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Encyclopedia Britannica



ACONCAGUA

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 151 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ACONCAGUA , a small northern province of central Chile, bounded N. by Coquimbo, E. by Argentina, S. by Santiago and Valparaiso and W. by the Pacific. Its area is officially computed at 5487 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 113,165; (1902, official estimate based on civil registry returns) 131,255. The province is very mountainous, and is traversed from
east
  to west by the broad valley of the Aconcagua river. The climate is hot and dry, the rainfall being too small to influence climatic conditions. The valleys are highly fertile, and where irrigation is employed large crops are easily raised. Beyond the limits of irrigation the country is semi-barren. Alfalfa and grapes are the
principal
  products, and considerable attention is given to the cultivation of other fruits, such as
figs
 , peaches and melons. The " Vale of
Quillota
 ," through which the railway passes between Valparaiso and Santiago, is celebrated for its gardens. The Aconcagua river rises on the southern slope of the
volcano
  Aconcagua, flows eastward through a broad valley, or bay in the mountains, and enters the Pacific 12 M. north of Valparaiso. The river has a course of about 200 m., and its waters irrigate the best and most populous
part
  of the province. Two other riversthe Ligua and Choapatraverse the province, the latter forming the northern boundary line. The
capital
  is San Felipe, on the Aconcagua river; it had a
population
  of 11,313 in 1895, and an estimated
population
  of 11,66o in 1902. The other
chief
  town is Santa Rosa de los Andes (est. pop. 6854), which is a
principal
  station on the Transandine branch of the state railway. The only port in the province is Los Vilos, in lat. 32 S., from which a railway 40 M.
long
  runs north-
east
  to the valley of the Choapa. Another short line connects Cabildo, in the valley of the Ligua, with the state railway.


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