Aconcagua
a province of the republic of Chile, bounded N. and W. by the province of Quillota, E. by the Andes, and S. by Santiago. Area, 5,406 square miles. The mountain Aconcagua is the loftiest of the Andes, being 23,910 feet above the level of the sea. Productions are maize, wheat, beans, pumpkins, melons, and other garden produce; vineyards and orchards are plentiful, and in summer numerous flocks are pastured on the slopes of the Andes. Gold is found and copper is worked in mines.
Pop. about 130,000. Chief town San Felipe. On the S. side of the mountain Aconcagua rises a river of the same name.