Antiguala
Coordinates: 37°40′17.67″S 73°23′20.38″W / 37.6715750°S 73.3889944°W / -37.6715750; -73.3889944
RegionBiobío
ProvinceArauco
MunicipalityLos Álamos
CommuneLos Álamos
Government
  TypeMunicipal
  AlcaldePablo Vegas Verdugo (UDI)
Elevation
146 m (479 ft)
Population
 (2017[1])
  Total3,461
Sex
  Men1,739
  Women1,722
Time zoneUTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard)
  Summer (DST)UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight)
Area codeCountry + town = 56 + 41
ClimateCfb

Antiguala or Antiguala (mapudungum: anti: sun; huala: duck) is a town (Spanish: pueblo) in the Los Álamos commune of the Arauco Province, Bío Bío Region, of Chile. The town lies along Chile Route P-60-R.

On February 5, 1558, during the Arauco War, Pedro de Avendaño with sixty men captured the Mapuche Caupolicán lonco of Pilmaiquén and the Mapuche Gran Toqui nearby Antihuala encamped with a small band of followers. He was taken back to Cañete, where its corregidor Alonso de Reinoso tried him for rebellion and executed him by impalement.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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