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El Arenal

The Arenal area is a former belonging to the municipality of Talcahuano, Greater Concepcion located in the lowlands to the south and east side of San Vicente.This old field is developed around an area of low lands and meadows.Las Vegas was filled in and channeled later.Many of these channels were then sealed, leaving few traces in streets such as Thompson and Barraza which have been cased in some sections.The appearance of the houses in general is quite heterogeneous which were mostly built by their own residents.It is also possible to highlight the Arenal Free Fair, in which the community sector the center of San Vicente and surrounding areas is going to buy vegetables, fruits, fresh fish and other, mainly from the area.This fair free although you do on Saturday in the street Malachi Concha, belonging to the sector of San Vicente has its name and was formerly on the street Valdivia.Then translates into the street David Fuentes during Valdivia street repaving and finally relocated to its current location.

Clover Square Mall

It is the third shopping center Mall Plaza chain and the first of the local chain built outside Santiago, which is located in the town of Talcahuano, Greater Concepcion.It was inaugurated on April 28th of 1995.Around this shopping center has installed several supermarkets, hotels, clinics and housing projects.It consisted at the time of opening 120 smaller shops, two department stores (Paris and Falabella), a children's recreation center and entertainment, a food court and movie theaters seven (company Cinemark).In 1997 he produced the first expansion of the Mall which has a Service Boulevard with 22 specialty shops, 2 gymnasiums, an area bank and a supermarket (Santa Isabel).With this we construct a footbridge along the Boulevard and the Highway Concepcion-Talcahuano and two stops with her. Furthermore, it opens a store for home and building (Home Depot, which was later renamed Home Store and is now Homecenter Sodimac) and a fast-food place, outside the food court (McDonald's, which after it was inaugurated in the food court).

San Vicente

is a sector of the city of Talcahuano and port of the Bio Bio Region, located west of the El Arenal area and north of the industrial sector and the Bay of San Vicente.San Vicente was a town and famous seaside resort, with a large black sand beach was bathed in the homonymous bay.Talcahuano was joined by a road (Avenida Almirante Juan Jose Latorre) and had a railway station.Installation of Plant of the Pacific Steel Company (CAP) in the field of Huachipato, was the loss of tourist potential and the beach became a court Huachipato collection.Also built the port of San Vicente to complement the port of Talcahuano, which increased the income of the cargo by road and rail.In the 1990 a great fire occurred, which threatened to turn them on pools of petroleum, and was the forerunner of the integration and coordination of the various fire departments and other agencies of order, security and emergency, which is then evacuated in the formation of a plan to appeal.The fire meant the loss of the harbor craft and numerous fisheries and boats.

Island Quiriquina

The island is located parallel to the Tumbes Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean at the opening of the Bay of Talcahuano, off the coast of Caleta Tumbes and the town of Tome in the province of Concepcion.The island is about four kilometers long and 500 meters wide.Underlies Grumetes School, provided casino, gym, home of residence of the instructors and so on.

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