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SERENA, or LA SERENA

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 663 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SCY-SHA
SERENA, or LA SERENA , a city of Chile,
capital
  of the province of Coquimbo, on the S. bank of the Coquimbo river about 5 M. from the sea. Pop. (1895) 15,712; (1902, estimate) 19,536. As the see of a
bishop
  and the most important town politically of the semi-arid region, it contains a number of important public edifices, including a
cathedral
  (1844-i86o; 216 ft.
long
 , 66 ft. wide) built of a light porous stone, an episcopal residence, several convents, a large
hospital
 
    See Also:
, an orphans' asylum, a beggars' asylum and a
lazaretto
 . It is the seat of a court of appeal for Atacama and Coquimbo, and has an excellent lyceum and other schools, including a school of mines. It has a good water
supply
 , well-paved streets, gas
illumination
 , tramway service and several small
industries
 , including brewing and the making of fruit conserves. The annual rainfall is only 1.6 in. and its mean annual temperature is 59.2. Its railway connexions include a line to Coquimbo (9 m.), its port, one to the Tamaya copper mines, and a narrow-gauge line up the valley of the Elqui to Guanta, through a region celebrated for its fruit. It is also in direct railway communication with the national
capital
 .
Serena was founded by Juan Bohon in 1544, on the opposite side of the river, and was named after Pedro Valdivia's
birth
 -place in Estremadura, Spain. It was destroyed by the Indians soon after, and was rebuilt on its present site in 1549 by Francisco de Aguirre.


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