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6-762: Carampangue River is a small river in Arauco Province , Bío Bío Region of Chile . It has its main source in the hill of la Piedra, South of the Heights of Purgatorio in the Nahuelbuta Range southwest of the town of Santa Juana , and it runs to the Northwest to empty into the Bay of Arauco north of Arauco, Chile . In its upper half it receives several streams from the forests of the Nahuelbuta Range that flow shortly after into
12-466: A lower section that traverses a fertile and open valley, in which the Pedro de Valdivia 's fort of San Felipe de Rauco or Old Arauco was first built, and the town of this name that was on the north shore. Its main tributaries are the riachuelos of Conumo and of Los Patos. In the lowest reach of the river it has about 12 to 14 kilometers that allows the navigation of small boats. Originally its upper section
18-522: A municipality consisting of an elected alcalde and municipal council . According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute ( INE ), the province spans an area of 5,457.2 km (2,107 sq mi) and had a population of 157,255 inhabitants (79,263 men and 77,992 women), giving it a population density of 28.8/km (75/sq mi). Of these, 117,569 (74.8%) lived in urban areas and 39,686 (25.2%) in rural areas. Between
24-415: Is devoted largely to agricultural pursuits. The capital Lebu (population 25,000) is situated on the coast about 90 km (56 mi) south of Concepción with which it is connected by rail. As a province, Arauco is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president . The province is composed of seven communes , each governed by
30-502: The Chilean region of Bío Bío . It spans a coastal area of 6,366 km (2,458 sq mi) just south of the mouth of the Biobío River , the traditional demarcation between the nation's major natural regions , Zona Central and Zona Sur . The province originally covered the once-independent indigenous territory of Araucanía , but this was afterward divided into four provinces. It
36-475: Was named in mapudungun Raghleuvu , clay river, and in the lower section had its present name, that later became the name of the whole, a compound of caran , "to form a town", and of pangui , "the lion". This article related to a river in Chile is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arauco Province Arauco Province ( Spanish : Provincia de Arauco ) is one of three provinces of
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