Colbún, Chile

Colbún (in mapudungun: cleaning of the land) is a Chilean city, municipality and comuna of Linares Province in the Region of Maule. The municipality has a population of over 17,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 2,900 km², which renders it by far the largest municipality in Linares province. Its capital, the town of Colbún, has 3,679 inhabitants (2002 census).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Geographical coordinates of the town of Colbún
2 Foundation
3 Local Administration
4 Attractions
5 Local customs
- 5.1 Crafts
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Colbún is bordered on the west by Yerbas Buenas; on the southwest by Linares and Longaví; on the north by San Clemente, (Talca Province); on the east and southeast, by the Argentine Republic, and on the south, by Parral and San Fabián; the latter in Ñuble Province. The municipality of Colbún occupies the easternmost strip of the Province of Linares, where some of the highest provincial peaks are located as are the sources of some of the provincial rivers.

[edit] Geographical coordinates of the town of Colbún

Latitude: 35° 42' 0S
Longitude: 71° 25' 0W
Altitude: 239 mt.

[edit] Foundation

The municipality of Colbún was officially founded December 30, 1927. Prior to that date the municipality was called Panimávida and had its base on that town. The municipality of Panimávida had been founded May 6, 1906.

[edit] Local Administration

The mayor of Colbún is Mr. Hans Heyer González (RN) and the councillors are:

Rodrigo Muñoz Marín (Independent Communist)
Samuel Álvarez Cerda (RN)
Orgides Araya Carrera (RN)
Jorge Antonio Dedes Franco (UDI)
María Riveros Medina (PRSD)
Hernán Núñez Ramos (PPD)

[edit] Attractions

In the municipality there are two well-known Chilean spas: the "Termas de Quinamávida" and the "Termas de Panimávida". In addition, the municipality concentrates the hydroelectric industry of the province, with the important power stations of Colbún and Machicura. The Colbún dam lake is a centre for recreation and water sports although these are, of course, highly dependent on water levels, which tend to be rather erratic.

[edit] Local customs

[edit] Crafts

Near Panimávida lies the village of Rari, famous for its unique crafts made of horse hair...

[edit] External links

Aerial view of an area of the municipality of Colbún It shows the larger Colbún dam lake, to the north-east and the Machicura dam lake to the south-west.
Aerial view of the city of Colbún (Google maps)
Aerial view of Panimávida (Google maps)

Maule Region
Cities	Cauquenes \| Constitución \| Curicó \| Molina \| Linares \| Parral \| San Javier \| Talca \| Teno \| Curepto
Universities	Universidad de Talca \| Universidad Católica del Maule \| Universidad de Los Lagos
Culture & Sports	La Prensa de Curicó \| Club Provincial Curicó Unido \| Rangers