Chile: An Outline of Its Geography, Economics, and PoliticsRoyal Institute of International Affairs, 1956 - 128 pages |
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... region , the area be- tween the Bío - Bío river and the Gulf of Reloncaví , is a continua- tion of the physical framework of the Mediterranean region , except that glacially dammed valleys have been filled with lakes and a group of ...
... region , the area be- tween the Bío - Bío river and the Gulf of Reloncaví , is a continua- tion of the physical framework of the Mediterranean region , except that glacially dammed valleys have been filled with lakes and a group of ...
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... region par excellence of Chile . Even so , stock- raising is in most areas the predominant agricultural activity , and is a reflection of the undeveloped state of the agrarian system pre- vailing . This is also partly due to the large ...
... region par excellence of Chile . Even so , stock- raising is in most areas the predominant agricultural activity , and is a reflection of the undeveloped state of the agrarian system pre- vailing . This is also partly due to the large ...
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... region accounting for 80 per cent of the output . Sunflower , grown for its seed and oil , is widespread in the region , especially in the central valley between Santiago and Linares . Two other crops peculiar to the Mediterranean zone ...
... region accounting for 80 per cent of the output . Sunflower , grown for its seed and oil , is widespread in the region , especially in the central valley between Santiago and Linares . Two other crops peculiar to the Mediterranean zone ...
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