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Andes
Andes , mountain system, more than 5,000 mi (8,000 km) long, W South America. The ranges run generally parallel to the Pacific coast and extend from Tierra del Fuego northward, across the equator, as the backbone of the entire continent. The Falkland Islands are a continuation of the Andes, and... Read more |
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Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata , city (1991 pop. 519,707), E central Argentina, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most popular seaside resorts in South America. Fishing and fish processing are also important industries. The city was founded in the 1850s. It has two universities.... Read more |
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Vicente Fidel Lopez
Vicente Fidel López , 1815-1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes . A member of the group that opposed the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he sought refuge in Chile (1840-52), where he founded a political review and aided the... Read more |
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Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego , [Span.=land of fire], archipelago, 28,476 sq mi (73,753 sq km), off S South America, separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan . It consists of one large island (sometimes called simply Tierra del Fuego), five medium-sized islands, and numerous small islands, islets,... Read more |
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Manuel del Populo Vicente Garcia
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Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno , 1864-1936, Spanish philosophical writer, of Basque descent, b. Bilbao. The chief Spanish philosopher of his time, he was professor of Greek at the Univ. of Salamanca and later rector there. His criticism of the monarchy and especially of the dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera caused... Read more |
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Ushuaia
Ushuaia , city (1991 pop. 29,452), Tierra del Fuego Territory, S Argentina, a port on the Beagle Canal, on Ushuaia Bay. Settled in the 1870s by English missionaries, it was taken over by Argentine naval forces in 1884. Lumber, livestock, and fishing are important to the local economy.... Read more |
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Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile Huerfanos 1270Casila Postal 150-DSantiagoChileTelephone: (562) 690-3000Fax: (562) 690-3059Web site: http://www.codelcochile.com Government-Owned CompanyIncorporated: 1976Employees: 17,313Sales: $2.89 billion (1999)NAIC: 212234 Copper Ore & Nickel... Read more |
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Delmar
Delmar ♀ Mainly U.S.: of uncertain derivation, possibly from Spanish del mar ‘of the sea’, which occurs in various place names as a distinguishing epithet and also in the Marian title Reina del Mar ‘Queen of the Sea’. It may alternatively have originated as an... Read more |
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