Lonquén (Mapudungun for "on the low lands") is a town in
Chile, located between the communities of
Talagante
Talagante () is a commune and the capital city of the province of the same name in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. The word ''Talagante'' in Quechua comes from ''talacanta'', meaning "Lazo de Hechicero", which was the proper na ...
and
Isla de Maipo
Isla de Maipo is a town and commune of the Talagante Province in central Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region.
Geography
Isla de Maipo can be found in the Chilean Central Valley approximately southwest of the metropolitan area of Santiago and ab ...
, within the
Metropolitan Region of Santiago.
History
In pre-Columbian times, Lonquén was occupied by the cultures
Bato and
Llolleo
Llolleo, also called Llo-Lleo, is a town in the commune of San Antonio, V Region of Valparaiso, 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, ...
. Later, it was a place of connection between the
Aymaras and the
Mapuches. When the Spaniards arrived, they created two estates under
Francisco Ruiz-Tagle Vestibules. They were inherited by his son Caesar. In 1928, the land was divided in three estates: Sorrento, Santa Teresa and the Recreation, in which the economy was based on agriculture. In the earthquake of 1971, the damage forced many people to leave.
Lime kiln
On 15 October 1973, 15 men were arrested in the community of Isla de Maipo. Their remains were found on 30 November 1978 in abandoned lime
kilns in Lonquén.
February 19, 2010, the Health Science Center of the University of Texas Laboratory delivered the results of their four-year analysis, identifying thirteen of the fifteen victims. These were Enrique Astudillo Álvarez, Omar Astudillo Rojas, Ramón Astudillo Rojas, Miguel Ángel Brant Bustamante, Nelson Hernández Flores, Carlos Hernández Flores, José Herrera Villegas, Iván Ordóñez Lama, Sergio Maureira Lillo, Sergio Maureira Muñoz, José Maureira Muñoz, Segundo Maureira Muñoz and Rodolfo Maureira Muñoz.
In January 1980, the lime kilns were dynamited.
People
Lonquén is the place in which
Víctor Jara
Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, rang ...
lived during his childhood.
See also
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Fort Lonquén
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
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Lonquén River The Lonquén River is in the Ñuble Region in the southern part of Central Chile. It forms at the confluence of the ''esteros'' Pichimávida and Colomávida that originate in the mountains in the east of the province. Its course lies from north to ...
References
Bibliography
El caso de LonquenChile: The Furnaces of LonquenDocumentary Video the Furnaces of Lonquen
Populated places in Talagante Province
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