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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