Chicureo (from

Mapudungun Mapuche ( , ; from 'land' and 'people', meaning 'the people of the land') or Mapudungun (from 'land' and 'speak, speech', meaning 'the speech of the land'; also spelled Mapuzugun and Mapudungu) is either a language isolate or member of the s ...

''chikümn rewe'' 'place where lances are set up') is a city located in Colina, an urban-suburban commune of Chile,

Chacabuco Province Chacabuco Province () is one of six Provinces of Chile, provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in central Chile. It is located north of the Santiago Province (Chile), Province of Santiago, which is entirely urbanized and part of the Sant ...

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region () is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Most commercial and administrative centers are loc ...

. In 2017 it had a population of 10,975 inhabitants. Predominantly an agricultural area, Chicureo is home to several

hacienda A ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or '' finca''), similar to a Roman '' latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards ...

s. As part of its history, Chicureo's 100-year-old northeast zone manor house, Hacienda Guay-Guay, is preserved intact.

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Populated places in Chacabuco Province {{Santiago-geo-stub