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interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%8C_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C" title="کوریکو، شیلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوریکو، شیلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BF%A0%EB%A6%AC%EC%BD%94" title="쿠리코 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="쿠리코" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuriko" title="Kuriko – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kuriko" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3_(stad)" title="Curicó (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Curicó (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B3" title="クリコ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クリコ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Курико – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Курико" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Curicó" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curic%C3%B3" title="Curicó – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Curicó" 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style="position:relative;width:150px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chile_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Chile"><img alt="Location in Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chile_location_map.svg/150px-Chile_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="337" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chile_location_map.svg/225px-Chile_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chile_location_map.svg/300px-Chile_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1183" data-file-height="2658" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:44.969%;left:51.335%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Curicó"><img alt="Location in Chile" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Curicó</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Chile</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><i>" Noble y Leal Villa de San José de Buena Vista de Curicó" </i><br /> Noble and Loyal Villa of San José de Buena Vista from Curicó</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates (city): <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Curic%C3%B3&params=34_59_S_71_14_W_region:CL-ML_type:city(136954)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°59′S</span> <span class="longitude">71°14′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.983°S 71.233°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-34.983; -71.233</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">Chile</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Chile" title="Regions of Chile">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maule_Region" title="Maule Region">Maule</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Chile" title="Provinces of Chile">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Curic%C3%B3_Province" title="Curicó Province">Curicó</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">San José de Buena Vista de Curicó</th><td class="infobox-data">October 9, 1743</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Alcalde" title="Alcalde">Alcalde</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Javier Muñoz</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-INE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,328.4 km<sup>2</sup> (512.9 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">228 m (748 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2012 Census)<sup id="cite_ref-INE_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">136,954</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">100/km<sup>2</sup> (270/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">100,506</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">Rural</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">19,079</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Curican</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Sex<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-INE_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Men</th><td class="infobox-data">58,768</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Women</th><td class="infobox-data">70,817</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-4">UTC-4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Chile" title="Time in Chile">CLT</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-3">UTC-3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Chile" title="Time in Chile">CLST</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">3349001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">56 + 75</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Climate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate#Warm-summer_Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Csb</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.curico.cl">Official website</a> <span class="languageicon">(in Spanish)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Curicó</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Spanish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="es-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish" title="Help:IPA/Spanish">[kuri'ko]</a></span>) is a city located in <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Central_Valley" title="Chilean Central Valley">central valley</a> and serves as the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Curic%C3%B3_Province" title="Curicó Province">Curicó Province</a>, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Maule_Region" title="Maule Region">Maule Region</a>. Positioned between the provinces of <a href="/wiki/Colchagua_Province" title="Colchagua Province">Colchagua</a> and <a href="/wiki/Talca_Province" title="Talca Province">Talca</a>, the region stretches from the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> to the border with <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is known for its distinctive products such as cakes, fruits, cement, sugar, <a href="/wiki/Tomato_sauce" title="Tomato sauce">tomato sauce</a>, and high-quality export <a href="/wiki/Chilean_wine" title="Chilean wine">wines</a>. It serves as a major service hub in the central region and is considered Chile's <a href="/wiki/Agro-Industrial_Complex" title="Agro-Industrial Complex">agro-industrial</a> capital due to its consistent economic growth. