Puchuncaví

Also known as Puchuncavi

Puchuncaví is a town and commune in the Valparaíso Province of central Chile's fifth region of Valparaíso. It spans a coastal area of .

Key facts

Settlement.timezone_DST: CLST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: -3
Settlement.official_name: Puchuncaví
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and Commune
Settlement.image_map: Comuna de Puchuncaví.svg
Settlement.map_alt: Map of the Puchuncaví commune in the Valparaíso Region
Settlement.pushpin_map: Chile
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Location in Chile
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Chile
Settlement.coor_pinpoint: city
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country

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Demographics
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Puchuncaví is a town and commune in the Valparaíso Province of central Chile's fifth region of Valparaíso. It spans a coastal area of .

==History== The history of Puchuncaví and its surroundings goes back over 500 years, being one of the oldest localities in Chile. The contemporary name comes from the Mapudungun "Punchuncahuin", meaning "where fiestas abound". Similarly, there have been other meanings to this word, such as "Remains of Fiestas" or "End of Fiestas".