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Laraquete is a
Laraquete is a Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an town in Arauco, 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 ...
, Biobío Region
The Biobío Region ( es, Región del Biobío ), is one of Chile's sixteen regions of Chile, regions (first-order administrative divisions). With a population of 1.5 million, thus being the third most populated region in Chile, it is divided int ...
. It is located at 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 ...
about 50 kilometers south of the Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
an city of Concepción.
The town is known for its variation on a Chilean specialty dish, tortilla de rescoldo, that are served by the "tortilleras" with chuchitas, a local shellfish.
The name Laraquete is 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 ...
for "big chin." Laraquete has a population of 5000.
See also
*List of towns in Chile
This article contains a list of towns in Chile.
A town is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an urban entity possessing between 2,001 and 5,000 inhabitants—or between 1,001 and 2,000 inhabitants if 50% or more of its popu ...
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080603013912/http://www.municipalidaddearauco.cl/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=140 *http://www.bienvenido.cl/destinos/laraquete.php *https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084311/http://www.sernatur.cl/scripts/sitio/destino_atractivo2.php?destino=168&atractivo=169 Populated places in Arauco Province {{Biobío-geo-stub