, the province of Arauco was built. The area around Curanilahue belonged to the Department of Lebu. On 4 March 1881, the area on the Río Curanilahue was re-divided by decree. This can be regarded as the birth of Curanilahue. The municipality Curanilahue was officially established on 23 May 1913.

Coal mining

The coal mining in the province of Arauco began around 1850. The focus of the degradation is located in the cities of Lota and Coronel. Then Curanilahue and Peumo follow. The two cities promote 150,000 tons of coal / year.

Tourism

The coal mining is certainly the most interesting tourist destination in Curanilahue, but also the surrounding area offers a number of magnificent landscapes Desk.