Angol

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map_caption =Location of the Commune of Angol in Araucanía Region
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subdivision_name1 = Araucanía
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subdivision_name2 = Malleco
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Obdulio Valdebenito Burgos (Independent) (2004-2008)
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established_title2 = Founded
established_date2 = 6 December, 1862
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timezone = Chile Time (CLT) [cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2007-05-05 |title=Chile Time |publisher=World Time Zones .org]
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postal_code = 4650000
area_code = +56-45
website = http://www.angol.cl
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Angol is a municipality and capital city of the province of Malleco in the Araucanía Region of southern Chile. It is located at the foot of the Nahuelbuta Range and next to the Vergara River, that permitted communications by small boats to the Bío-Bío River and Concepción. This strategic position explains the successive foundations of this city during the Arauco War. It was first founded in 1553 as a "conquistador" fort of "Confines", the fort was later destroyed and rebuilt several times and it was not until the Pacification of Araucania in late 19th century that it was rebuilt with the name of Angol. The city has a current population of approximately 49,000. It belongs to the 48th electoral district, and the 14th senatorial circumscription.

History

Modern Angol was first founded in 1553 as the "conquistador" fort of Confines by Pedro de Valdivia, the fort was later that year abandoned and destroyed by the Mapuche after the Battle of Tucapel. In 1560, the city was reestablished, transferred to the north by the Governor García Hurtado de Mendoza, Marquis of Cañete with the name of San Andrés de Los Infantes, but it was attacked and destroyed in 1599, by the Mapuches. In 1611 it was rebuilt a little more to the south with the name of San Luis de Angol but it did not prosper. In 1637 Governor Francisco Laso de la Vega, refounded it with the name of San Francisco de la Vega, but in 1641, it was destroyed again by the Mapuches. It was repopulated in 1695 with the name of Santo Tomás de Colhue, but it was attacked again by the Mapuche. The present city of Angol was founded definitively by Cornelio Saavedra, on the 6th of December, 1862.

References

External links

* [http://www.angol.cl City website in Spanish]
* [http://www.angolinos.tk The community on internet]