Trumao, Chile

Trumao
Trumao
	View from southern Trumao towards northern Trumao across Bueno River. January 2020.
	Coordinates: 40°20′52″S 73°10′46″W
Region	Los Ríos/Los Lagos
Province	Ranco/Osorno
Municipality	La Unión/San Pablo
Commune	La Unión/San Pablo
Government
• Type	Municipal
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2017[1])
• Total	208 (La Unión commune)/48 (San Pablo commune)
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight)
Area code(s)	Country + town = 56 + 63
Climate	Cfb

Trumao is the name of two hamlets (Spanish: caserío) in Chile each located in front of the other on the shores of Bueno River. The northern hamlet belong to the La Unión commune and the southern to San Pablo commune.

In 1820 Patriot Colonel Jorge Beauchef reached trumao with his troops. Beauchef noticed the local Mapuche-Huilliche attended church and had a command of Spanish enough to communicate. He was received in friendly terms and helped to cross the river by locals who also put at his disposal bullock carts. Beuchef reciprocated by giving the Mapuche-Huilliche liquour and indigo dye which he had brought with him for this end.[2] After his crossing at trumao the small patriot army continued south achieving a victory over the royalist at the Battle of El Toro.

References

"Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
Feliú Cruz, Guillermo (1965). Memorias Militares para servir a la Historia de la Independencia de Chile del Coronel Jorge Beauchef. Editorial Andrés Bello. p. 139.

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[INE-1] "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

[2] Feliú Cruz, Guillermo (1965). Memorias Militares para servir a la Historia de la Independencia de Chile del Coronel Jorge Beauchef. Editorial Andrés Bello. p. 139.