Arauco or Araucanía may refer to:
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Araucanía Region, an administrative region of Chile, the heartland of the historic region of Araucania
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Araucanía (historic region)
Araucanía or Araucana Gomez de Vidaurre ''Historia Geografica, Natural y Civil Del Reino de Chile, Tomo II''; ''Coleccion de historiadores de Chile'', Tomo XV, Imprenta Ercilla, Santiago, 1889Original from the University of Michigan, Digitized Au ...
, a historical region of Central Chile also called Arauco
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Arauco, Chile
Arauco is a city and commune ( es, comuna) in Chile, located in Arauco Province in the Bío Bío Region. The meaning of Arauco means Chalky Water in Mapudungun. The region was a Moluche aillarehue. The Spanish settlements founded here during th ...
, a city and municipality in Arauco Province, Chile
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Arauco Peninsula
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Arauco Province, a province in the Biobío Region of Chile
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Arauco Department, Chile Arauco or Araucanía may refer to:
Places
* Araucanía Region, an administrative region of Chile, the heartland of the historic region of Araucania
* Araucanía (historic region), a historical region of Central Chile also called Arauco
* Arauco, ...
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Arauco, La Rioja
Arauco (La Rioja) is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Arge ...
, Argentina
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Arauco Department, La Rioja
Arauco is a department of La Rioja Province, Argentina.
Population
It had 723 inhabitants at the 2001 census, an increase of 16% since the last census in 1991, when it had 623 inhabitants.
Settlements
* Aimogasta
* Arauco
* Bañado de los Pant ...
, an administrative entity in La Rioja Province, Argentina
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Gulf of Arauco
A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented navigable bodies ...
, a body of water on the coast of Chile
Biology
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''Arauco'' (moth)
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''Araucania'' (wasp)
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Araucaria araucana'', the Arauco pine
Other uses
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Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (CELCO), a wood pulp and forestry enterprise in Chile
See also
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Arauco War, a centuries-long a war in Chile involving Spaniards and Mapuches
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