Penco
Penco is a Chilean city and commune in Concepcion Province, Biobio Region. It is the third oldest city in the country.
In previous centuries, in the current location of Penco, was established the city of Concepcion, now the capital of the Bio-Bio Region. Due to earthquakes and tsunamis, which razed the city in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the authorities decided to move the city to its current location to the Valle de la Mocha, along side the Bio-Bio River. The habitants who did not abandon the territory of Penco, formed the town that exists today.
To an outsider, there may be confusion between the demonyms of the inhabitants of Concepcion and Penco. Due to the previous location of Concepcion, inhabitants of that city are called penquistas while inhabitants of Penco are known as pencones.
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