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Quiapo River is a short river of small volume that is in Arauco Province near its coast . Its headwaters are formed at the junction of two steams at the heights of Quiapo . These streams arise in the forested heights to the north and east some kilometers south of Arauco . It flows into the Bahia del Carnero north of Lebu . Arauco Province is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Bío Bío ( VIII ). It spans a coastal area of just south of the mouth of the Biobío River , the traditional demarcation between the nation ' s major natural regions , Zona Central and Zona Sur . The province originally covered the once - independent indigenous territory of Araucanía , but this was afterward divided into four provinces . It is devoted largely to agricultural pursuits . The capital Lebu ( population 25 , 000 ) is situated on the coast about south of Concepción with which it is connected by rail . ___MASK29___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK29___ , is a South American country occupying a long , narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west . It borders Peru to the north , Bolivia to the northeast , Argentina to the east , and the Drake Passage in the far south . Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández , Salas y Gómez , Desventuradas , and Easter Island in Oceania . ___MASK29___ also claims about of Antarctica , although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty . The Zona Sur (" Southern Zone ") is one of the five natural regions on which CORFO divided continental ___MASK29___ in 1950 . Its northern border is formed by the Bío - Bío River , the limit with the Central ___MASK29___ Zone . By west with the Pacific Ocean , by the east with the Andean mountains and Argentina . Its southern border is the Chacao Channel , beyond it lies the Austral Zone . While Chiloé Archipelago belongs geographically to Zona Austral in terms of culture and history it lies closer to Zona Sur .