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Later, the intense migration from surrounding rural areas brought about an expansion of the city, from the 1950s, altering the boundary of the old town and forming vast villas and towns in the four corners. In the 1960s the Catholic Church was noted for his promotion of land reform , in the social work role had intense Bishop Manuel Larrain , his successorCarlos Gonzalez Cruchaga , and it would be archbishop of Santiago, the talquino Ra�l Silva Henr�quez .
Since the eighties, the flagging industry led to a flourishing of trade activities, services, and those derived from agriculture and livestock. In education, the Professional Institute of Talca old became the University of Talca (1981) and later born Maule (1991).
Twenty-first Century
Walk 1 South, East 5th Street corner.Main commercial artery of the city on January 16, 2005. Half of the pharmacy that is located there was destroyed by the 2010 earthquake.
Currently Talca has become the main administrative center of the region, as well as the first industrial, cultural and university Central Valley of Chile. The rapid expansion of the urban area now covers not only the town of Talca but also neighboring Maule , Pencahue andSan Clemente , so its urban layout has changed because according to the increasing population and traffic, with major roadworks. Even today, however, largely retains its quiet neighborhoods and bonhomie that has always characterized. The earthquake on February 27, 2010 destroyed most of the old buildings in the region, affecting both residential areas and infrastructure. Therefore, any captured image before that date happens to have a historical value to account for the characteristics of the ancient city, which after that date must be rebuilt
