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Lota | |
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 Dusk in Lota | |
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 Coat of arms  Location of Lota commune in the Biobío Region   Lota Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 37°05′S 73°10′W / 37.083°S 73.167°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Biobío |
| Province | Concepción |
| Founded | 1662 |
| Founded as | Santa María de Guadalupe |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Patricio Marchant Ulloa (PDC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 135.8 km2 (52.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census)[3] | |
| • Total | 47,339 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 48,975 |
| • Rural | 114 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 23,944 |
| • Women | 25,145 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Area code | 56 + 41 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Lota is a city and commune located in the center of Chile on the Gulf of Arauco (in Spanish), in the southern Concepción Province of the Biobío Region, 39 kilometres south of Concepción, and is one of the ten cities (communes) that constitutes the Concepción metropolitan area. The city is mostly known for being the traditional centre of coal mining in Chile, albeit mining ended in the 1990s.
- ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Municipality of Lota" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ a b c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Código postal Lota". Archived from the original on 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
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