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Encyclopedia Britannica



MAULE

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 904 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MAR-MEC
MAULE , a
coast
  province of central Chile, bounded N. byTalca, E. by
Linares
  and Nuble, and S. by Concepcion, and lying between the rivers Maule and Itata, which form its northern and southern boundaries. Pop. (1895), 119,791; area, 2475 sq. m. Maule is traversed from north to
south
  by the
coast
  range and its surfaces are much broken. The Buchupureo river flows westward across the province. The climate is mild and healthy.
Agriculture
  and stock-raising are the
principal
  occupations, and hides, cattle, wheat and timber are exported. Transport facilities are afforded by the Maule and the Itata, which are navigable, and by a branch of the government railway from Cauquenes to Parral, an important town of southern
Linares
 . The provincial
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 port of Constituci6n (pop., in 1900, about 7000) on the
south
  bank of the Maule, one mile above its mouth, was formerly the
capital
  of the province. The port suffers from a dangerous bar at the mouth of the river, but is connected with
Talca
  by rail and has a considerable
trade
 .
The Maule river, from which the province takes its name, is of historic
interest
  because it is said to have marked the southern limits of the Inca Empire. It rises in the Laguna del Maule, an Andean lake near the Argentine frontier, 7218 ft. above sea-level, and flows westward about 140 M. to the Pacific, into which it discharges in 350 18' S. The upper
part
  of its drainage basin, to which the Anuario Hydrografico gives an area of 8000 sq. m., contains the volcanoes of San Pedro (11,800 ft.), the Descabezado (12,795 ft.), and others of the same group of lower elevations. The upper course and tributaries of the Maule, principally in the province of Linares, are largely used for irrigation.


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