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The Araucanía region is the heartland of the indigenous Mapuche people, who resisted both Incan and Spanish attempts at conquest. After sending many forces against the Mapuche, the Spanish would cut their losses, establishing the southern border of their colony at the northern banks of the Biobío River.
Map showing the "old" and the "new" frontiers of Mapuche Araucanía established by 1870 through the occupation of the Araucanía. Araucanía or Araucana [1] was the Spanish name given to the region of Chile inhabited by the Mapuche peoples known as the Moluche (also known as Araucanos by the Spanish) in the 18th century.
Diego Díaz Island (Spanish: Isla Diego Díaz) is a river island in Biobío River located near Colonia Santa Fe. [6] [7] [8] The river next to the island was navigated, upstream and downstream, in colonial times. [7] In 1610, during the Arauco War, Mapuches attacked the Spanish in the island and killed 13 soldiers. [9]
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Calafquen Lake, at 209 metres over sea level, covering an area of 120 km 2 holding 11 islands. The long and thin lake is host for several outdoor and tourist activities, such as fishing and watersports. Península Natural Park, a 15.5 ha peninsula extending into the lake from the town of Licán Ray.
Huerquehue National Park (Spanish pronunciation:) is located in the foothills of the Andes, in the Valdivian temperate rainforest of the La Araucanía region in southern Chile.