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Curicó</i> means "black waters" in <a href="/wiki/Mapuche_language" title="Mapuche language">Mapudungun</a>, originally meaning "land of black water".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coat_of_arms">Coat of arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Coat of arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city's symbol is a <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldic</a> emblem representing the esteemed civic traditions of Curicó's early <a href="/wiki/Conquest_of_Chile" title="Conquest of Chile">Spanish settlers</a>. It features a silver knight on a black horse, set against a green field, slaying a golden serpent. The lower part carries the phrase "Noble and Loyal Villa de San José de Buenavista de Curicó," while the upper part displays a golden mural crown. </p><p>This coat of arms is a modification of the emblem of field marshal Lorenzo de Labra y Corvalán de Castilla, the landowner where the city's original and modern structures were erected. The Spanish colony was on the verge of adopting this symbol when the <a href="/wiki/Chilean_War_of_Independence" title="Chilean War of Independence">War of Independence</a> broke out. </p><p>Ahead of Curicó's bicentennial, the Spanish community conducted a thorough study and successfully recovered the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a>, whose model is housed in the <a href="/wiki/Chilean_National_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="Chilean National Museum of Natural History">National Historical Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santiago" title="Santiago">Santiago</a>. On 2 September 1943, a month before the city's anniversary, the municipal council, led by Mayor Carlos Castro, officially declared this coat of arms as the city's emblem. </p><p>The coat of arms of the Curicó commune is used in internal and public ceremonies involving the Curicó Municipality. It is also utilized in public events organized by city institutions. Additionally, it serves as an essential element in all official documentation of the municipality, as well as in seals and stamps of the corporation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Curico_in_1901.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Curico_in_1901.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="173" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="173" /></a><figcaption>The central square of Curico in 1901, the most famous image of Curico.</figcaption></figure> <p>The city of Curicó was originally inhabited by the indigenous Curis ("black"), named after the color of their lands near streams and wetlands.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Founded as San José de Buena Vista de Curicó on 9 October 1743, through donations from residents like Captain Pedro Nolasco Solorza and Mónica Donoso y Navarro, widow of Labra, under the authorization of <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manso_de_Velasco,_1st_Count_of_Superunda" title="José Manso de Velasco, 1st Count of Superunda">José Antonio Manso de Velasco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Governor_of_Chile" title="Royal Governor of Chile">governor of Chile</a> and later <a href="/wiki/List_of_viceroys_of_Peru" title="List of viceroys of Peru">viceroy of Peru</a>. </p><p>In 1747, Governor <a href="/wiki/Domingo_Ortiz_de_Rosas,_1st_Marquis_of_Poblaciones" title="Domingo Ortiz de Rosas, 1st Marquis of Poblaciones">Domingo Ortiz de Rozas</a> relocated the city 3 kilometers east due to excessive humidity. However, it didn't thrive until after the 1751 earthquake forced the inhabitants of the old town to move. </p><p>Despite its strategic location, the city struggled with a small population and conservative influences from local convents and aristocratic families. </p><p>The oldest and most valuable building of the city is <i>La Iglesia San Francisco</i> ("San Francisco's Church"), built in 1734, and came to its current location in 1759. </p><p>Curicó gained city status in 1830. <a href="/wiki/Luis_Cruz_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Luis Cruz Martínez">Luis Cruz Martínez</a>, a Chilean military figure, is celebrated as the city's hero, and Curicó serves as a central hub for communication, commerce, and the economy of nearby agro-industries. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake" title="2010 Chile earthquake">2010 Chilean Earthquake</a> heavily impacted Curicó, causing the collapse of the historic district where sixty percent of houses and ninety percent of the district remain unreconstructed. Examples include the phased inauguration of the San José de Curicó Hospital. </p><p>Curicó is known for its strong local identity, fostered by a good neighborhood atmosphere, hero Luis Cruz Martínez, and its football club. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Curicó is on the Guaiquillo River, 183 km (114 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Santiago,_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Santiago, Chile">Santiago</a> along the route of the <a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Chile#Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation in Chile">Chilean Central Railway</a>. The city is situated in the fertile <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Central_Valley" title="Chilean Central Valley">Chilean Central Valley</a>, 228 m (748 ft) above sea-level, in the midst of a comparatively well-cultivated region.