COQUIMBO

[s. 216] : A seaport town in the Department of the same name, Chile, S. America; situated on Coquimbo Bay, about 200 miles N. of Val para i so. Population about 9,000. Station of the ME, with (1902) 2 native workers, 2 Sunday schools, and 69 profe ing Christians. COREA. See Korea. CORDOVA Capital of the province of Cordova,: Argentina, S. America; situated near the center of the republic. It was formerly the ecclesiastical metropolis of South America. It has still somewhat of that character, having an important University, and a very influential part of the city being that in which the clergy and their nearest adherents reside. It is also an important commercial and railway center. Its population (1901) is about 50,000. Station of the SAEM, with 1 mi ionary and his wife and of the PB, with 2 mi ionaries and their wives. Name also written Cordoba. 216