Everything about Lota Chile totally explained
Lota is a city located in the center of the
Republic of Chile on the
Gulf of Arauco. Lota was founded in 1667, and grew with the
coal mining industry in the mid-
nineteenth century. The name
Lota is a
Mapuche word meaning
small or insignificant settlement.
The city's coal mines were
nationalized by
Salvador Allende due to civil unrest and heavy
Socialist support, but
privatized again under
Augusto Pinochet(External Link
). In the
1990s, after Lota's coal resources were nearly exhausted and cheaper Colombian coal came on the market, the mines were closed, plunging the residents of Lota into
poverty.
Today, Lota is one of the poorest cities in Chile and is trying to turn its economy towards tourism. Tourist attractions include guided visits to the coal mine, White Beach, the Park of Lota (created by the French Cousiño family), and the Historical Museum of Lota. Lota also has Chile's oldest hydroelectric power station, the
Chivilingo Hydroelectric Plant, designed by
Thomas Edison and built in 1897.
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