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eastern and western sides are mountainous, separated by the Chilean Central Valley. A volcano called <a href="/wiki/Descabezado_Grande" title="Descabezado Grande">Descabezado Grande</a> can be seen from most parts at a distance of eighty kilometers. The commune spans an area of1,328.4 km<sup>2</sup> (513 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-INE_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main rivers are the <a href="/wiki/Lontu%C3%A9_River" title="Lontué River">Lontué River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teno_River" title="Teno River">Teno River</a>, which surround the city. The landscape is dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Andes_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Andes Mountains">Andes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Coastal_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Chilean Coastal Range">Chilean Coastal Range</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Curicó has a <a href="/wiki/Warm-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Warm-summer Mediterranean climate">warm-summer Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Csb</i>), relatively hot dry <a href="/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">summers</a> (November to March) with temperatures reaching 32 °C (90 °F) on the hottest days. <a href="/wiki/Winter" title="Winter">Winters</a> (June to August) are more humid, with typical maximum daily temperatures of 15 °C (59 °F). Mean rainfall is 855.98 mm (34 in) per year. In August 2007, Curicó experienced snowfall for the first time in over 60 years.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the southern part of the valley the climate is more temperate and rainfall more abundant; the effects of this are to be seen in better <a href="/wiki/Pasturage" class="mw-redirect" title="Pasturage">pasturage</a>. <a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">Irrigation</a> is used to a large extent.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Curicó (<a href="/wiki/General_Freire_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="General Freire Airfield">General Freire Airfield</a>) 1991–2020, extremes 1950–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.3<br />(99.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.2<br />(95.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB871; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.8<br />(58.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.4<br />(77.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8913; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.6<br />(70.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(38.3) </td> <td style="background: #FEFEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4<br />(39.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.8<br />(30.6) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.1<br />(17.4) </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.6<br />(18.3) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.8<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.5<br />(18.5) </td> <td style="background: #BEBEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.4<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #D0D0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.2<br />(24.4) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(33.6) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−9.8<br />(14.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(0.10) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(0.13) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(1.27) </td> <td style="background: #66FF66; color:#000000;" class="notheme">102.1<br />(4.02) </td> <td style="background: #0AFF0A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159.1<br />(6.26) </td> <td style="background: #65FF65; color:#000000;" class="notheme">102.7<br />(4.04) </td> <td style="background: #74FF74; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.2<br />(3.67) </td> <td style="background: #B7FFB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.5<br />(1.83) </td> <td style="background: #D7FFD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(1.04) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2<br />(0.36) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">596.0<br />(23.46) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1 </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.8 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8 </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">41.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #3B3BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">51 </td> <td style="background: #3030FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">54 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #2121FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">58 </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #FDFD2E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">363.7 </td> <td style="background: #F9F924; color:#000000;" class="notheme">315.3 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">265.3 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">174.3 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">109.4 </td> <td style="background: #959595; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.9 </td> <td style="background: #AEAE8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">102.5 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC3C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.8 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.6 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">227.6 </td> <td style="background: #F0F00F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">296.6 </td> <td style="background: #F6F61E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">335.4 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,569.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Dirección Meteorológica de Chile (humidity 1970–2000)<sup id="cite_ref-climatenormals_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climatenormals-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-records_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-records-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DMC_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DMC-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> (precipitation days 1991–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the 2012 <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Statistics_Institute_(Chile)" title="National Statistics Institute (Chile)">National Statistics Institute</a>, Curicó spans an area of 1,328.4 km<sup>2</sup> (513 sq mi) and has 147,017 inhabitants (68,768 men and 70,817 women). Of these, 130,506 (84%) lived in <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">urban areas</a> and 19,079 (16%) in <a href="/wiki/Rural_area" title="Rural area">rural areas</a>. