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Talca Province

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Formerly San Agustín De Talca, capital of Talca provincia and Maule región, central Chile, in the Central Valley near the Maule River. Founded in 1692, it was destroyed by earthquakes in 1742 and 1928; completely rebuilt, it is now a major urban centre midway between Santiago. In this city was sign the Independency Act of Chile in 1810 by Bernardo O'Higgins.