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Explore Lota in Chile

Lota in the region of Biobío with its 49,763 inhabitants is a town in Chile - some 288 mi or ( 463 km ) South-West of Santiago , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Lota

Current time in Lota is now 08:32 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Santiago " with a UTC offset of -3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Valdivia, Temuco, Talca, Santiago, and Rancagua. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Valdivia . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Lota ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

sun at the beach 2011 lota Prueba micro camara

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Probando la camara Comercial mas pequeña del mundo. Buena calidad que se ve afectada al editarse con windows movie maker y al subir a youtube. 720x480 con buena captacion de sonido. Evento Electronico ..

Bomberos Coronel city

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Schwager, Coronel (Abril - 2012)

0:49 min by SchwagerCity
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En este video puedes ver la playa, mirador, hornos, villa hermosa, chollin, cancha chollin y departamentos. ..

Los Mejores Doramas

2:40 min by RommiiFrann
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Cancion creating Love -4minute del OST de personal preference ..


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Interesting facts about this location

El Chiflón del Diablo

El Chiflón del Diablo or The Devil's Blast (in reference to the natural draft that flows through the mine) is a mine located in Lota, Chile. After coal production fell in the Lota area in the 1990s, the mine was shut down. Currently, El Chiflón del Diablo serves as tourist attraction. \t\t \t\t\tChiflon Stairway. jpg \t\t\t Stairway down into El Chiflón del Diablo. \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tMine Entrance. jpg \t\t\t Top of El Chiflón del Diablo. \t\t\t \t\t \t\t \t\t\tWalking through Chiflon.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -37.08 -73.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Coal mines in Chile, Mines in Bío Bío Region, Underground mines in Chile

Fort Colcura

Fort Colcura was a small fort that was the first Spanish settlement that existed in the commune of Lota, Chile. It was on a small height on the edge of the Bay of Arauco, a little more than two kilometers to the southeast of the modern city of Lota. From its position it dominated the north slope of cerro Marihueñu and the valley of Colcura in whose extreme west is the mouth of the riachuelo Colcura that empties into the cove of Colcura.

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Located at -37.11 -73.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Forts in Chile, Geography of Bío Bío Region, Spanish communities

Marihueñu

Marihueñu or Marigueno is a large hill in the Nahuelbuta Range near the coast in the Lota commune of the Bío Bío Region of southern Chile. Its name is from the Mapudungun mari, "ten" and huenu, "heights". This height was within the Moluche aillarehue of Marigueno that lay between the Pacific Ocean and the lower reaches of the Biobío River north of the aillarehues of Arauco and Catirai.

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Located at -37.12 -73.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Geography of Bío Bío Region

Laraquete

Laraquete is a Chilean town in Arauco, Arauco Province, Biobío Region. It is located at the mouth of the Laraquete River about 50 kilometers south of the Chilean city of Concepción. The town locally known for its tortillas that are served with shellfish by the "tortilleras. " The name Laraquete is Mapudungun for "big chin. " Laraquete has a population of 5000.

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Located at -37.17 -73.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Populated places in Arauco Province

Laraquete River

Laraquete River is a small river in Arauco Province, Bío Bío Region of Chile. Its sources are in the Nahuelbuta Range and they flow west to its mouth at the bay of Arauco and the foot of the hill of Andalicán where there is located the town of Laraquete.

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Located at -37.17 -73.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Geography of Bío Bío Region, Rivers of Chile