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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 490 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MALLECO , a See also:

province of See also:southern See also:Chile, once a See also:part of the See also:Indian territory of See also:Araucania (q.v.), lying between the provinces of Bio-Bio on the N. and E., See also:Cautin on the S. and See also:Arauco on the W. See also:Area, 2973 sq. m. Pop. (1895), 98,032.. It belongs to the See also:rainy, forested region of southern Chile, and is thinly populated, a considerable part of its See also:population being Araucanian See also:Indians, who occupy districts in the Andean foothills. See also:Gold placer See also:mining has attracted some See also:attention, but the output is small. The See also:principal See also:industries are See also:cattle and See also:wheat raising and See also:timber-cutting. The See also:capital is Angol (pop., 7056 in 2895; estimated at 7638 in 1902), a small See also:town in the See also:northern part of the province, on the Malleco See also:river, and a station on the Traiguen See also:branch of the See also:state railway. Traiguen (pop., 5732 in 1895; estimated at 7099 in 1902) in the southern part of the province is the second town in importance, and See also:Victoria (pop., 6989 in 1895; estimated at 10,002 in 1902), about 20 M. E. of the last-named town, was for a See also:time the terminal station of the See also:main See also:line of the railway.

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