Linares, Chile

Holy Week in Linares, Chile
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acto_de_la_Expiraci%C3%B3n_en_la_calle_Marqu%C3%A9s_de_Linares_(Ja%C3%A9n).jpg
Author: Óscar Javier García Baudet


Linares is the provincial capital of Linares Province, in Maule Region, Chile. The city covers 1,456.7 sq km (562.4 sq mi) and has a population of 86,000 people (2012 estimate).

Linares was founded in 1794 by Ambrosio O'Higgins, the Viceroy of Peru and father of Chilean statesman Bernardo O'Higgins. It is in the fertile Chilean Central Valley where the rivers Ancoa, Putagán and Achibueno flow through it. The city enjoys a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and cool, humid winters. Hottest month is January with temperatures of 31°C (87°F) while coldest month is July, with minimum of 4°C (39°F).

Places of Interest in Linares

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.

To get to know me better, do follow me on Facebook!