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Cauquenes

Cauquenes, a city and commune in Chile, is the capital of the Cauquenes Province and is located in the Maule Region.

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Settlement.name: Cauquenes
Settlement.native_name_lang: es
Settlement.settlement_type: City and Commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Edificio_civico_cauquenes.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 175px
Settlement.flag_alt: Flag
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Armas de Cauquenes.png
Settlement.shield_alt: Coat of arms
Settlement.image_map: Comuna de Cauquenes.svg
Settlement.map_alt: Location of the Cauquenes commune in the Maule Region
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the Cauquenes commune in the Maule Region
Settlement.pushpin_map: Chile
Settlement.pushpin_map_narrow: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Location in Chile
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Chile
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Chile
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region

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Official name: Cauquenes
Population: 40441
Area: 13.77
Elevation: 135
Official website: www.cauquenes.cl
Image: Kiosko plaza cauquenes.jpg
Dialing code: 56-732

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Commons category: Cauquenes
inception: 1742-01-01
native label: Cauquenes

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27 February 2010 earthquake
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Cauquenes, a city and commune in Chile, is the capital of the Cauquenes Province and is located in the Maule Region.

== Etymology == The name Cauquenes comes from the indigenous people of the same name mentioned by Alonso de Ercilla in the epic poem La Araucana. According to tradition, these people stopped the advance of the Incas at the Maule River before the period of the Spanish conquest of Chile (see Battle of the Maule). The name of the river that crosses the city is also believed to come from this indigenous group.