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| name                    = Curicó
| native_name          =
| native_name_lang  = es
| settlement_type    = [[City]] and [[Communes of Chile|Commune]]
| image_skyline       = Curico vom Cerro aus.JPG
| image_alt              = View of Curicó from Cerro Condell
| image_caption      = View of Curicó from Cerro Condell
| image_flag       = 
| flag_alt             = 
| image_shield   = Escudo de Curicó.svg
| shield_alt         = Coat of arms
| image_map     = Comuna de Curicó.svg
| map_alt           = Location in the Maule Region
| map_caption    = Location in the Maule Region
| pushpin_map             = Chile
| pushpin_map_narrow = yes
| pushpin_label_position  = bottom
| pushpin_map_alt         = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Chile
|coordinates={{coord|34|59||S|71|14||W|region:CL-ML|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
| established_title      = Founded
| established_date    = 9 October 1743
| established_title1   = Founded as
| established_date1  = ''San José de Buena Vista''
| founder                   = José Antonio Manso de Velasco
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = [[Chile]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Chile|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Maule Region|Maule]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Curicó Province|Curicó]]
| government_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://curico.cl/sitio/autoridades-2/ |title=Autoridades |work=Municipality of Curicó |access-date=8 November 2016 |language=es |archive-date=28 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928063837/http://curico.cl/sitio/autoridades-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| government_type  = Municipality
| leader_party          =
| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name         = Javier Muñoz Riquelme
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="ineDPA">{{cite web |url=http://www.inemaule.cl/archivos/file/pdf/DPA/dpa_Maule.pdf |title=Región de Maule |format=PDF |access-date=8 November 2016 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas |archive-date=26 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626204137/http://www.inemaule.cl/archivos/file/pdf/DPA/dpa_Maule.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 1328.4
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name="municipio">{{Cite web |url=http://curico.cl/sitio/curico/ |title=Curicó |work=Municipality of Curicó |access-date=8 November 2016 |language=es |archive-date=29 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029085530/http://curico.cl/sitio/curico/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| elevation_m             = 208
| population_footnotes    =<ref name="ineDPA" /> 
| population_total        = 119585
| population_as_of        = 2002
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| population_blank1       = 100506
| population_blank2_title = [[Rural area|Rural]]
| population_blank2       = 19079
| population_demonym    = Curican
| timezone = [[Time in Chile|CLT]]
| utc_offset = -4
| timezone_DST = [[Time in Chile|CLST]]
| utc_offset_DST = -3
| postal_code_type    = Postal code
| postal_code             = 3349001
| area_code_type     =
| area_code              = 
| website         = [http://curico.cl/sitio/ Official website]
}}
'''Curicó''' is a [[Chile]]an city and [[Communes of Chile|commune]] in the [[Maule Region]], in the [[Chile]]an Central Valley. Curicó is the [[Capital city|capital]] city of the [[Curicó Province|province of Curicó]].<ref name="municipio" />

Curicó means, in [[Mapudungun]], "Land of Black Water".<ref name="municipio" />
==History==
Curicó was founded on 9 October 1743 by José Manso de Velasco when Chile was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[colony]] with the name ''San José de Buena Vista''.
In 1747, the [[Governor]] Juan Manuel de Rosas moved the city about {{convert|5|km|0|abbr=on}} to the north, where it is now on the foot of the Buena Vista [[hill]] (now called "Cerro Condell"), because the original place was too [[humid]].<ref name="municipio" />

Curicó got the title of "city" in 1830.<ref name="municipio" /> The city was destroyed by an [[earthquake]] in 1928 and rebuilt during the following year. It  was badly damaged in the earthquake of February 2010.

==Population==
{{As of|2002}} (last national [[census]]), there were 119,585 people living in the commune, giving it a population density of {{Pop density|119585|1328.4|km2|prec=1|disp=num}} inhabitants/km². The [[urban]] population was 100,506 persons ({{Percentage|100506|119585}} of the total).<ref name="ineDPA" />

The people from Curicó are called ''Curican'' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Curicanos'' for men and ''Curicanas'' for women).

==Geography==
[[Image:Plaza curico.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Main [[Town square|Square]], Curicó]]
The commune has an area of {{convert|1328.4|sqkm|sqmi|1|abbr=on}} and the city proper, {{convert|20.50|sqkm|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}.<ref name="ineDPA" />

The city of Curicó is at {{convert|185|km|0|abbr=on}} south of [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] and {{convert|50|km|0|abbr=on}}.

The rivers Guaiquillo and Mataquito are the main rivers that flow through the commune. Most of the [[territory]] of the commune is within the central plain (''Valle Central de Chile''). The valley is between low [[mountain]]s to the west and east.

The commune of Curicó is bordered on the west by [[Rauco]]; on the north by [[Teno, Chile|Teno]]; on the east, by [[Romeral]], and on the south, by [[Molina, Chile|Molina]] and [[Sagrada Familia, Chile|Sagrada Familia]].<ref name="municipio" />

===Climate===
The [[Köppen climate classification]] type for the climate at Curicó is a "dry-summer subtropical climate" (also known as Mediterranean Climate) and of the subtype "Csb".<ref name="wbase">{{cite web|title=Curico, Chile - Köppen Climate Classification|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=92658&cityname=Curico%2C+Maule%2C+Chile&units=|access-date=9 October 2016|publisher=Weatherbase}}</ref>

The [[average]] amount of [[precipitation]] for the year in Curicó is {{Convert|856|mm|in|1|abbr=on }}. The month with the most precipitation on average is July with {{Convert|246.4|mm|in|1|abbr=on }} of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of {{Convert|5.1|mm|in|1|abbr=on }}.

The average temperature for the year in Curicó is {{Convert|13.3|°C|°F }}. The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of {{Convert|20|°C|°F }}. The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of {{Convert|6.1|°C|°F }}.

==Economy==
The city's economy is based mainly on [[agriculture]], because the Mediterranean climate creates comparative advantages with markets such as [[apples]], [[wines]], and [[cherries]].

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Iglesia la Merced en Curicó.JPG|La Merced [[church]], Curicó
File:Municipalidad curico.jpg|[[City and town halls|Town hall]] of Curicó
File:Árboles nativos de la Plaza de Armas de Curicó.jpg|Native [[tree]]s in [[town square]]
File:Calle Carmen Mayo 2011 (16013417240).jpg|Street in Curicó
</gallery>

==Related pages==
*[[Communes of Chile]]
*[[Provinces of Chile]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Other websites==
{{Commonscat|Curicó}}
* [http://www.goremaule.cl/goremaulenuevo/ Gobierno Regional del Maule] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106131546/http://www.goremaule.cl/goremaulenuevo/ |date=2016-11-06 }} Official website {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.gobernacioncurico.gov.cl/ Province of Curicó website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128104812/http://www.gobernacioncurico.gov.cl/ |date=2020-11-28 }} {{in lang|es}}
* [http://curico.cl/sitio/ Municipality of Curicó] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111125314/http://curico.cl/sitio/ |date=2016-11-11 }} {{in lang|es}}

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[[Category:Cities in Chile]]
[[Category:Maule Region]]