Tucapel(commune)
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Tucapel is a town and commune of Chile, located in the Biobío Province
of the VIII Biobío Region. Formerly belonging to the Nuble Province
, in the Department of Yungay. Near the town of Tucapel is the Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel. The capital of the commune is the town of Huépil, moving the municipality from Tucapel in 1967. In mapudungún its name means "To seize or to take by force".
fortresses existed: Talcamávida
, Yumbel
and San Diego de Tucapel. In 1724 Gabriel Cano de Aponte
transferred the population and garrison of the old fort Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel from its old site of Tucapel
in what is now Arauco Province
to its current location in the environs of the northern bank of the Laja River
near the Andes
.
The main economic activities of the commune are commerce, agriculture and forestry.
Biobío Province
Biobío Province is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Biobío . Its capital is Los Ángeles . It is bounded on the north, west and south by the provinces of Concepción, Arauco and Malleco, respectively, and on the east by Argentina. It has an area of of well-wooded and mountainous...
of the VIII Biobío Region. Formerly belonging to the Nuble Province
Ñuble Province
Ñuble Province is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Biobío . It spans an area of and is administratively constituted by 21 communes. It has a population of 441,604 inhabitants. Its capital is the city of Chillán.-History:...
, in the Department of Yungay. Near the town of Tucapel is the Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel. The capital of the commune is the town of Huépil, moving the municipality from Tucapel in 1967. In mapudungún its name means "To seize or to take by force".
History
Tucapel is an old foundation in the country, originally part of the Rere Province, in which three La FronteraLa Frontera
La Frontera is a municipality in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 203....
fortresses existed: Talcamávida
Talcamávida
Talcamávida is a town in the commune of Hualqui in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is located on the north bank of the Bio Bio River across from Santa Juana on the opposite shore. It occupied a plain along the river 42 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean that is part of a small valley surrounded by...
, Yumbel
Yumbel
Yumbel is a town and commune of the Province of Bío-Bío in the region of the same name, Chile.-History:Yumbel originated from the small fort of San Felipe de Austria, raised in 1585 by Governor Alonso de Sotomayor, on the cerro del Centinela...
and San Diego de Tucapel. In 1724 Gabriel Cano de Aponte
Gabriel Cano de Aponte
Gabriel Cano de Aponte was a Spanish soldier who served as Royal Governor of Chile from 1717 to 1733. His administration was the longest of all Colonial Governors and the second longest in the history of Chile after the administration of General Augusto Pinochet, who surpassed him by some eight...
transferred the population and garrison of the old fort Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel from its old site of Tucapel
Tucapel
Tucapel is a town and commune in the Arauco Province, Biobío Region, Chile. It was once a region of Araucanía named for the Tucapel River. The name of the region derived from the rehue and aillarehue of the Moluche people of the area between the Lebu and the Lleulleu Rivers, who were famed for...
in what is now Arauco Province
Arauco Province
Arauco 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...
to its current location in the environs of the northern bank of the Laja River
Laja River
There are two notable rivers called Laja River :* Laja River in Guanajuato, central Mexico* Laja River in Chile...
near the Andes
Andes
The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...
.
The main economic activities of the commune are commerce, agriculture and forestry.