Vichuquén
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Vichuquén is a commune in the Curicó Province of Chile's Maule Region.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vichuquén
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune
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- Flag
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- Escudo Vichuquén.png
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- Coat of arms
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- Comuna de Vichuquén.svg
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- Map of Vichuquén commune in the Maule Region
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- Map of Vichuquén commune in the Maule Region
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- yes
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- Chile
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- bottom
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- Location in Chile
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- Location in Chile
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- city
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- Country
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- Chile
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- Region
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- Maule
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Curicó Province
- Area
- 425.7
- Elevation
- 72
- Official website
- www.mvichuquen.cl
- Image
- Lago Vichuquén en primavera.JPG
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- Commons category
- Vichuquén
- inception
- 1830-01-01
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Administration
- References
- External links
Vichuquén is a commune in the Curicó Province of Chile's Maule Region.
== History == The Spanish arrived along the Lico rivers in 1585, where settlements of the Mapuche and Inca already existed. In 1865, Vichuquén founded its capital of the village of the same name.. In 1987, the old part of the town was declared a "Typical Zone Vichuquén" for its colonial style architecture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vichuquén” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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