# El Quisco

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thumb|right|Heritage house of {{Interlanguage link|Isidoro Dubournais|es}}

'''El Quisco''' is a [Chile](/source/Chile)an city and commune in [San Antonio Province](/source/San_Antonio_Province), [Valparaíso Region](/source/Valpara%C3%ADso_Region). Located in the country's central coast, it serves as a popular summer resort for the population of [Santiago](/source/Santiago) and forms part of the [Coast of Poets](/source/Coast_of_Poets), a cultural space named after four Chilean poets: [Pablo Neruda](/source/Pablo_Neruda), [Vicente Huidobro](/source/Vicente_Huidobro), [Violeta Parra](/source/Violeta_Parra) and [Nicanor Parra](/source/Nicanor_Parra). El Quisco is home to [La Casa de Isla Negra](/source/Casa_de_Isla_Negra), the former house of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, which is now a museum and Neruda's burial site.

==Etymology==
The word "quisco" refers to the [Echinopsis chiloensis](/source/Echinopsis_chiloensis), a species of cactus native to the central coast of Chile. It is derived from the [Quechua](/source/Quechuan_languages) word ''khishka'', meaning "[spine](/source/Thorns%2C_spines%2C_and_prickles)."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-08-16|title=Echinopsis chiloensis - QUISCO|url=http://www.florachilena.cl/Niv_tax/Angiospermas/Ordenes/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Echinopsis%20chiloensis/Echinopsis%20chiloensis.htm|access-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816061039/http://www.florachilena.cl/Niv_tax/Angiospermas/Ordenes/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Echinopsis%20chiloensis/Echinopsis%20chiloensis.htm|archive-date=2012-08-16}}</ref>

==History==

thumb|180px |El Quisco

=== Early history ===
There have been important archaeological findings from the [pre-ceramic period](/source/Andean_preceramic) and the late ceramic period along the coast of El Quisco. El Quisco was a centre of the {{Interlanguage link|El Bato|es|Tradición Bato}} and {{Interlanguage link|Llolleo cultures|es|Cultura Llolleo}}, among others, and their presence coincided with the dates of the [El Molle culture](/source/El_Molle_culture) further north.<ref>http://www.puc.cl/sw_educ/alfareria/areascult/areas232.htm, ''El Bato y Llolleo'', [Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile](/source/Pontificia_Universidad_Cat%C3%B3lica_de_Chile)</ref>

The Bato culture was established between 400 and 300 BC, and shared cultural traits with the Molle culture. Typical of this culture was the use of a [tembetá](/source/tembet%C3%A1) (a metal or stone rod used in lower-lip piercings). In addition, [mortars](/source/Mortar_and_pestle), stones used to grind vegetables and minerals, have been found. Evidence of this group has been found in Trebulco and in La Manresa, located near [Lonquén](/source/Lonqu%C3%A9n). Its peak development came in 400 to 500 AD, both on the coast and in the interior, and the culture persisted in the Preandean zone until around 900 AD.

The El Molle culture was established in Chile around 300 AD among the [Transverse Valleys](/source/Transverse_Valleys) of the rivers [Copiapó](/source/Copiap%C3%B3_River) and [Choapa](/source/Choapa_river), with large migrations to the country from [Brazil](/source/Brazil), from the tropical [jungle](/source/jungle)s of the [Chaco](/source/Gran_Chaco), [Argentine pampas](/source/Argentina), and from [Peru](/source/Peru).<ref>Cornelly, F.L., 1956: Cultura Diaguita Chilena y Cultura de El Molle. Santiago: Editorial del Pacifico</ref><ref>[http://html.rincondelvago.com/culturas-precolombinas_4.html Historia de América. Pueblos indígenas chilenos. Cultura Molle y Diaguita. Cerámica. Artesanía]</ref> The first settlements were in the interior of the country, in El Molle (in the [Valle de Elqui](/source/Valle_de_Elqui)), where the first evidence was found. They mixed with existing populations and adopted some cultural elements and physical features from them. They were the predecessors of the [Diaguita](/source/Diaguita) culture, and by the time the Spanish arrived (1492) they had already disappeared. This culture was located in what would become regions III ([Atacama](/source/Atacama_Region)) and IV ([Coquimbo](/source/Coquimbo_Region)) of modern Chile.

