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... Atlantic Chile , and consists of the territory on both sides of Magellan's Strait to the east of the Andean cordillera . It thus includes the plains of northern Tierra del Fuego and southern Patagonia , adjoining Argentina . In many ...
... Atlantic Chile , and consists of the territory on both sides of Magellan's Strait to the east of the Andean cordillera . It thus includes the plains of northern Tierra del Fuego and southern Patagonia , adjoining Argentina . In many ...
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... Atlantic Chile much larger resources exist on Riesco island and near Punta Arenas , but the quality is lignitic and it would become of considerable commercial importance only if coal dis- tillation became of easy economic practicability ...
... Atlantic Chile much larger resources exist on Riesco island and near Punta Arenas , but the quality is lignitic and it would become of considerable commercial importance only if coal dis- tillation became of easy economic practicability ...
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... Atlantic Chile has made more progress in this respect and great loads of wool are carried over its road system . In Forest Chile in 1951 , five provinces had less than ten buses each , and the whole province of Chiloé had forty motor ...
... Atlantic Chile has made more progress in this respect and great loads of wool are carried over its road system . In Forest Chile in 1951 , five provinces had less than ten buses each , and the whole province of Chiloé had forty motor ...
Contents
Climate and Natural Regions | 5 |
THE PEOPLE | 12 |
HISTORY AND POLITICS | 29 |
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