Chile: An Outline of Its Geography, Economics, and PoliticsRoyal Institute of International Affairs, 1956 - 128 pages |
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Page 57
... Railways . There are five railway lines linking Chile with its three neighbours . The least important is the Arica - Tacna line , which forms the only rail link between Chile and Peru . As practically all communications between the two ...
... Railways . There are five railway lines linking Chile with its three neighbours . The least important is the Arica - Tacna line , which forms the only rail link between Chile and Peru . As practically all communications between the two ...
Page 59
... railway , largely because of its spectacular ascent of the Andes , is the Trans - Andean railway linking Los Andes with Mendoza . Very little commercial traffic , however , passes by this route , but it is the most important inter ...
... railway , largely because of its spectacular ascent of the Andes , is the Trans - Andean railway linking Los Andes with Mendoza . Very little commercial traffic , however , passes by this route , but it is the most important inter ...
Page 61
... railways using coal has trebled , with a decrease of 20 per cent in the coal used ' . ' The enormous importance of the railway network in the trans- port system of the country is indicated by these statistics for 1951 : Number of ...
... railways using coal has trebled , with a decrease of 20 per cent in the coal used ' . ' The enormous importance of the railway network in the trans- port system of the country is indicated by these statistics for 1951 : Number of ...
Contents
Climate and Natural Regions | 5 |
THE PEOPLE | 12 |
HISTORY AND POLITICS | 29 |
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Aconcagua acres agricultural Alessandri American Andean annually Antofagasta Argentina Arica Atlantic Chile Aysén Bank Bío-Bío Bío-Bío river Bogotá Bolivia British Caja cent central valley century Chilean Development Corporation Chillán Chiloé Chiloé island Chuquicamata coal coastal communications Communist Concepción considerable copper Coquimbo cordillera country's crops decade democratic Desert Chile economic election exports foreign trade Forest Chile frontier González Videla Government Huachipato Ibáñez important increase indicate industry investment Iquique Juan Soldado labour Latin America Magallanes major manufacturing Mediterranean Chile ment miles million pesos mineral mining natural nitrate O'Higgins Osorno output Pacific Pan-American parties period Peru petroleum plant political population port post-war Potrerillos President presidential production provinces Puerto Montt Punta Arenas railway rainfall recent region relations republic river Santiago secure settlement social southern statistics steel supply Talcahuano Tarapacá tion Tocopilla tons United Kingdom United Nations Valdivia Valparaiso zone