The [Aconcagua culture](/source/Aconcagua_culture) spread along the coast, near the present-day resorts of [Algarrobo](/source/Algarrobo%2C_Chile), El Quisco, [Llolleo](/source/Llolleo), [El Tabo](/source/El_Tabo), Las Cruces, [Rocas de Santo Domingo](/source/Rocas_de_Santo_Domingo), and [Cartagena](/source/Cartagena%2C_Chile).

The ceramics of these cultures are commonly called the ''Aconcagua Salmon Type'', for their orange colour with decorative designs in black paint, found in the Late ''Agroalfarero'' ("agro-potter") period of the region, between 800 and 1470, principally in pieces known as ''pucos,'' or bowls. The outer face is often a decoration representing the figure of a ''"Trinaurio",'' or whirlpool with three arms.

=== Mapuche period ===
{{Main|Picunche}} 
thumb|left| Quisco beach
More recently [Picunche](/source/Picunche) people lived between two important rivers: the [Choapa](/source/Choapa_river) and the [Itata](/source/Itata_River). They were [farmer](/source/farmer)s and thus sedentary, growing [gourd](/source/gourd)s, [maize](/source/maize), [bean](/source/bean)s and [chili pepper](/source/chili_pepper). Water was abundant where they lived, and the climate was hot. They raised animals, especially  [llama](/source/llama)s and [guanaco](/source/guanaco)s, which provided meat for food and wool for clothes. They lived in small villages, in groups of approximately 300 people. Their houses were made of mud, with roofs of [totora](/source/Totora_(plant)). About 30 people lived in each house: a father, wives, children, and other close relatives. Men gave the orders and directed the work: the highest authority was the father and after him the oldest son. Only in emergencies, especially in wars,  was there a chief as a leader. Nevertheless, the villages were peaceful.<ref>Larrain, Etnogeografía, Geography of Chile, Geographic Military Institute, Santiago, 1987; XVI: 147. In this article Professor Larrain made an extensive investigation of the Picunche population, classifying them as northern and southern Picunches, the [Promaucae](/source/Promaucae).</ref>

===Inca period===
{{Main|Qullasuyu|Inca road system}}
thumb|right|Banner of the Qulla Suyu

The area was part of the [Inca Empire](/source/Inca_Empire), specifically of [Qullasuyu](/source/Qullasuyu). To assure their domination and introduce Inca customs, Inca sovereigns established numerous colonies of [mitimae](/source/mitimae)s, farmers and peaceful craftsmen brought from diverse parts of the empire: [Aymara](/source/Aymara_people), [Quechua](/source/Quechua_people) and [Atacameño](/source/Atacame%C3%B1o). These foreign settlers founded numerous villages with names that recall their places of origin: [Limache](/source/Limache) (people of [Rímac](/source/R%C3%ADmac_District) or [Lima](/source/Lima)), Collahue (place of the [Qulla](/source/Qulla_people) people or [Aymara](/source/Aymara_people) people), [Pomaire](/source/Pomaire) and different people of Atacameño origin.
<!--This section was going between [mitimae](/source/mitimae)s of [Quillota](/source/Quillota) and [Talagante](/source/Talagante). The zone of Casablanca and El Quisco was close and was a step of the coastal route of them. In Casablanca, the section of the [Inca road system](/source/Inca_road_system) that crosses the tideland in [Las Dichas](/source/Las_Dichas), has retained the name of  ''Way of the Chicken farmers (polleros)'' (the name came from Inca soldiers taking the ''Pulla''  as a uniform), which intersects the [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca%2C_Chile) - [Algarrobo, Chile](/source/Algarrobo%2C_Chile) road on the current road to [Lagunillas](/source/Lagunillas%2C_Chile) and [Lo Abarca.](/source/Lo_Abarca.) {{coord|33|23|22.64|S|71|26|12.07|W |}}.-->

