Cardonal de Panilonco, or just Panilonco ( arn, metal head, ) is a Chilean village located north of
Pichilemu
Pichilemu (, ), originally known as Pichilemo, is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile, and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region. The commune comprises an urban centre and twenty-two villages, including Cirue ...
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Cardenal Caro Province
Cardenal Caro Province ( es, Provincia Cardenal Caro) is one of the three provinces of the central Chilean region of O'Higgins (VI). The capital of Cardenal Caro is Pichilemu.
Name
The province is named after Cardinal José María Caro Rodrígue ...
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In 2002, the population was 852 people in 235 households.
Etymology
Panilonco comes from
Mapudungun
Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...
''pañil'' (metal) and ''lonco'' (head).
References
Populated places in Pichilemu
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