Everything about Talcahuano totally explained
Talcahuano is a
municipality and port city in the
Bio-Bio Region of
Chile. It is part of the
Greater Concepción conurbation.
Geography
Talcahuano is located in the south of the central zone of
Chile. Together with ten other municipalities, it forms part of the Province of Concepción, which in turn is one of four provinces that forms the VIII Region or Bío-Bío Region.
The municipality of Talcahuano has an area of 148.29 km² and, according to the 2002 Census, has a population of 250,348 inhabitants. With a population density of 1,873 inhabitants per square kilometre, it's the seventh most populated city of the country.
History
The official foundation date of Talcahuano is
November 5,
1764 when
Antonio Guill y Gonzaga declared an official port. However, Talcahuano began to appear in history books as early as
1544 when
Genoese captain
Juan Bautista Pastene discovered the mouth of the Bio-Bío river while exploring the coast in his ships “
San Pedro” and “
Santiaguillo”.
The city is named after an Araucanian chief, Talcahueñu, who inhabited the region at the arrival of the Spanish. In
Mapudungun, the language of the indigenous
Mapuches, Talcahuano means “Thundering Sky”.
The port was well known to American whaleships of the early 19th century. They often put in for fresh water, food, and various forms of entertainment for the crews.
Economy
Talcahuano contains Chile's main naval base which is home of the historical relic, the
Huascár, a Peruvian
ironclad ship (British-made), which was captured in
1879 during the
War of the Pacific. It is also the base of the Chilean submarine fleet and the ASMAR shipyard.
Culture
Sports
Talcahuano entered
football history when
Ramón Unzaga Asla, a player for the local club Estrella del Mar, invented the famous
bicycle kick (also known as "chilena") there in 1914.
Te city is home to
Club Deportivo Huachipato, a football club in Chile's, playing at
Estadio Las Higueras.
In Literature
It featured prominently in
Miles Smeeton's book
Once Is Enough, a sailor's classic.
Is mentioned by the character
Charlie Marlow in
Joseph Conrad's book
Lord Jim.
Further Information
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