The commune of Arauco is located 71 km. to Concepción's Southwest. It possesses a total of 34.873 inhabitants, of which 69,6% corresponds population seated in the city, its surface fluctuates near to the 957 Km2, and it is known to be the access to the county of Arauco. In 1552, gift Pedro of Valdivia builds the first Strong Spanish, strength that is destroyed in several opportunities by the Mapuches, fact that forces to transfer in 1590, its current location, to the feet of the hill Strained it Strained. In 1886, the commune of Arauco welcomes colonists coming from Europe, French Basque that gave a new impulse to the area.
Arauco or Water of Clay, according to the language would originate; it constitutes cultural historical patrimony due to the countless and wicked episodes that were knitted in their surroundings during the Spanish colonization, as well as to the full places of singular beauty paisajística that highlight when traveling the commune. Their extensive coast of white sands, the presence of creeks and flowing, more those chalky hills, begin a square of special hermosura.Su economy it is linked directly to the plant of cellulose Arauco, the one that has generated the establishment of new neighborhoods and an asset trade lender of services with spending of the years. In a same way, they have left developing the fishing and the tourism.
