Official Name: | Nueva Toltén |
Other Name: | Tolten |
Mapsize: | 100px |
Pushpin Map: | Chile |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 175 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Chile |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Araucanía |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Cautín |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Toltén |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Toltén |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Guillermo Allende Martínez (UDI) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1866 |
Established Title2: | Tolten |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Population Total: | 9776 |
Timezone: | Santiago |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | Santiago Verano |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -39.1786°N -73.1656°W |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Nueva Toltén is a Chilean town in Toltén commune, Cautín Province, Araucania Region.[1] It is located near the mouth of Toltén River that drains Villarrica Lake,[2] it is also 40miles SW of Temuco. Nueva Toltén was founded after the original community, Toltén, was destroyed by the tsunami of the Great Chilean earthquake. It has 9776 inhabitants. The name originates from the Mapuche language meaning "meeting place of different waters".