Putagán is a village in the Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an municipality

Municipality

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 of Villa Alegre

Villa Alegre, Chile

Villa Alegre a commune and city located in Linares Province, Maule Region of Chile. With , Villa Alegre is the smallest commune by area in the Maule Region. It sits above sea level.-Demographics:...

, Province of Linares

Linares Province

Linares is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule . The provincial capital and most populous center is the city of Linares.-Administration:...

, Maule Region

Maule Region

The VII Maule Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region takes its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a basin of about 20,600 km2...

. Pop. 622. Altitude (meters) 112. Time zone (est) UTC-4(-3DT). Located 292 Kilometers (182 miles) south from Santiago. Bases its economy on agricultural activities like vineyards, rice, corn plantations and lately some kind of berries for the European markets.

Putagán is one of the oldest Spanish

Spain

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 settlements in the current Maule

Maule

Maule may refer to:Places* Maule Region, one of the 13 Regions that make up the Chilean territory* Maule River, river in Central Chile, which gives name to the Maule Region* Maule, Chile, commune and town of Talca province in the Maule Region of Chile...

 Region. Around 1580, the Bishop

Bishop

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 of Santiago de Chile at the time, Fray Diego de Medellín, created two mission

Spanish missions in South America

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s south of the Maule river that remained under the jurisdiction of the Santiago

Santiago, Chile

Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...

 bishops for more than 170 years. The missions were Cauquenes

Cauquenes

Cauquenes, a city and commune in Chile, is the capital of the Cauquenes Province and is located in the Maule Region.-History:According to the historical records of Alonso de Ercilla, Cauquenes was originally inhabited by an indigenous community of the Promaucaes, known as the Cauqui by the Inca or...

 and Putagán. The parish

Parish

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 of Putagán was transferred to Linares

Diocese of Linares, Chile

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares, or "Diócesis de San Ambrosio de Linares", was established in Linares, Chile by Pope Pius XI on October 18, 1925 by means of the Bulla Notabiliter Aucto....

, after the latter's foundation and is now the main parish of Linares Diocese

Diocese of Linares

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, "El Sagrario", based on the Cathedral

Cathedral

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 church of the diocese

Diocese

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.

The Putagán River

River Putagán

Putagán is a river in Linares Province, Maule Region of Chile. The Putagán is born in the foothills of the Andes and, flowing from east to west, passes south of the village of the same name...

passes south of the village and forms the border of the municipalities of Villa Alegre and Linares.

External links

• Google map of Putagán and the Putagán River, to the south