Temuco
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Te·mu·co
A city of central Chile south-southwest of Concepción. Founded in 1881, it is a trade center. Population: 266,000.
Temuco (tāmū'kō), city (1990 est. pop. 211,700), capital of Araucania region, S central Chile, on the Cautín River. It is a commercial city dealing in cattle, lumber, wheat, and fruit. Temuco, founded in 1881, was the point from which the colonization of S Chile was begun, chiefly by German immigrants. The region was occupied by indigenous Araucanians; on a hill near Temuco, the treaty ending the last serious Araucanian uprising was signed (1881). The city has suffered damage from earthquakes, most recently in 2010. Temuco has an Araucanian museum.
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The telephone dialing code for: Temuco, Chile
The country code is: 56
The city code is: 45
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