Cordillera de Nahuelbuta

Cordillera de Nahuelbuta
Cordillera de Nahuelbuta
	Araucaria araucana forest
Highest point
Peak
Elevation	1,565 m (5,135 ft)
Geography
	Map of the Nahuelbuta region
Country	Chile
Region	Bío Bío Region, La Araucanía Region
Range coordinates	37°43′S 73°02′W / 37.717°S 73.033°WCoordinates: 37°43′S 73°02′W / 37.717°S 73.033°W
Parent range	Cordillera de la costa

The Nahuelbuta Range or Cordillera de Nahuelbuta (Spanish pronunciation: [nawelˈβuta]) is a mountain range in Bio-Bio and Araucania Region, southern Chile. It is located along the Pacific coast and forms part of the larger Chilean Coast Range. The name of the range derives from the Mapudungun words nahuel (jaguar) and futa (big)

Historically Cordillera de Nahuelbuta and its surrounding valleys were the foci of the Arauco War. The Spanish designs for this region was to exploit the placer deposits of gold around the range using unfree Mapuche labour from the densely populated valleys. For this purpose the Spanish established a series of settlements and fortified houses around Cordillera de Nahuelbuta.^[1]

References[]

^ Zavala C., José Manuel (2014). "The Spanish-Araucanian World of the Purén and Lumaco Valley in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries". In Dillehay, Tom (ed.). The Teleoscopic Polity. Springer. pp. 55–73. ISBN 978-3-319-03128-6.

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[Zavala2014-1] Zavala C., José Manuel (2014). "The Spanish-Araucanian World of the Purén and Lumaco Valley in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries". In Dillehay, Tom (ed.). The Teleoscopic Polity. Springer. pp. 55–73. ISBN 978-3-319-03128-6.

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Cordillera de Nahuelbuta

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