Lumaco

Lumaco



Map of Lumaco commune in the Araucanía Region
Location in Chile
Location in Chile
Lumaco
Location in Chile
Coordinates (town): 38°09′S 72°55′W / 38.150°S 72.917°W / -38.150; -72.917
CountryChile
RegionAraucanía
ProvinceMalleco
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • AlcaldeManuel Painiqueo Tragnolao (PS)
Area
 • Total1,119.0 km2 (432.0 sq mi)
Elevation
118 m (387 ft)
Population
 (2012 Census)[2]
 • Total11,405
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
 • Urban
4,132
 • Rural
7,273
Sex
 • Men6,074
 • Women5,331
Time zoneUTC-4 (CLT[3])
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (CLST[4])
Area codecountry 56 + city 45
Websitewww.munilumaco.cl

Lumaco is a town and commune in Malleco Province in the Araucanía Region of Chile. Its name in Mapudungun means "water of luma". Lumaco is located to 120 km (75 mi) northeast of Temuco and 52 km (32 mi) from Angol. It shares a boundary to the north with the communes of Purén and Los Sauces, to the east with Traiguén and Galvarino, to the south with Cholchol and Carahue in Cautin Province, and the west with Tirúa and Contulmo in the Arauco Province of the Biobío Region.

The area of Lumaco and Purén is rich in Mapuche and early Spanish archaeological sites.[5]

  1. ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  4. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
  5. ^ Dillehay, Tom D.; Paige Silcox, J.; Ocampo E., Carlos (2014). "Site Distribution and Settlement Patterns". In Dillehay, Tom (ed.). The Teleoscopic Polity. Springer. pp. 255–274. ISBN 978-3-319-03128-6.