CONCEPCION  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

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

Chile, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province and See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the same name, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Bio-Bio See also:

• RIVER

river, 7 M. above its mouth, and 355 M . S . S.W. of See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1895) 39,837; (1902, estimated) 49,351 . It is the commercial centre of a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich agricultural region, but because of obstructions at the mouth of the Bio-Bio its See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade passes in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part through the See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• TALCAHUANO, or TALCAGUANO

Talcahuano, 8 m. distant by rail . The small port of Penco, situated on the same See also:

• BAY

bay and 10 m. distant by rail, also receives a part of the trade because of See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official restrictions at Talcahuano . Concepcion is one of the southern termini of the Chilean central railway, by which it is connected with Santiago to the N., with See also:

• VALDIVIA

Valdivia and Puerto See also:

• MONTT, MANUEL (1809-1880)

Montt to the S., and with the port of Talcahuano . Another See also:

• LINE

line extends southward through the Chilean. See also:

• COAL

coal-producing districts to Curanilhue, See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the Bio-Bio by a See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel viaduct 6000 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long on 62 See also:

• SKELETON

skeleton piers; and a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short line of 10 m. runs northward to Penco . The Bio-Bio is navigable above the city for too m. and considerable See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic comes through this channel . The districts tributary to Concepcion produce See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, coal and See also:

• TIMBER

timber, and among the See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial establishments of the city are See also:

• FLOUR

flour See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture and See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage factories, distilleries and breweries . The city is built on a level See also:

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

plain but little above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level; and is laid out in See also:

• REGULAR

regular squares with broad streets .

It is an episcopal see with a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and several See also:

• FINE

fine churches, and is the seat of a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal . The city was founded by Pedro de Valdivia in 1550, and received the singular See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " La Concepcion del Nuevo Extremo.'" It was located on the bay of Talcahuano where the See also:

• TOWN

town of Penco now stands, about 9 M. from its See also:

• PRESENT

present site, but was destroyed by earthquakes in 1570, 1730 and 1751, and was then (1755) re-moved to the margin of the Bio-Bio . In 1835 it was again laid in ruins, a graphic description of which is given by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• DARWIN, CHARLES ROBERT (1809-1882)
• DARWIN, ERASMUS (1731-1802)

Darwin in The Voyage of H.M.S . Beagle . The city was twice burned by the See also:

• ARAUCANIANS (or AucA)

Araucanians during their long struggle against the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish colonists .