Curanilahue
Sign in to saveCuranilahue () is a Chilean commune and city in Arauco Province, Biobío Region. Its name comes from Mapundungun "Cura", meaning "Stone", and "Nilahue" meaning "Ford".
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Curanilahue
- Settlement.settlement_type
- city and Commune
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Panorámica_de_la_Ciudad_de_Curanilahue.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.flag_alt
- Flag
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo Curanilahue.png
- Settlement.shield_alt
- Coat of arms
- Settlement.image_map
- Comuna de Curanilahue.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the Curanilahue commune in the Biobío Region
- Settlement.map_alt
- Location of the Curanilahue commune in the Biobío Region
- Settlement.nickname
- Chue
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Chile
- Settlement.pushpin_map_narrow
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
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- Location in Chile
- Settlement.coor_pinpoint
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Chile
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Arauco Province
- Population
- 32288
- Area
- 994.3
- Elevation
- 138
- Official website
- www.munichue.cl
- Image
- Panorámica de la Ciudad de Curanilahue.jpg
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Curanilahue () is a Chilean commune and city in Arauco Province, Biobío Region. Its name comes from Mapundungun "Cura", meaning "Stone", and "Nilahue" meaning "Ford".
==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Curanilahue spans an area of and has 31,943 inhabitants (16,115 men and 15,828 women). Of these, 30,126 (94.3%) lived in urban areas and 1,817 (5.7%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 5% (1,688 persons).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Curanilahue” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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