Talagante

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Settlement.name: Talagante
Settlement.settlement_type: City and Commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Talagante en invierno.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Panoramic view
Settlement.flag_alt: Flag
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Talagante.svg
Settlement.shield_alt: Coat of arms
Settlement.image_map: Comuna de Talagante.svg
Settlement.map_alt: Location of the Talagante commune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region
Settlement.map_caption: Talagante in the Santiago Metropolitan Region
Settlement.pushpin_map: Chile
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Talagante () is a commune and the capital city of the province of the same name in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. The word Talagante in Quechua comes from talacanta, meaning "Lazo de Hechicero", which was the proper name of the curaca, or ruler, who dominated this central valley on behalf of the Inca Empire during the arrival of the Spaniards.