Iloca is a small coastal town in
Chile, located in the commune of
Licantén,
Curicó Province,
Maule Region
The Maule Region ( es, Región del Maule, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region derives its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a ...
. It is located 120 kilometers west of
Curicó.
According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 345 inhabitants, although it increases considerably during the summer season.
This settlement was one of the most damaged by the
2010 Chile earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami ( es, Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking la ...
, and mostly after its
tsunami that hit the Chilean coast hours later. Approximately a 70% of the Iloca's constructions were destroyed by the cataclysm.
The closest main town is
Constitución, Chile
Toponymy
"Iloca" comes from
Mapudungun
Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...
''ilokan'', that means in Spanish ''carnear'' (to kill an animal and to extract its meat).
See also
*
Duao
References
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Beaches of Chile
Populated places in Curicó Province
Coasts of Maule Region