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What role in history has the Bío-Bío played?

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In colonial times bitter fighting took place along its banks between Spanish forces under Pedro de Valdivia and Araucanian natives. In 1612 the Bío-Bío was fixed as the boundary to native territory; today the Mapuche people live to the south.

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