Ercilla (newspaper)
Ercilla may refer to: * Ercilla, Chile, a commune of Chile's Araucanía region * ''Ercilla'' (magazine), a bi-weekly Chilean news magazine * ''Ercilla'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the Phytolaccaceae family * 3114 Ercilla, a main belt asteroid * Alonso de Ercilla Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (7 August 153329 November 1594) was a Spanish soldier and poet, born in Madrid. While in Chile (1556–63) he fought against the Araucanians (Mapuche), and there he began the epic poem '' La Araucana'', considered one ...

Ercilla, Chile
Ercilla is a Chilean town and commune in the Malleco Province, Araucanía Region. Its name is a tribute to Alonso de Ercilla, who wrote '' La Araucana''. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ercilla spans an area of and has 9,041 inhabitants (4,633 men and 4,408 women). Of these, 3,238 (35.8%) lived in urban areas and 5,803 (64.2%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 2.3% (199 persons). Administration As a commune, Ercilla is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Ramón Vilches Álvarez ( Ind.). Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Ercilla is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Gonzalo Arenas ( UDI) and Mario Venegas ( PDC) as part of the 48th electoral district, together with Angol, Renaico, Collipulli, Los Sauces, Purén, Lumaco and Traiguén ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Ercilla (magazine)
''Ercilla'' was a biweekly news magazine published in Santiago, Chile. The magazine was in circulation between 1936 and April 2015. Its title is a reference to Alonso de Ercilla who wrote the first epic poem in Spanish in Chile. History and profile ''Ercilla'' was established in 1936. The magazine was published on a biweekly basis and had its headquarters in Santiago. It featured articles on news and cultural events. The magazine was published by a state-controlled company, Zig-Zag, which was later renamed Quimantu, until the coup d'état in Chile in 1973. However, the magazine had an independent editorial stance and in fact, was critical of Salvador Allende just before the collapse of the Allende government. In addition it held a conservative stance until the coup. Sergio Mujica was the owner of ''Ercilla'' until March 1976 when it was seized and was sold to a company owned by the Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Ercilla (plant)
''Ercilla'' is a genus of plants in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. Species The genus ''Ercilla'' contains two species: * ''Ercilla spicata'' * ''Ercilla syncarpellata'' References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1348619 Phytolaccaceae Caryophyllales genera ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]