Official Name: | Ocoa |
Subdivision Type: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Valparaíso |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Quillota |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Hijuelas |
Subdivision Type3: | Commune |
Subdivision Name3: | Hijuelas |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Alcade |
Population As Of: | 2017[1] |
Population Note: | Estación Ocoa |
Population Total: | 181 |
Timezone: | Chilean Standard |
Utc Offset: | −04:00 |
Timezone Dst: | Chilean Daylight |
Utc Offset Dst: | −03:00 |
Coordinates: | -32.9279°N -71.126°W |
Elevation M: | 322 |
Area Code: | Country + town = 56 + 64 |
Ocoa is a valley and locality located in commune of Hijuelas in the interior of Valparaíso Region, Chile. Historically Ocoa was the site of a large landholding owned by the Jesuits. There the Jesuits grep hemp. It was confiscated during the Suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1767. Folklore says Jesuits buried their valuables.[2] By some accounts the buried treasure was once found but nothing was extracted since the vault proved resistant to dynamite.[2] Another saying tells that those who seek to recover the treasure become cursed.[2]