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San Javier
South America is the fourth largest continent of the Western Hemisphere. It is divided politically into 12 independent countries namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela and the overseas department of French Guiana. The continent extends to 7,640 kilometers from Punta Gallinas, Colombia, in the north to Cape Horn, Chile, in the south. At its broadest point, near where it is crossed by the equator, the continent extends to 5,300 kilometers from east to west.
South America is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. It is washed on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Topographically the continent is divided into three sections namely the South American cordillera, the interior lowlands, and the continental shield. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion and Portuguese and Spanish are the primary languages of the continent.
San Javier de Loncomilla is a Chilean town and municipality located in the province of Linares, Maule region. The town lies in the geographical center of the country, some 270 kilometers south of Santiago, and 24 kilometers to the south of Talca, the regional capital. The Pan-American Highway passes through the comuna of San Javier, touching tangentially the eastern side of the town. A paved road connects San Javier with Colbun, the Colbun dam lake and the Panimavida and Quinamavida hot springs.
According to recent estimations as per 2005, the municipality of San Javier has a population of 39,583. About sixty percent of the population is urban and 40 percent is rural. Between the 1992 census and that of 2002, the population of San Javier grew at .62 percent annual rate. Geographically the city municipality covers an area of 1,313 square kilometers. San Javier is gifted with some of the better vineyards and quality wines of the bountiful Maule Valley, in the Chile's central valley viticultural regions or apellations. San Javier is bordered on the west by the communities of Constitucion and Empedrado, both in Talca province, Cauquenes province and Villa Alegre on the north by Pencahue and Maule comunas, in Talca province. Located a few kilometers north of San Javier is the wide Maule River, of which the Loncomilla is the main tributary.
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