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The Biobío River (also known as Bío Bío [2] or Bio-Bio [3] [4]) is the second largest river in Chile. It originates at Icalma and Galletué lakes in the Andes and flows 380 kilometres (236 mi) to the Gulf of Arauco (in Spanish) on the Pacific Ocean. The major tributaries of the river are the Malleco and the Laja.
The Bio Bío Valley wine region is located in the province and region of the same name. One of Chile's southern wine regions, it has become known for its crisp, aromatic wines. [ 5 ] The region is located at a latitude of 36°S, similar to southern Spain and Monterey in California.
According to data from the 2017 census, the Region of the Biobío, with 2,018,803 inhabitants, is the second most populous region of Chile, after the Metropolitan Region of Santiago. In connection with the 1992 census, reflecting a total population of 1,734,305 inhabitants, there was a population growth of 7.3% in 10 years (1992–2002), the ...
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Los Ángeles has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. Most of the annual precipitation of 42 inches (1070 mm) falls during the autumn and ...
The Mapuche originally named the valley where Santa Juana is now located the Valley of Catirai, and the inhabitants Catirayen. [6] This town originated with a fort established in March 1626 by Governor Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce and was named Santa Juana de Guadalcázar in memory of the wife of the viceroy of Peru, Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar.
Península de Hualpén Nature Sanctuary is a protected area near Concepción in Biobío Region of central Chile.The sanctuary covers the Hualpén Peninsula, which extends into the Pacific Ocean west of the city of Hualpén and north of the mouth of the Biobío River.
There was more information written on the Antuco area (a few dozen kilometers to the north) where there was a strong commercial activity between Creoles and Pehuenches. This is reflected in the travel books of the Polish naturalist Ignacio Domeyko and the Bavarian artist Mauricio Rugendas , who made the first portraits of the indigenous people.