Antiguala or Antiguala (mapudungum: anti: sun; huala: duck) is a town (Spanish: pueblo) in the Los Álamos commune of the Arauco Province, Bío Bío Region, of Chile. The town lies along Chile Route P-60-R.
Antiguala | |
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| Coordinates: 37°40′17.67″S 73°23′20.38″W / 37.6715750°S 73.3889944°W | |
| Region | Biobío |
| Province | Arauco |
| Municipality | Los Álamos |
| Commune | Los Álamos |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Alcalde | Pablo Vegas Verdugo (UDI) |
| Elevation | 146 m (479 ft) |
| Population (2017[1]) | |
| • Total | 3,461 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 1,739 |
| • Women | 1,722 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + 41 |
| Climate | Cfb |
On February 5, 1558, during the Arauco War, Pedro de Avendaño with sixty men captured the Mapuche Caupolicán lonco of Pilmaiquén and the Mapuche Gran Toqui nearby Antiguala encamped with a small band of followers. He was taken back to Cañete, where its corregidor Alonso de Reinoso tried him for rebellion and executed him by impalement.
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- ^ a b "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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