---------------------+---------+----------+------------- Province | Area |Population| Capital ---------------------+---------+----------+------------- Aconcagua | 5,410 | 128,486 | San Felipe Antofagasta | 46,830 | 123,323 | Antofagasta Arauco | 2,055 | 61,538 | Lebu Atacama | 30,430 | 63,968 | Copiapó Bio-Bio | 4,720 | 97,968 | Los Angeles Cautin | 6,150 | 139,553 | Temuco Chiloé | 8,600 | 88,619 | Ancud Colchagua | 3,870 | 158,160 | San Fernando Concepción | 3,545 | 216,994 | Concepción Coquimbo | 13,465 | 175,021 | Le Serena Curico | 2,900 | 107,090 | Curico Linares | 3,875 | 109,363 | Linares Llanquihue | 38,575 | 105,043 | Puerto Montt Malleco | 3,100 | 113,775 | Angol Maule | 2,425 | 110,462 | Cauquenes Nuble | 3,460 | 166,239 | Chillan O’Higgins | 2,050 | 92,278 | Rancagua Santiago | 5,720 | 516,870 | Santiago Tacna | 9,615 | 28,748 | Tacna Talca | 3,750 | 131,958 | Talca Tarapacá | 18,400 | 110,036 | Iquique Valdivia | 8,400 | 119,277 | Valdivia Valparaiso | 1,935 | 281,385 | Valparaiso Magellanes Territory | 64,040 | 17,143 | Punta Arenas ---------------------+---------+----------+------------- The following table shows the population according to the several censuses taken:— ---------------+---------- Census of 1835 | 1,010,332 ” ” 1843 | 1,083,801 ” ” 1854 | 1,439,120 ” ” 1865 | 1,819,223 ” ” 1875 | 2,075,971 ” ” 1885 | 2,527,320 ” ” 1895 | 2,712,145 ” ” 1907 | 3,248,224 ---------------+---------- II MOUNTAINS AND VOLCANOES The Coast, or Maritime range of mountains in Chile does not present, like the Andean range, a continuous chain, but is broken by valleys and small plains, as well as by rivers in their course to the ocean. The slopes of this range are generally formed by a succession of hills, frequently covered with vegetation, but which rarely exceed six thousand feet in height. In places cross ridges connect this range with its loftier neighbouring range, where the two systems seem to merge into one. The three highest peaks in the Maritime range are Cerro de Limon Verde (11,380 ft.), Cerro de Agua Amarga (10,550 ft.) and Cerro de la Campana de Quillota (9,325 ft.)