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Canete, Chile

Canete is a city in Chile in Arauco Province, Bio-Bio Region. It has approximately 16,000 inhabitants and it is located 154 km from Arauco and to the south of Concepcion. In 1553, the native Mapuche defeated the Spanish army here in the Battle of Tucapel, and killed their leader Pedro de Valdivia. The city of Canete was founded between December of 1557 and January of 1558 by the Governor Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza, Marquis of Canete with the name of Canete de la Frontera three kilometers to the west of the present location of the city.

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