Talcahuano, Chile

Chile

Talcahuano, Chile shares 54 connections with 1184 other places across 14 topics, spanning sports, government, history, and transportation. A naval and industrial center on the Pacific coast, Talcahuano is home to ASMAR, a state-owned shipyard serving both military and civilian vessels, with facilities also in Valparaíso and Punta Arenas. Its connections run deep with Santiago and Valparaíso, and extend across South America to Peru, Argentina, and Spain. Spanish colonists built Fort Talcahuano here in 1601 to defend settlements near Concepción.