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 14.9% (15,472 persons).<sup id="cite_ref-INE_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_sector">Primary sector</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Primary sector"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Curico,_Maule_Region,_Chile_-_panoramio_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Curico%2C_Maule_Region%2C_Chile_-_panoramio_%284%29.jpg/200px-Curico%2C_Maule_Region%2C_Chile_-_panoramio_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Curico%2C_Maule_Region%2C_Chile_-_panoramio_%284%29.jpg/300px-Curico%2C_Maule_Region%2C_Chile_-_panoramio_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Curico%2C_Maule_Region%2C_Chile_-_panoramio_%284%29.jpg/400px-Curico%2C_Maule_Region%2C_Chile_-_panoramio_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>David del Curto Fruit Company.</figcaption></figure> <p>The city's main economy relies heavily on agricultural activities, particularly large fruit plantations like <a href="/wiki/Orchard" title="Orchard">apple orchards</a>, cherry trees, vineyards, and <a href="/wiki/Kiwifruit" title="Kiwifruit">kiwi</a> farms, along with annual crops such as <a href="/wiki/Sugar_beet" title="Sugar beet">sugar beets</a>, industrial tomatoes, wheat, corn, and fresh vegetables. Fruit-exporting companies like Agricom, Unifrutti, Copefrut, Del Monte, and others operate in the area. The city is also home to wineries like Viña San Pedro, <a href="/wiki/Concha_y_Toro" title="Concha y Toro">Concha y Toro</a>, and Santa Rita, producing wine for both domestic and international markets. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_and_tertiary_sectors">Secondary and tertiary sectors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Secondary and tertiary sectors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mallcenter_curico.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mallcenter_curico.JPG/150px-Mallcenter_curico.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mallcenter_curico.JPG/225px-Mallcenter_curico.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mallcenter_curico.JPG/300px-Mallcenter_curico.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Mall Center Curicó.</figcaption></figure> <p>In the tertiary sector, the city offers a full range of services, including financial institutions, transportation, <a href="/wiki/Department_store" title="Department store">department stores</a>, professional institutes, universities, healthcare facilities, and entertainment options. In 2012, the country's largest <a href="/wiki/Particle_board" title="Particle board">particleboard</a> panel plant, owned by Arauco, commenced operations. </p><p>In 2007, the region's major shopping center, Mall Curicó (105,000 m<sup>2</sup>), owned by Inmobiliaria Mall Viña del Mar S.A., was inaugurated. Anchor stores like <a href="/wiki/Ripley_S.A." title="Ripley S.A.">Ripley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Par%C3%ADs_(retail_store)" title="París (retail store)">París</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jumbo_(hypermarket)" title="Jumbo (hypermarket)">Jumbo</a>, and Easy attract visitors. The mall expanded in 2018, introducing the first <a href="/wiki/H%26M" title="H&M">H&M</a> store between Santiago and <a href="/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n,_Chile" title="Concepción, Chile">Concepción</a>. In 2019, a unique gastronomic boulevard opened, featuring stores like <a href="/wiki/Burger_King" title="Burger King">Burger King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a>, Manarola, and La Serrana. The expansion also brought Cineplanet and the Apple product retail store MacOnline to the area. </p><p>In 2019, Mercado Quadra started operations, including the opening of a Tottus supermarket. Future plans include a gym by Energy and additional commercial spaces. </p><p>In 2018, Curicó had 5,562 registered companies. The Economic Complexity Index (ECI) for that year was 1.77. Key economic activities with high Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indices were the Manufacture of Bituminous Mixtures (41.15), Production of Flower, Meadow, Fruit, and Vegetable Seeds (39.54), and Production in Nurseries, Except Forest Species (28.5). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism_and_society">Tourism and society</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Tourism and society"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" align="right" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em; font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" bgcolor="#EFEFEF" align="center">population<br />trend </th></tr> <tr> <th align="center">year</th> <th align="right">inhabitants </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1895</td> <td align="right">12,669 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1952</td> <td align="right">28,618 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1960</td> <td align="right">34,646 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1970</td> <td align="right">43,524 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1982</td> <td align="right">63,658 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1992</td> <td align="right">77,733 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2002</td> <td align="right">119,585 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2005</td> <td align="right">120,113 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Curicó, a city characterized by its wine culture, hosts the Fiesta de la Vendimia ("Wine Harvest Festival") annually from March 15 to 20. This celebration reflects the rich tradition of Creole culture and the city's history, influenced by nearly five centuries of winemaking. Curicó boasts a wine route through the valley. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plaza_curico.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Plaza_curico.JPG/150px-Plaza_curico.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Plaza_curico.JPG/225px-Plaza_curico.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Plaza_curico.JPG/300px-Plaza_curico.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Plaza de Armas.