Kuruko

Curicó lies in the central valley of Chile, among rivers and fertile land between the Andes and the coastal ranges. Its name comes from Mapudungun, the language of the indigenous inhabitants of the region. In 1743 Governor José Antonio Manso de Velasco founded the villa of San José de Buena Vista de Curicó near the Quete-Quete stream. Because the first site was damp and liable to flooding, its residents sought a higher location, and the town was moved in 1747.