Arauco or Araucanía may refer to:

Places

Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( es, Región de La Araucanía ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Te ...

, an administrative region of Chile, the heartland of the historic region of Araucania *

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 *

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 *

Arauco Peninsula The Arauco Peninsula (Spanish: península de Arauco), is a peninsula in Southern Chile located in the homonymous Arauco Province. It projects northwest into the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula is located west of Cordillera de Nahuelbuta. Geologically i ...

Arauco Province Arauco Province ( es, Provincia de Arauco) is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Bío Bío. It spans a coastal area of just south of the mouth of the Biobío River, the traditional demarcation between the nation's major natural regio ...

, a province in the Biobío Region of Chile *

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 * Arauc ...

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 *

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 Pan ...

, an administrative entity in La Rioja Province, Argentina *

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 bodie ...

, a body of water on the coast of Chile

Biology

* ''Arauco'' (moth) * ''Araucania'' (wasp) * ''

Araucaria araucana ''Araucaria araucana'' (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, pewen or Chilean pine) is an evergreen tree growing to a trunk diameter of 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft) and a height of 30–40 m (100–130 ft). ...

'', the Arauco pine

Other uses

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (also called CELCO or ARAUCO) is a Chilean wood pulp Pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibers from wood, fiber crops, waste paper, or rags. ...

(CELCO), a wood pulp and forestry enterprise in Chile

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Biology

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