Andalicán during the era of conquest and colonial times in

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was the name of the high hill in the middle of two ravines and site of a fortress built by the

Mapuche The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who sha ...

in 1557 to prevent

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from invading La Araucanía north of

Marihueñu Marihueñu or Marigueno is a large hill in the Nahuelbuta Range near the coast in the Lota, Chile, Lota commune of the Bío Bío Region of southern Chile. Its name is from the Mapudungun ''mari'', "ten" and ''huenu'', "heights". This height was w ...

and the valley of Colcura. This height overlooks the location of the modern city of Lota in Concepción Province of the Bío Bío Region of Chile.

Diego Barros Arana Diego Jacinto Agustín Barros Arana (; August 16, 1830 – November 4, 1907) was a Chilean professor, legislator, minister and diplomat. He is considered the most important Chilean historian of the 19th century. His main work ''General History of ...

, ''Historia general de Chile'', Tomo tercero Capítulo 3. Andalicán is also a hill or promontory now in the northern part of the

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 ...

in the Bio-Bio Region of Chile. It is the end of a long low ridge that starts in the mountains to the east and ends in a promontory on the coast extending into the

Bay of Arauco Bay of Arauco or Bahia de Araucan, is a bay located on the coast of the Arauco Province, of the Bío Bío Region of Chile. The bay, is between the mountains of the Nahuelbuta Range to the east and to the west the Santa Maria Island and northwest ...

to the north of the mouth of the

Laraquete River Laraquete River is a small river in Arauco Province, Bío Bío Region of Chile. Its sources are in the Nahuelbuta Range and they flow west to its mouth at the bay of Arauco and the foot of the hill of Andalicán Andalicán during the era of conque ...

. It has steep slopes and is covered with tall trees. It lies immediately to the south of Marihueñu and the valley of Chivilingo. Through Andalicán lies the road between Lota and the city of Arauco.Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos, ''Diccionario geográfico'' pg. 31. Andalicán is also the name given to the region along the banks of the Laraquete River. This was the location of the rehue of Andalicán a part of the

Moluche The Moluche ("people from where the sun sets" or "people from the west") or Nguluche are an indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous people of Chile. Their language was a dialect of Mapudungun, a Mapuche language. At the beginning of the Con ...

aillarehue Aillarehue or Ayllarehue (from the Mapudungun: ayllarewe/ayjarewe: "nine rehues"); a confederation of rehues or family-based units (lof) that dominated a region or province. It was the old administrative and territorial division of the Mapuche, H ...

of Arauco.

References

Sources

*
Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos, ''Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile'', SEGUNDA EDICIÓN CORREGIDA Y AUMENTADA, NUEVA YORK, D. APPLETON Y COMPAÑÍA. 1899.
pg. 31 *

Jerónimo de Vivar Jerónimo de Vivar was a Spanish historian of the early conquest and settlement of the Kingdom of Chile, and author of ''Crónica y relación copiosa y verdadera de los reinos de Chile''. Little is known about his life except that according to his ...

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