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    bridges: Biobío Railroad Bridge (1889), Juan Pablo II Bridge (1973), Llacolén Bridge (2000) and Bicentennial Bridge (2010). The Biobío River originates...
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    The Biobío Region (Spanish: Región del Biobío [ˌbi.oˈβi.o]) is one of Chile's sixteen regions (first-order administrative divisions). With a population...
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  • Rahue River is a river of the Bío Bío Region of Chile. v t e v t e...
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  • Biobío or Bio-Bío (older form: Bío-Bío) may refer to any of the following: Biobío River, the second longest river in Chile and the former southern frontier...
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    the right to dam the river, reversed its decision and relinquished all claims to the Futaleufú. He also visited the Biobío River. Kennedy has been a critic...
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    Bío, in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 186,671 inhabitants (census 2012). The municipality...
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    term for any place south of the capital city, Santiago, or south of Biobío River, the mouth of which is Concepción, about 300 kilometres (200 mi) south...
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    of the eighth region of Biobío. The city of Coronel is located in a sandy platform that goes from the mouth of the Biobío River to the Arauco Gulf bay...
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    uprising that destroyed all the cities in their homeland south of the Biobío River. In the years following the Battle of Curalaba, a general uprising developed...
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    the Biobío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546–1548), and returned to Chile as governor in 1549. He began to colonize Chile south of the Biobío and...
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    flower that is Chile's national flower. In southern Chile, south of the Biobío River, heavy precipitation has produced dense forests of laurels, magnolias...
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  • Pablo II may also refer to: Juan Pablo II Bridge, a bridge over the Biobio River in Chile Liceo Juan Pablo II, a high school in Nancagua, Colchagua, Chile...
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    Atacama Desert as its northern legal border; the latter extended to the Biobío River, plus some nearby territories, but on its left bank. According to what...
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    San Pedro de la Paz (category Coasts of Biobío Region)
    commute daily to Concepción – either by car, bus or train – over the Biobío River. It is considered to be part of Greater Concepción conurbation. San Pedro...
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    Teta, Futaleufú Tetas del Biobío, formed by Cerro Teta Norte and Cerro Teta Sur, located in the mouth of the Biobío River. Cerro La Teta, La Guajira...
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    when Genoese captain Juan Bautista Pastene discovered the mouth of the Biobío river while exploring the coast in his ships San Pedro and Santiaguillo. In...
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    Alto Biobío is a commune in central Chile , located in the Province of Biobío, in the Biobío Region. It is part of District No. 21 of the Deputies and...
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    Santiago. Concepción is also a coastal city that lies near the mouth of the Biobío River. Industrial cities, such as Concepción and Talcahuano, began as colonial...
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    Biobío Province (Spanish: Provincia de Biobío) is one of three provinces of the Chilean region of Biobío (VIII). Its capital is Los Ángeles (2002 pop....
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    continuing towards the Pacific. The river is a major tributary to the Vergara River, which is a tributary of the Biobío River. The Malleco Viaduct, built in...
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    establishing the southern border of their colony at the northern banks of the Biobío River. Following the occupation of Araucanía by the Chilean government, which...
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    which was delimited mainly by the Biobío river, the route passed through the Province of Biobío, Region of Biobío and the Region of Araucanía. Zanja...
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    Frontera, garrisoned by a standing army that patrolled the border along the Biobío River. In Argentina, where the Mapuche in the 19th century ravaged the southern...
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    Tavolevo River, a tributary of the Biobío River. in Chile. It has two tributaries the Culenco River flowing southeast from the Nahuelbuta Range in the...
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    Royal House had no crown. Made of steel and containing stones from the Biobío River, it is on display at the Museum of the Kings of Araucania, outside the...
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    Rayada Maipú Second southern campaign 2nd Parral 2nd Quirihue 3rd Chillán Biobío River Spanish South Sea expedition Guerra a muerte (1819–c.1824/7/32) Fort...
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  • 1985 Ralco Dam 155 m (509 ft) Roller-compacted concrete gravity  Chile Biobío River Turkwel Dam 155 m (509 ft) Concrete arch  Kenya Turkwel 1991 Liyuan Dam...
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    wiped them out. All cities south of the Biobío River with the exception of Castro were destroyed. The river became La Frontera the de facto border between...
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    conquer the south with sixty horsemen and crossed the Itata River, finally reaching the Biobío River where he was attacked by Mapuche warriors at the battle...
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    given to those Mapuche living between the Itata and Toltén rivers) and south of the Choapa River and the Diaguitas. Until the Conquest of Chile the Itata...
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