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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 369 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TALCA , a See also:

province of See also:

CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile, bounded N. by See also:

CURICO

Curico, E. by See also:

ARGENTINA

Argentina, S. by See also:

LINARES

Linares and See also:

MAULE

Maule, and W. by the Pacific. See also:

AREA

Area 3840 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 128,961. In the E. the Andean slopes See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover a considerable See also:

PART

part of its territory, and in the W. another large area is covered by the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast range. Between these is the central valley of Chile in which the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population and See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries of the province are chiefly concentrated. The mountainous parts are well wooded. The intermediate See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, which is See also:

ROLLING

rolling and slopes gently to the S., is fertile and devoted to See also:

wheat and stock. The See also:

capital of the province is Talca (pop. 1895, 33,232; 1902 estimated 42,766), on the Rio Claro, a tributary of the Maule, 156 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail S. of See also:

SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago. It is one of the most important provincial towns and commercial centres of central Chile. There are woollen factories, especially for the universally worn " See also:

PONCHO (a South American Spanish word, adopted from the Araucanian poncho or pontho in the 17th century)

poncho." Talca has railway connexion with Santiago on the N., with Concepci6n on the S., and with Constituci6n at the mouth of the Maule.

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