The clothes of Inca soldiers were made from ''Pulla Pulla'' ([Zephyranthes](/source/Zephyranthes) párvula Killip), an annual plant of the family [Amaryllidaceae](/source/Amaryllidaceae), native to the highland Andean provinces, with beautiful flowers that bloom in spring. This bloom is considered an omen of whether the agricultural year would be good or bad. The route from [Limache](/source/Limache) to Las Dichas passed through Lo Orozco, continuing to Portezuelo de Ibacache and finishing at [Talagante](/source/Talagante), where other Mitimae existed. In 1430, [Túpac Inca Yupanqui](/source/T%C3%BApac_Inca_Yupanqui) initiated a great military campaign that culminated in the establishment of a border at the [Maule river](/source/Maule_river). Ilabe, an Inca [noble](/source/Nobility) who commanded the invading forces, established himself in the [Picunche](/source/Picunche)  Llollehue valley, between the [Maipo river](/source/Maipo_river) and the [Mapocho river](/source/Mapocho_river). He decided to found a colony and a [pucará](/source/pucar%C3%A1), a task he entrusted to his son, [Tala Canta Ilabe](/source/Tala_Canta_Ilabe).

He had the authority to name ''[kuraka](/source/kuraka)s'' or governors, derived from that of the Inca in [Cusco](/source/Cusco). His mandate allowed him to establish the social, political and economic system characteristic of the [Inca Empire](/source/Inca_Empire), to distribute land and community property, and initiate public works for the common good, like roads, granaries and housing. Agricultural and cattle production was sufficiently developed to allow food exports to the ''[pukara](/source/pukara)s'' of the north.

===Spanish settlement===
{{Main|Conquest of Chile}}
<!--Most of this section is very ambiguous, as it is never clear if it is talking about Santiago or Chile in general, or about El Quisco in particular. I have commented out the parts that do not seem especially relevant to El Quisco.

thumb|right|180px|Quisco wharf

In 1541, the captain [Pedro de Valdivia](/source/Pedro_de_Valdivia), his soldiers, ''[yanakuna](/source/yanakuna)'' and Indians of service, entered the basin of the [Mapocho river](/source/Mapocho_river) for the [Inca way](/source/Inca_road_system) by the route that today is called [Independence Avenue](/source/Independencia_Avenue_(Santiago_de_Chile)) in [Santiago](/source/Santiago_de_Chile), crossed the Mapocho river, advanced five blocks and took possession of [the principal buildings of this administrative center](/source/Tambo_(Incan_structure)). Within one year, founded a Spanish city bigger than Inca that existed there with a [Plaza de Armas](/source/Plaza_de_Armas) initiating with this the [Spanish Conquest](/source/Conquest_of_Chile). This ''Plaza de Armas'' was designed in a standard military fashion based on a [grid pattern](/source/grid_pattern), taken from the [Roman](/source/Ancient_Rome) '''[Castrum](/source/Castrum)''', of which one of the blocks would be left vacant to form the Plaza de Armas.  It is often surrounded by governmental buildings, churches, and other structures of cultural or political significance. The name derives from the fact that this area would be a refuge in case of an attack upon the city, from which arms would be supplied to the defenders.
 
In the time of Valdivia, the presence of Indian fishermen was recorded in the Central Zone.

{{Quote|" [Aliamapu (Valparaíso)](/source/Valpara%C3%ADso) was inhabited ... for that special race of aborigines that preserves still its type, its name and even its humble navigation... the former [Changos](/source/Changos) " " | [Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna](/source/Benjam%C3%ADn_Vicu%C3%B1a_Mackenna), 1936}}

The term "chango" appears not only in the toponymy, but also in the documents of the colonial era,  alluding to the Indian fishermen. According to the historian [Joaquín Santa Cruz](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Santa_Cruz) (1926), they were living fundamentally by fishing and hunting seafood and marine mammals.

Towards 1562 a great number of Changos of the central coast had already disappeared already because they had been moved, chased off or exterminated.

{{Quote|''"Vicuna Mackenna affirms that the colonists of Santiago had news of a ship that had smashed against the coasts of [Topocalma](/source/Topocalma) and the few survivors, among whom was a black, they were cruelly murdered for the Indians who there were living, for such a motive " .. they happened in avenging them killing hundred for one, as it was the eye for an eye rule in such cases"'' |Szmulewicz, 1984}}-->
The first indications of Spanish colonization in the El Quisco area date to 1570, when the Spanish family of [Alonso de Córdoba](/source/Alonso_de_C%C3%B3rdoba) took control. Previously it was named ''Huallilemu'' ''([Mapudungun](/source/Mapudungun): forest of oakwood)'', and then ''El Totoral'' after the many [totora](/source/totora_(plant))s there.

==== Pirates ====
{{Main|Piracy}}
thumb|left|A replica of Golden Hind
After 1578, El Quisco and nearby places became bolt holes for pirates such as the Englishmen [Francis Drake](/source/Francis_Drake), [Thomas Cavendish](/source/Thomas_Cavendish), and [Richard Hawkins](/source/Richard_Hawkins) and Dutchmen like [Oliver Van Noort](/source/Oliver_Van_Noort) and [Joris van Spilbergen](/source/Joris_van_Spilbergen). Francis Drake probably moored his [galleon](/source/galleon) the ''[Golden Hind](/source/Golden_Hind)'' in the bay in December 1578. He travelled with two people known only by their Christian names, Christopher and Cosmas, the first [Japanese explorers](/source/Japanese_people) to circumnavigate the globe.
<!--==== Ginés de Lillo====
{{Main|Ginés de Lillo}} 
[Ginés de Lillo](/source/Gin%C3%A9s_de_Lillo) recorded Chilean society of the 17th century and knew from diverse documents of the time that the peoples of the interior had fishermen in the coves of the coast. He mentioned three types in the basin of the Maipo river:
*[Melipilla](/source/Melipilla)'s Indians had fishermen in [Quebrada de Calbín](/source/Quebrada_de_Calb%C3%ADn) and [Alonso de Córdova's lagoon](/source/Laguna_El_Peral)<ref>Ginés de Lillo [1602-1605] 1942:199</ref>
*Pico Indians had fishermen in Paico and extracted gold in Temumu<ref>Ginés de Lillo [1602-1605]1942:199,249,372</ref>
*Huechún Indians ([Melipilla](/source/Melipilla)) had relatives or fishermen in [Duca Duca](/source/Duca_Duca).<ref>Ginés de Lillo [1602-1605] 1942:6</ref><ref>The original one in National File, Royal(Real) Hearing, Vol. 310. Fide Domingo Amunátegui. The aborigens' Commissions in Chile, Stgo., 1909, II:10.</ref>
''Duca Duca'' ( [mapudungun](/source/mapudungun): " ''doka doka'' = Many [Carpobrotus aequilaterus](/source/Carpobrotus_aequilaterus). Creeping plant of the aizoaceas family called "berrir of the sea") around the lagoon south of [Las Cruces, Chile](/source/Las_Cruces%2C_Chile) known today as El Peral.

The ethnic center of [Picones](/source/Promaucae) more eminent seems to have taken root in the payment of [Pico](/source/Pico%2C_Chile), placed in the surroundings of [Melipilla](/source/Melipilla). Precisely, seventy aborigens picones were entrusted the bishop [Rodrigo Gonzalez Marmolejo](/source/Rodrigo_Gonzalez_Marmolejo), for Valdivia.<ref name="ReferenceA">CDIHCh, her(it)., the XIth: 319 and 356; 444-446.</ref> He later the enjoyment of the commission, [Antonio Gonzalez Montero](/source/Antonio_Gonzalez_Montero), nephew of the ecclesiastic.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In the 18th century, [km] existed near Pomaire, the people of Pico, located in the estate of the same name, to approximately 8&nbsp;km northwest from Melipilla  ({{coord|33|37|31.28|S|71|16|16.19|W |}}).<ref>Enrique Espinoza, Descriptive Geography of the Republic of Chile, Stgo., 1903: 273.</ref>

Pico was probably very important, since a [cacique](/source/cacique) with this name appeared among the lofty "heads" of the Kingdom, in Valdivia times.<ref>Mariño de Lovera, 1595: 272</ref> 
In another order, the same conquistador donated to [Juan Bautista Pastene](/source/Juan_Bautista_Pastene) a commission, in 1550, in that they were included:

{{Quote|''The so called chiefs [Antequilica](/source/Antequilica) and [Chumavo](/source/Chumavo) or Catalogna with all your Indians ... that have his (her, your) land in the province of the picones and so called [Poangui](/source/Puangue) valley ... with more lands and seat that the above-mentioned chiefs have near the river Maipo, so called Beak(Peak), to sow the years that are of drought that for water does not have the Poangue's above-mentioned valley they are going to sow there and to have it for his last times''|CDIHCh, la., XVIII: 445.}}-->
<!--==== The use of the beaches in the Colony ====
The indigenous fishermen in the colonial epoch had to cancel a rental to the owners of the stays for occupying the beaches and having a place to raise their huts. The breach of these dispositions provoked so many lawsuits that the governor [Ambrosio O'Higgins](/source/Ambrosio_O'Higgins) abolished these hobbles 
{{Quote|''he declared of common use up to hundred rods of land from the line of the high tide towards the interior, with the unique condition of which in his huts, the fishermen were not sheltering people of evil to live they were not even causing prejudice to the ranchers''| [Ambrosio O'Higgins](/source/Ambrosio_O'Higgins). In Smulewicz, 1984}}-->

At the end of the colonial era,  many foreign ships already engaged in illegal trade on the Chilean coast, including English, Dutch, French and American pirates. The foreign pirates generally operated with the support of Chilean Creoles, born in Chile but of European descent,<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Chile/Colonial-period Chile: Colonial Period], Encyclopædia Britannica</ref> saw the attempts of the Spanish authorities to interfere as one more proof of the arrogance of the colonial Spanish system.
<!--===Roads after Chilean Independence===

==== 19th century ====
In general, and with exception of the villages founded expressly by the Spanish, the majority of the settlements in the region began as hamlets that were located in the boundaries of some of three roads that were crossing from north to south the country, in the colonial period.

===== The Royal Middle Road  =====
The Royal road was planned by the hills of the coast, going from Santiago to [Melipilla](/source/Melipilla), from there to [Colchagua](/source/Colchagua%2C_O'Higgins)  was entering for [Peumo](/source/Peumo), was still for [Pichidegua](/source/Pichidegua) and the people of Colchagua, today [Santa Cruz](/source/Santa_Cruz_(Chile)).  [Lolol](/source/Lolol) was continuing towards, [Nilahue](/source/Nilahue), [Las Palmas](/source/Las_Palmas) and [El Coipo], coming to Peralillo and close to [Mataquito river](/source/Mataquito_river), was approaching to the jurisdiction of [Maule](/source/Maule_Region). It as that of major use during the 16th and 17th centuries.  Nowadays there are in use diverse sections of this route.

===== The Road of the Coast =====
The third way " the costino or of the salt's road ", was dividing from [Valparaíso](/source/Valpara%C3%ADso)  passing for [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca%2C_Chile), [Llolleo](/source/Llolleo) and [Santo Domingo](/source/Santo_Domingo%2C_Chile). To [Colchagua](/source/Colchagua%2C_O'Higgins) was entering for [Navidad](/source/Navidad%2C_Chile) and [Rapel](/source/Rapel%2C_Chile), until [Cáhuil] came to the [Boyeruca](/source/Boyeruca) lagoon and [Bucalemu](/source/Bucalemu). Of the salt mines of this zone they were taking the salt to the capital and of there your name.  followed it Route of [Camino del Inca](/source/Inca_road_system)  nearest to the ''Polleros Road''.  Had a lot of deviations that correspond to the current road Casablanca to Algarrobo that was parting with this one at a height of El Totoral and the road from El Totoral to Punta de Tralca .

=====Frontier road =====
The way of the Border was crossing the Central Valley and it corresponds to a great extent to the [current Longitudinal one](/source/Pan-American_Highway_(South_America)). [Rancagua](/source/Rancagua)  was passing for the villas of  [Rengo](/source/Rengo%2C_Chile) and [San Fernando](/source/San_Fernando%2C_Chile), already founded. Real backbone of the communications of the kingdom, it was used by ranchers and landowners to extract your products, which forced it continuous overhauling. Often these agricultural properties were in the habit of having a front towards this route, to bring houses, settlements and chapels over.-->

===Today===
thumb|180px|View north, towards the Peñablanca cape at El Canelo from El Quisco. 
The commune of El Quisco was incorporated on August 30, 1956, under the presidency of [Carlos Ibáñez del Campo](/source/Carlos_Ib%C3%A1%C3%B1ez_del_Campo) under Statutory order Nº 12110.

==Demographics==
[[File:Patrullera Clase Defender atracando en El Quisco.JPG|thumb|300px|[Defender class boat](/source/Defender_class_boat) docking in a dock at El Quisco, [Chile](/source/Chile) ]]
According to the 2002 [census](/source/census) of the [National Statistics Institute](/source/National_Statistics_Institute_(Chile)), El Quisco spans an area of {{convert|50.7|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 9,467 inhabitants (4,815 men and 4,652 women). Of these, 8,931 (94.3%) lived in [urban area](/source/urban_area)s and 536 (5.7%) in [rural area](/source/rural_area)s. The population grew by 55.3% (3,370 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>

==Administration==
As a commune, El Quisco is a third-level [administrative division of Chile](/source/administrative_division_of_Chile) administered by a [municipal council](/source/municipal_council), headed by an [alcalde](/source/alcalde) who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Natalia Carrasco Pizarro.<ref name="Official"/>
* Cristofer Ceballos Lira ([UDI](/source/Independent_Democratic_Union))
* Juan Andrés Berrios Olmedo ([PPD](/source/Party_for_Democracy_(Chile)))
* José Moraga Lira ([RN](/source/National_Renewal_(Chile)))
* Maria Magdalena Bianchi Berroeta ([PDC](/source/Christian_Democratic_Party))
* Guillermo Romo Díaz ([JPM](/source/Juntos_PODEMOS_M%C3%A1s))
* Guillermo Vidal Devia (UDI)

Within the [electoral divisions of Chile](/source/electoral_divisions_of_Chile), El Quisco is represented in the [Chamber of Deputies](/source/Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Chile) by María José Hoffmann (UDI) and Víctor Torres (PDC) as part of the 15th electoral district, together with [San Antonio](/source/San_Antonio%2C_Chile), [Santo Domingo](/source/Santo_Domingo%2C_Chile), [Cartagena](/source/Cartagena%2C_Chile), [El Tabo](/source/El_Tabo), [Algarrobo](/source/Algarrobo%2C_Chile) and [Casablanca](/source/Casablanca%2C_Chile). The commune is represented in the [Senate](/source/Senate_of_Chile) by Francisco Chahuán Chahuán (RN) and [Ricardo Lagos Weber](/source/Ricardo_Lagos_Weber) (PPD) as part of the 6th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Coast).

==Description==
El Quisco has four sectors that are both geographically and culturally distinct:
* '''El Quisco proper'''
* [Punta de Tralca](/source/Punta_de_Tralca)
* [Isla Negra](/source/Isla_Negra)
* [El Totoral](/source/El_Totoral)

== Tourism ==
The area is a favourite tourist destination in central Chile. One of its advantages is its short distance from Santiago. There are many residences and hotels for lodging,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elquisco.cl/elquisco.htm |title=Ilustre Municipalidad de el Quisco |access-date=2009-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221222331/http://www.elquisco.cl/elquisco.htm |archive-date=2008-02-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as many restaurants and inns for enjoying [typical Chilean food](/source/Chilean_cuisine). Marine sports are available, including [scuba diving](/source/scuba_diving) and [swimming](/source/human_swimming).

== Famous inhabitants ==

thumb|left|Playa Las Conchitas beach
* [Pablo Neruda](/source/Pablo_Neruda), winner of the [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize) of Literature<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=Dz6YQMEOIug*feature=related YouTube - Paul Neruda - " I like when you are quiet ... " in his (her, your) voice <! - Title(Degree) generated by a bot ->]</ref>
* [Violeta Parra](/source/Violeta_Parra), [singer and composer](/source/Folklore).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?V=PRpCDnXyHpE YouTube - Violeta Parra Chile <! - Title(Degree) generated by a bot ->]</ref> Parra spent long seasons at [Isla Negra](/source/Isla_Negra), where she created works such as "El Rin de Angelito".
* [Enrique Silva Cimma](/source/Enrique_Silva_Cimma), ex-[foreign minister](/source/foreign_minister) of [Chile](/source/Chile)
* [Clara Solovera](/source/Clara_Solovera) (1909–1992), folklorist.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch? V=zqDIKxQo8LY YouTube - Uncle Héctor and Manirita - " To sing of my Guitar " <! - Title(Degree) generated by a bot ->]</ref> Her daughters Cecilia and Marcela spread her ashes in the sea across from her house in El Quisco.
* [René Ríos Boettiger](/source/Pepo_(cartoonist)), Chilean cartoonist, creator of [Condorito](/source/Condorito).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch? V=zhKQ-rdBSFs YouTube - Condorito <! - Title(Degree) generated by a bot ->]</ref>
* [Camilo Mori](/source/Camilo_Mori), painter who designed the official seal of the city of El Quisco
* [Sonia Tschorne](/source/Sonia_Tschorne), vice-minister of Housing, Urbanism and National Assets
* [Osvaldo Puccio](/source/Osvaldo_Puccio), politician
* [Christian von Wernich](/source/Christian_von_Wernich), priest and collaborator with the Argentinian dictatorship who took refuge in El Quisco's Catholic church until he was identified in 2003.<ref>''International Herald Tribune'' 17 September 2007, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/17/america/argentina.php Argentine priest testifies about church's role in 'dirty war']</ref>

== External links ==
*[http://www.elquisco.cl Municipality of El Quisco]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116065311/http://www.guiaelquisco.cl/ Guía EL Quisco, Complete Turisitic guide about El Quisco]
*[http://www.elquiscochile.cl Turistic Web El Quisco]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220612195939/http://www.geocities.com/veguiiii/CR/Llagostera.doc Ocupaciones tempranas y la aparición del pescador en la costa pacífica de Sudamérica”]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090118211146/http://playaelquisco.cl/ Sitio turístico del Quisco]
*[http://www.radiovacaciones.cl FM Radio online El Quisco ]
*[http://www.litoral.cl Compañía eléctrica de la Comuna]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090123232251/http://elquiscoeltabo.cl/ El Quisco y El Tabo]
*[http://www.nuestrorefugio.com Nuestro Refugio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203072644/http://www.nuestrorefugio.com/ |date=2020-02-03 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071013103913/http://www.fundacionpabloneruda.cl/ Fundación Pablo Neruda]
*[http://www.elquiscochile.cl Sitio del Quisco]
*[http://www.litoralcentralchile.com Central Coast of Chile Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529040127/http://www.litoralcentralchile.com/ |date=2020-05-29 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090224051420/http://www.colegioelquisco.cl/ Colegio del Quisco]

==Notes and references==
{{Commons category|El Quisco}}
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{{Communes in Valparaíso Region}}

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Category:Populated places in San Antonio Province
Category:Coasts of Valparaíso Region

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