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Plaza de Armas, designated a "Typical Zone," is a major attraction adorned with sixty phoenix palm trees from the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>. It features sculptures, water fountains, and an <a href="/wiki/Eiffel_Tower" title="Eiffel Tower">Eiffel</a>-style iron kiosk declared a National Monument. The square includes bronze busts of the city's founder, José Antonio Manso de Velasco, and a monument to the <a href="/wiki/Toqui" title="Toqui">toqui</a> <a href="/wiki/Lautaro" title="Lautaro">Lautaro</a>, carved by sculptor Heraclio Calquín. </p><p>The city's traditional cakes, known as "tortas curicanas," are popular among locals and tourists alike. Tortas Montero gained international recognition in 1995 by entering the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_World_Records" title="Guinness World Records">Guinness World Records</a> for creating the world's largest cake. </p><p> Cerro Condell, a prominent hill in the city center, is a popular spot during national holidays, offering panoramic views, recreational areas, and the <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a> monument. The Alameda Antonio Manso de Velasco avenue, adorned with gardens and trees, intersects the city, leading to the San Francisco church. Additionally, Potrero Grande, located around 30 km from Curicó, attracts nature enthusiasts with its mountainous terrain, forests, and waterfalls, ideal for hiking.</p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Curico_16.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The main parish church around main square."><img alt="The main parish church around main square." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Curico_16.jpg/90px-Curico_16.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Curico_16.jpg/135px-Curico_16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Curico_16.jpg/180px-Curico_16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The main parish church around main square.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Curico_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Luis Cruz Martínez, hero from Curicó."><img alt="Luis Cruz Martínez, hero from Curicó." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Curico_14.jpg/84px-Curico_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="84" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Curico_14.jpg/126px-Curico_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Curico_14.jpg/168px-Curico_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1305" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Luis Cruz Martínez, hero from Curicó.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iglesia_san_francisco_curico.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="San Francisco Church, before being destroyed in the 2010 earthquake"><img alt="San Francisco Church, before being destroyed in the 2010 earthquake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Iglesia_san_francisco_curico.JPG/90px-Iglesia_san_francisco_curico.JPG" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Iglesia_san_francisco_curico.JPG/135px-Iglesia_san_francisco_curico.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Iglesia_san_francisco_curico.JPG/180px-Iglesia_san_francisco_curico.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">San Francisco Church, before being destroyed in the 2010 earthquake</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alameda_Curico_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Curicó, Alameda, 2012"><img alt="Curicó, Alameda, 2012" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Alameda_Curico_2012.jpg/120px-Alameda_Curico_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Alameda_Curico_2012.jpg/180px-Alameda_Curico_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Alameda_Curico_2012.jpg/240px-Alameda_Curico_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1225" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Curicó, Alameda, 2012</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:En_el_cerro_condell.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cerro Condell, Curicó"><img alt="Cerro Condell, Curicó" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/En_el_cerro_condell.jpg/120px-En_el_cerro_condell.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/En_el_cerro_condell.jpg/180px-En_el_cerro_condell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/En_el_cerro_condell.jpg/240px-En_el_cerro_condell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cerro Condell, Curicó</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Municipalidad_curico.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Correos de Chile (Post office) and Curicó's Municipalidad (City hall)"><img alt="Correos de Chile (Post office) and Curicó's Municipalidad (City hall)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Municipalidad_curico.jpg/120px-Municipalidad_curico.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Municipalidad_curico.jpg/180px-Municipalidad_curico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Municipalidad_curico.jpg/240px-Municipalidad_curico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Correos de Chile (Post office) and Curicó's Municipalidad (City hall)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiosk_de_curico.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kiosk in Curicó's Plaza de Armas"><img alt="Kiosk in Curicó's Plaza de Armas" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Kiosk_de_curico.jpg/120px-Kiosk_de_curico.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Kiosk_de_curico.jpg/180px-Kiosk_de_curico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Kiosk_de_curico.jpg/240px-Kiosk_de_curico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kiosk in Curicó's Plaza de Armas</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has two universities: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universidad_de_Talca" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidad de Talca">Universidad de Talca</a> (Traditional-Public), <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.utalca.cl">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_del_Maule" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidad Católica del Maule">Universidad Católica del Maule</a> (Traditional-Religious), <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ucm.cl">[2]</a></li></ul> <p>Higher-education institutions: </p> <ul><li>Instituto Profesional DuocUC of the <a href="/wiki/Pontificia_Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_de_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile">Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile</a></li> <li>Instituto Profesional AIEP of the <a href="/wiki/Universidad_Andr%C3%A9s_Bello" class="mw-redirect" title="Universidad Andrés Bello">Universidad Andrés Bello</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has one of the oldest newspapers in Chile, <i><a href="/wiki/La_Prensa_de_Curic%C3%B3" class="mw-redirect" title="La Prensa de Curicó">La Prensa de Curicó</a> (Press of Curico)</i>, founded in 1898.