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namesake river, and also marks the



                                                                                                                                         southernmost tip of  what was once




                                                                                                                                         the Inca Empire. The Inca Empire



                                                                                                                                         was centered in Peru to the north,



                                                                                                                                         with its capitals and cities in that




                                                                                                                                         country, but it extended south to this



                                                                                                                                         area of  Chile. Maule is also said to



                                                                                                                                         be Chile’s most rural region.









                                                                                                                                         Further south we come to the region




                                                                                                                                         of  Bio Bio, named after the river



                                                                                                                                         Bio Bio, which also includes one




                                                                                                                                         of  Chile’s most important cities,



                                                                                                                                         that of  Concepcion. The region
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