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The Lonquén River is in the
Ñuble Region The Ñuble Region (, ) officially the Region of Ñuble (), is — since 5 September 2018 – one of Chile's sixteen regions of Chile, regions. It spans an area of , making it the smallest region in Chile in terms of area, and is administratively ...
in the southern part of
Central Chile Central Chile (''Zona central'') is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It is home to a majority of the Chilean population and includes the three largest metropolitan areas—Santiago, Valparaí ...
. 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 south, receiving from the west the flow of the ''esteros'' of La Huerta, Coipuencillo, El Salto, Coroney, and Ninhue, and from the east tributaries, ''estero'' Torrecilla, and other lesser tributaries like the ''estero'' Tiuque. The Lonquén then changes direction moving from east to west. In this section, it receives from the north the tributaries of the ''esteros'' Ranquil, Cholchol, Reloca, San Jose, and Santa Rosa, and from the south the ''estero''s Corontas, Buenos Aires, Luengos, Cabrería, Molino, and Antequereo. It then empties into the
Itata River The Itata River flows in the Ñuble Region, southern Chile. Until the Conquest of Chile, the Itata was the natural limit between the Mapuche The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indi ...
from its northern bank as the Itata is turning toward the west.
Fort Lonquén A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Lati ...
was built in 1602 by the Governor
Alonso de Ribera Alonso de Ribera y Zambrano (; 1560 – March 9, 1617) was a Spanish soldier and twice Spanish royal governor of Chile (1601–1605 and 1612–1617). Early life Born in Úbeda, he was the illegitimate son of Hidalgo and Captain Jorge de Ribera Za ...
on the south bank of the Lonquén River 9 km above its confluence with the Itata River.


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Francisco Solano Asta Buruaga y Cienfuegos Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos (July 21, 1817 – June 13, 1892) was a Chilean politician and lawyer A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal m ...
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Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile, SEGUNDA EDICIÓN CORREGIDA Y AUMENTADA, NUEVA YORK, D. APPLETON Y COMPAÑÍA. 1899. pg.385 Lonquén (Rio de)

5.1.4. Hidrografía Rio Lonquén
Rivers of Chile Rivers of Ñuble Region {{Chile-river-stub