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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 ...
The National Service of Geology and Mining (Sernageomin) declared a yellow alert after volcanic and seismic activity increased again, while the National Emergency Office of the Interior Ministry (ONEMI) kept the yellow alert. At approximately 03:01 AM on March 3, 2015, it erupted, [27] [28] raising the alert to red up to 10 kilometers around ...
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 ...
A view point located at 1,550 meters altitude provides views of four nearby volcanoes: Villarrica, Quetrupillán, Lanín and Llaima. National parks in the area include Villarrica National Park, Huerquehue National Park and Villarrica National Reserve. Some of the main lakes near Pucón are Villarrica, Caburgua and Tinquilco.
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]
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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 ...
Lake Villarrica; Villarrica, Chile; Villarrica (volcano) Villarrica National Park; Colombia. Villarrica, Colombia, a municipality in the department of Tolima; Paraguay. Villarrica, Paraguay, a city in the department of Guairá