Los Quinquelles

During the pre-Columbian period the area was frequented by nomadic Indians of the Huentelauquén culture^[4][5] and later by Picunches.

After the conquest of Chile, during the Hispanic period, the place becomes the property of Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer, also known as "La Quintrala".

After the independence, already in the republican period it becomes part of the Huaquén hacienda and wheat is planted, besides goats and some lambs were brought.

Subsequently, plots of land began to be sold and what is now known as Los Quinquelles, formerly known as "Polcura" (a Mapudungun word meaning "yellow stone"), began to form in the area south of La Ballena (a locality commonly confused with Quinquelles).

During the 21st century the population density of the place increases, especially since the 2010s creating a neighborhood council in the sector of Las Rocas and another one in Las Terrazas. In 2021 the "brigada ecológica Los Quinquelles" was founded with legal personality.

Previously the town was supplied with drinking water through pipes, for various reasons the water became scarce, so currently the town depends on water trucks.

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  Exit from Los Quinquelles along Route 5, kilometer 178.
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  Los Quinquelles Entrance.
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  La Roca Road, in the sector of Las Terrazas de Los Quinquelles.
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  Las Rocas de Quinquelles sector, Santa Teresa Avenue.
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  Nature of Los Quinquelles.
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  Nature of Los Quinquelles
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  Los Quinquelles beach
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  Los Quinquelles Cove
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  Nature of Los Quinquelles
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  Nature of Los Quinquelles