Hualpén

Hualpén on the map of Chile

Hualpén is a town in the South American Andean country Chile and is located in the agglomeration of the Provincia de Concepción Concepción the Región del Bío -Bío.

The municipality was created as a spin- off Talcahuano 2004. The area is 53.50 km ², the population is 88 046. There is an oil refinery in the Empresa Nacional del Petróleo ( ENAP ).

The municipality is divided into an industrial area near and on the Pacific Ocean as well as residential district, with names such as Colón 9000, René Schneider, La Floresta, Crispulo Gándara, and many others.

The points of tourist interest of Hualpén are the Cerro Amarillo and especially the Península de Hualpén peninsula with its Park Pedro del Río Zañartu, which is equipped with a museum and collectibles from around the world (eg pipes from Tyrol, an Egyptian mummy ) issues. The Desembocadura in which the largest river in Chile, the Bio Bio, empties into the Pacific Ocean, attracts mainly hobby fishermen, kite surfers and normal and tired of civilization " Penquistas - Inhabitants of Concepcion " - to. Furthermore, the entire peninsula is a magnet for mountain bikers.

On the peninsula of Hualpén itself also is a former whaling called Chome, whose factory ruins still stand today. Nowadays fishermen live in the village and there is a primary school. Pull Between October and December Walherden off the coast of the south and around the places live sea lions and dolphins. Near Chome is the hint of a white Caribbean beach bay of Ramuntcho, whose caves attract divers.