IX Región de la Araucanía

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Capital	Temuco
Provinces	Malleco Cautín
Area   - Total	Ranked 9th 31,842.3 km²
Population   - 2002 Census   - Density	Ranked 6th 869,535 27.2/km²
ISO 3166-2	CL-AR

The IX Araucanía Region (Spanish: IX Región de La Araucanía, literally in Spanish: Region of Araucany) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Temuco. The region is divided into two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. The main tourism centre in the region is the Villarrica Lake and Pucón. The Araucanía is the heartland of the indigenous Mapuche people who resisted both Inca and Spanish conquest attempts. Since 1885 the territory has been part of Chile after the occupation of the Araucania.

Political and administrative division

Province Capital city Commune Cautín Temuco 1 Carahue 2 Cholchol 3 Cunco 4 Curarrehue 5 Freire 6 Galvarino 7 Gorbea 8 Lautaro 9 Loncoche 10 Melipeuco 11 Nueva Imperial 12 Padre Las Casas 13 Perquenco 14 Pitrufquén 15 Pucón 16 Saavedra 17 Temuco 18 Teodoro Schmidt 19 Toltén 20 Vilcún 21 Villarrica Malleco Angol 22 Angol 23 Collipulli 24 Curacautín 25 Ercilla 26 Lonquimay 27 Los Sauces 28 Lumaco 29 Purén 31 Traiguén 30 Renaico 32 Victoria

See also

• Araucanization
• Arauco War
• Occupation of the Araucanía
• Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia
• Mapuche

External links

• Gobierno Regional de la Araucanía Official website (in Spanish)
• Website of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia