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ACONCAGUA , a small See also:

northern See also:province of central See also:Chile, bounded N. by See also:Coquimbo, E. by See also:Argentina, S. by See also:Santiago and See also:Valparaiso and W. by the Pacific. Its See also:area is officially computed at 5487 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 113,165; (1902, See also:official estimate based on See also:civil registry returns) 131,255. The province is very mountainous, and is traversed from See also:east to See also:west by the broad valley of the Aconcagua See also:river. The See also:climate is hot and dry, the rainfall being too small to See also:influence See also:climatic conditions. The valleys are highly fertile, and where See also:irrigation is employed large crops are easily raised. Beyond the limits of irrigation the See also:country is semi-barren. See also:Alfalfa and grapes are the See also:principal products, and considerable See also:attention is given to the cultivation of other fruits, such as See also:figs, peaches and melons. The " Vale of See also:Quillota," through which the railway passes between Valparaiso and Santiago, is celebrated for its gardens. The Aconcagua river rises on the See also:southern slope of the See also:volcano Aconcagua, flows eastward through a broad valley, or See also:bay in the mountains, and enters the Pacific 12 M. See also:north of Valparaiso. The river has a course of about 200 m., and its See also:waters irrigate the best and most populous See also:part of the province.

Two other rivers—the Ligua and Choapa—traverse the province, the latter forming the northern boundary See also:

line. The See also:capital is See also:San Felipe, on the Aconcagua river; it had a See also:population of 11,313 in 1895, and an estimated population of 11,66o in 1902. The other See also:chief See also:town is See also:Santa See also:Rosa de los See also:Andes (est. pop. 6854), which is a principal station on the Transandine See also:branch of the See also:state railway. The only See also:port in the province is Los Vilos, in See also:lat. 32° S., from which a railway 40 M. See also:long runs north-east to the valley of the Choapa. Another See also:short line connects Cabildo, in the valley of the Ligua, with the state railway.

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