Combarbalá is the capital city of the commune of Combarbalá in Limarí Province in the Coquimbo Region of Chile, at an elevation of about 900 meters, with a commune population of 13,605 recorded in the 2012 census, of whom 5,494 lived in urban areas. It was formally founded on November 30, 1789, as Villa de San Francisco de Borja de Combarbalá under Spanish colonial governor Ambrosio O'Higgins through Captain Juan Ignacio Flores. The city is known for the Cruz del Sur astronomical observatory, the Rincón las Chilcas petroglyphs, handicrafts made from the local combarbalita stone, and the basketball tournament El Clásico held alongside the Virgen de la Piedra festival blending Catholic and indigenous tradition.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Combarbalá (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1789-01-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 13,322 (2017)
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -31.25, -71.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -31.25, -71.25
-31.25 -71.25 BSk
3. GeoNames: Combarbalá - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3893962, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3893962, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-31.17863 -71.00304 P PPL CL 07 43 04302 13605 888 America/Santiago
Combarbalá (Wikipedia)
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