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COQUIMBO

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COQUIMBO , an important See also:

city and See also:port of the See also:province and See also:department of Coquimbo, See also:Chile, in 290 57' 4" S., 71021' 12" W. Pop. (1895) 7322. The railway connexions are with Ovalle to the S., and See also:Vicuna (or Elqui) to the E., but the proposed See also:extension northward of Chile's See also:longitudinal See also:system would bring Coquimbo into See also:direct communication with See also:Santiago. The city has a See also:good well-sheltered See also:harbour, reputed the best in See also:northern Chile, and is the port of La See also:Serena, the provincial See also:capital, 9 M. distant, with which it is connected by See also:rail. There are large See also:copper-smelting establishments in the city, which exports a very large amount of copper, some See also:gold and See also:silver, and See also:cattle and See also:hay to the more northern provinces. The province of Coquimbo, which lies between those of See also:Aconcagua and See also:Atacama and extends from the Pacific inland to the See also:Argentine frontier, has an See also:area of 13,461 sq. m. (See also:official estimate) and a See also:population (1895) of 160,898. It is less arid than the province of Atacama, the See also:surface near the See also:coast being broken by well-watered See also:river valleys, which produce See also:alfalfa, and pasture cattle for export. Near the mountains grapes are grown, from which See also:wine of a good quality i's made. The See also:mineral resources include extensive deposits of copper, and some less important mines of gold and silver. The See also:climate is dry and healthy, and there are occasional rains.

Several See also:

rivers, the largest of which is the Coquimbo (or Elqui) with a length of 125 in., See also:cross the province from the mountains. The capital is La Serena, and the See also:principal cities are Coquimbo, Ovalle (pop. 5565), and Illapel (3170).

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