Welcome to Temuco!
Temuco is a commercial center of 263,000 people (2012) in Southern Chile. Temuco's central place in Araucanía with easy access to the Andean valleys, lakes, and coastal areas makes it a hub for tourism, agricultural, livestock, and forestry operations, but itself has little to offer the tourist.
Temuco is a city and commune, the capital of the Cautín Province, and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile. The city is located 670 kilometers (416 miles) south of Santiago .
Temuco's central place in Araucanía with easy access to the Andean valleys, lakes, and coastal areas make it a hub for tourism, agriculture, livestock and forestry operations as well as a communication and trade center for the numerous small towns of Araucanía. Temuco has recently been regarded as a university city as it houses two large universities: the University of the Frontier and Temuco Catholic University. Nobel laureates Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda both lived in Temuco for some time.