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coast See also:province of central See also:Chile, bounded N. byTalca, E. by See also:Linares and Nuble, and S. by See also:Concepcion, and lying between the See also:rivers Maule and Itata, which See also:form its See also:northern and See also:southern boundaries. Pop. (1895), 119,791; See also:area, 2475 sq. m. Maule is traversed from See also:north to See also:south by the coast range and its surfaces are much broken. The Buchupureo See also:river flows westward across the province. The See also:climate is mild and healthy. See also:Agriculture and stock-raising are the See also:principal occupations, and hides, See also:cattle, See also:wheat and See also:timber are exported. Transport facilities are afforded by the Maule and the Itata, which are navigable, and by a See also:branch of the See also:government railway from Cauquenes to Parral, an important See also:town of southern Linares. The provincial See also:capital, Cauquenes (pop., in 1895, 8574; 1902 estimate, 9895), is centrally situated on the Buchupureo river, on the eastern slopes of the coast cordilleras. The town and See also:port of Constituci6n (pop., in 1900, about 7000) on the south See also:bank of the Maule, one mile above its mouth, was formerly the capital of the province. The port suffers from a dangerous See also:bar at the mouth of the river, but is connected with See also:Talca by See also:rail and has a considerable See also:trade. The Maule river, from which the province takes its name, is of historic See also:interest because it is said to have marked the southern limits of the Inca See also:Empire.

It rises in the See also:

Laguna del Maule, an Andean See also:lake near the See also:Argentine frontier, 7218 ft. above See also:sea-level, and flows westward about 140 M. to the Pacific, into which it discharges in 350 18' S. The upper See also:part of its drainage See also:basin, to which the Anuario Hydrografico gives an area of 8000 sq. m., contains the volcanoes of See also:San Pedro (11,800 ft.), the Descabezado (12,795 ft.), and others of the same See also:group of See also:lower elevations. The upper course and tributaries of the Maule, principally in the province of Linares, are largely used for See also:irrigation.

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