Andalicán

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Andalicán is a hill or promontory now in the northern part of the Arauco Province in the Bio-Bio Region of Chile. It is the end of a long low ridge that starts in the mountains to the east and ends in a promontory on the coast extending into the Bay of Arauco to the north of the mouth of the Laraquete River. It has steep slopes and is covered with tall trees. It lies immediately to the south of Marihueñu and the valley of Chivilingo. Through Andalicán lies the road between Lota and the city of Arauco and was part of the battlefeild of Battle of Marihueñu and site of a fortress built by the Mapuche in 1557 to prevent García Hurtado de Mendoza from invading Araucania.

Andalicán is also the name given to the region along the banks of the Laraquete River.

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• Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos, Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile, SEGUNDA EDICIÓN CORREGIDA Y AUMENTADA, NUEVA YORK, D. APPLETON Y COMPAÑÍA. 1899. pg. 31