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the earthquake of 2010, its offices were located in front of the central square, but have been relocated since because the building collapsed. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Victoria_Theatre.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Victoria Theatre"><img alt="Victoria Theatre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Victoria_Theatre.jpg/120px-Victoria_Theatre.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Victoria_Theatre.jpg/180px-Victoria_Theatre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Victoria_Theatre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="141" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Victoria Theatre</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diario_la_prensa_casa_matriz.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Diario La Prensa"><img alt="Diario La Prensa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Diario_la_prensa_casa_matriz.JPG/120px-Diario_la_prensa_casa_matriz.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Diario_la_prensa_casa_matriz.JPG/180px-Diario_la_prensa_casa_matriz.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Diario_la_prensa_casa_matriz.JPG/240px-Diario_la_prensa_casa_matriz.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Diario La Prensa</i></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Eduardo_%C3%81lvarez" class="mw-redirect" title="Jorge Eduardo Álvarez">Jorge Eduardo Álvarez</a> (born 1990), Chilean footballer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Curicó is known for its <a href="/wiki/Bicycle_culture" title="Bicycle culture">bicycle culture</a>. Many Chilean cyclists of international level started riding in the city, such as <a href="/wiki/Marco_Arriagada" title="Marco Arriagada">Marco Arriagada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marcelo_Arriagada" title="Marcelo Arriagada">Marcelo Arriagada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luis_Fernando_Sep%C3%BAlveda" title="Luis Fernando Sepúlveda">Luis Fernando Sepúlveda</a>. </p><p>The local football team is <a href="/wiki/Club_Provincial_Curic%C3%B3_Unido" class="mw-redirect" title="Club Provincial Curicó Unido">Club Provincial Curicó Unido</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a commune, Curicó is a third-level <a href="/wiki/Administrative_division_of_Chile" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative division of Chile">administrative division of Chile</a> administered by a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_council" title="Municipal council">municipal council</a>, headed by an <a href="/wiki/Alcalde" title="Alcalde">alcalde</a> who is directly elected every four years. Currently, the 2012-2016 alcalde is Javier Muñoz Riquelme.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_divisions_of_Chile" title="Electoral divisions of Chile">electoral divisions of Chile</a>, Curicó is represented in the <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile" title="Chamber of Deputies of Chile">Chamber of Deputies</a> by Roberto León (<a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Democratic Party">PDC</a>) and Celso Morales (<a href="/wiki/Independent_Democratic_Union" title="Independent Democratic Union">UDI</a>) as part of the 36th electoral district, together with <a href="/wiki/Teno" title="Teno">Teno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romeral" title="Romeral">Romeral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Molina,_Chile" title="Molina, Chile">Molina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sagrada_Familia,_Chile" title="Sagrada Familia, Chile">Sagrada Familia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huala%C3%B1%C3%A9" title="Hualañé">Hualañé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Licant%C3%A9n" title="Licantén">Licantén</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vichuqu%C3%A9n" title="Vichuquén">Vichuquén</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rauco" title="Rauco">Rauco</a>. The commune is represented in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Chile" title="Senate of Chile">Senate</a> by Juan Antonio Coloma Correa (UDI) and <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Zald%C3%ADvar" title="Andrés Zaldívar">Andrés Zaldívar Larraín</a> (PDC) as part of the 10th senatorial constituency (Maule-North). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Official-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Official_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Official_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131105061556/http://www.curico.cl/portal/index.php/2013-02-26-12-42-23/alcaldia">"Municipality of Curicó"</a> (in Spanish). 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href="http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/80294996212796496754491/index.htm">[3]</a> <i>History of Curicó</i> by <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Guevara" title="Tomás Guevara">Tomás Guevara</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060209221624/http://www.chile.com/tpl/english/tourism/VII/ver.tpl?cod_articulo=1815">[4]</a> Information about cultural life and tourism.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050308170800/http://www.prc.utexas.edu/urbancenter/documents/report/Latin_American_Urbanization/SISTEMA%20URBANO%20ULTIMO%2027%20FEBRERO.doc">[5]</a> Report about urbanization in Latin American cities.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Curic%C3%B3&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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