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The centerpiece of the park is a line of three volcanoes stretching transversely to the Andean range: Villarrica, Quetrupillán, and Lanín. Other mountains in the park include Quinquilil volcano (2,050 m (6,726 ft)), also known as Colmillo del Diablo, and Cerro Las Peinetas, which lies on the border between Argentina and Chile. It ranges in ...
Villarrica (/ ˌ v iː ə ˈ r iː k ə / VEE-ə-REE-kə) (Spanish: Volcán Villarrica, Mapudungun: Ruka Pillañ) is one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rising above the lake and town of the same name, 750 km (470 mi) south of Santiago. [2] It is also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "great spirit's house" or " the demon's house".
According to the 2002 census carried out by the Chilean National Statistics Institute, Pucón spans an area of 1,248.5 km 2 (482 sq mi) and has 21,107 inhabitants (10,705 men and 10,402 women). Of these, 13,837 (65.6%) lived in urban areas and 7,270 (34.4%) in rural areas. The population grew by 47% (6,751 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 ...
Villarrica National Reserve is a national reserve in Chile. [2] It consists of eleven separate sections and is also known as Hualalafquén, which in turn is the name of the main section of the reserve. [1] The reserve's boundaries have changed since its creation. Its original extension was reduced to create Huerquehue and Villarrica National ...
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Villarrica is the only municipality in Paraguay that gets its electricity service from a private company. [8] The service for Internet access is provided by the companies Tigo, Personal and the state-owned COPACO. Some banks that have offices in Villarrica are Itau Bank from Brazil, Banco Nacion from Argentina and BNF, GNB and Continental from ...
Judging from the letters I have received from boys and girls around the world, I believe I have helped open to them the worlds of books and natural history. [ 7 ] In 2006, the Price family sold the copyrights and related legal rights for the fourteen Adventure series titles, plus the right to use Price's name, to London-based Fleming Literary ...
Villarrica was founded as Santa María Magdalena de la Villa Rica (Saint Mary Magdalene of the Rich Town) in 1552 by Jerónimo de Alderete. The site of foundation was likely near that of present-day Pucón. [4] During its early years Villarrica was an important gold and silver mining centre. [4]