Arauco
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Arauco or Araucanía may refer to:
- Arauco, ChileArauco, ChileArauco is a city and commune in Chile, located in Arauco Province in the Biobio Region. The meaning of Arauco means Chalky Water in Mapudungun. The region was a Moluche aillarehue...
, a city and municipality in Arauco Province, Chile - Arauco ProvinceArauco ProvinceArauco Province is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Biobío . It spans a coastal area of just south of the mouth of the Biobío River, the traditional demarcation between the nation's major natural regions, Zona Central and Zona Sur...
, a province in the Biobío Region of Chile - Arauco, Argentina, a town in Arauco Department, Argentina
- Arauco DepartmentArauco DepartmentArauco is a department of La Rioja Province, Argentina.-Population:It has 723 inhabitants , which means an increase of 16%, since the last census in 1991 .-Settlements:*Arauco...
, an administrative district in La Rioja Province, Argentina - Araucanía RegionAraucanía RegionThe IX Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south....
, an administrative region of Chile, the heartland of the historic region of Araucanía - Araucanía (historic region), a historical region of Central Chile also called Arauco
- Gulf of Arauco, a body of water on the coast of Chile
- Arauco WarArauco WarThe Arauco War was a conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people in what is now the Araucanía and Biobío regions of modern Chile...
, a centuries-long a war in Chile involving Spaniards and Mapuches
- Arauco (moth)Arauco (moth)Arauco is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae....
- Araucaria araucanaAraucaria araucanaAraucaria araucana is an evergreen tree growing to tall with a trunk diameter. The tree is native to central and southern Chile, western Argentina and south Brazil. Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria...
, the Arauco pine - Celulosa Arauco y ConstituciónCelulosa Arauco y ConstituciónCelulosa Arauco y Constitución is a Chilean wood pulp, engineered wood and forestry company controlled by Anacleto Angelini's economic group; Empresas Copec. As of 2006, CELCO/ARAUCO has five pulp mills in Chile and one in Argentina...
(CELCO), a wood pulp and forestry enterprise in Chile