Purén

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Purén is a small town and commune in Chile’s Araucanía Region, known historically for its role in the Arauco War between the Spanish and the Mapuche people.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Purén canonical 1
town of Purén 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
borderedBy other communes of Malleco Province
country Chile
countrySubdivisionName Araucanía Region
countrySubdivisionType region
demonym purenina
purenino
governedBy Municipality of Purén
hasAdministrativeDivisionStatus Chilean commune
hasClimate temperate climate
hasColonialPower Spanish Empire
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
forestry
hasGovernmentType municipality
hasHeritage Mapuche-Spanish frontier history
hasHistoricalEvent battles of the Arauco War
hasHistoricalPeriod Spanish colonial period in Chile
hasIndigenousCulture Mapuche culture
linked to: Mapuche customs
hasLeaderTitle alcalde
hasMunicipalStatus commune of Chile
hasRegionCode IX Region
hasRuralArea rural localities around Purén
hasSettlementType small town
hasTimezone Chile Standard Time
hasTimezoneDST Chile Summer Time
hasUrbanArea town of Purén
linked to: Purén
historicalRegion Araucanía
inhabitedBy Mapuche people
knownFor Mapuche resistance to Spanish conquest
role in the Arauco War
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Araucanía Region
Malleco Province
locatedInCountry Republic of Chile
linked to: Chile
locatedOnContinent South America
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf southern Chile
partOfConflict Arauco War
secondLevelSubdivisionName Malleco Province
secondLevelSubdivisionType province

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malleco Province contains Purén
Purén hasUrbanArea town of Purén
linked to: Purén