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    Valdivia (Spanish pronunciation: [balˈdiβja]; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The...
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    The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) on 22 May 1960 was...
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    during a campaign against the Mapuche. The city of Valdivia in Chile is named after him. Pedro de Valdivia is believed to have been born in Villanueva de...
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    Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwjs βalˈdjβja], born 19 October 1983) is a Chilean national and former professional footballer...
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  • social/high cultural level to colonize the southern regions of Chile; these were between Valdivia and Puerto Montt. The process was administered by Vicente...
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  • magnitude scale and led to the flood of Valdivia, Chile. Pedro Mariño de Lobera, who was corregidor of Valdivia by that time, wrote that the waters of...
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    The Conquest of Chile is a period in Chilean historiography that starts with the arrival of Pedro de Valdivia to Chile in 1541 and ends with the death...
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  • and merchants to Chile, contributing to the nascent country's economic and industrial development. The German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue...
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    Austral University of Chile (Spanish: Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with satellite campuses...
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    agriculture and hunting. The conquest of Chile began in earnest in 1540 and was carried out by Pedro de Valdivia, one of Francisco Pizarro's lieutenants...
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    to hit Chile since the 1960 Valdivia earthquake. The earthquake triggered a tsunami which devastated several coastal towns in south-central Chile and damaged...
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    Deportes Valdivia is a Chilean football club in the town of Valdivia, Chile. It currently plays in Segunda División, the third level of Chilean football...
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  • Pedro de Valdivia was the Conquistador of Chile, and the Capture of the City of Valdivia was one of the first victories of the Chilean Navy. Several ships...
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    coast of Chile. With Spain and the Dutch Republic at war, the Dutch wished to take over the ruins of the abandoned Spanish city of Valdivia. The expedition...
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    Carlos Anwandter (category German emigrants to Chile)
    Luckenwalde, Prussia – 10 July 1889, in Valdivia, Chile) was a German political exile who emigrated to Valdivia, Chile in 1850 after participating in the Revolutions...
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    century. Chile also produces English ale-style craft beers while also developing its own craft beer identity. The city of Valdivia in southern Chile is often...
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    team that competed in the 2016 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship in Valdivia, Chile, averaging 7.8 points, 5.4 assists, 4.0 rebounds in a contest en route...
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  • and 1837 (in Valdivia). The strongest known recorded in modern times was also in Chile, the 1960 Valdivia earthquake. Geology of Chile L. Guzmán: Encuentran...
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    Talcahuano Corral Bay Valdivia Osorno Chiloé Archipelago The Capture of Valdivia (Spanish: Toma de Valdivia) was a battle in the Chilean War of Independence...
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    that Chile has always been officially and unofficially the Kingdom of Chile. In the XVI century Pedro Marino de Lobera, “Corregidor de Valdivia”, 1575...
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    Kunstmann (category Beer in Chile)
    837°S 73.2782°W / -39.837; -73.2782 Kunstmann is a Chilean beer brand produced in Torobayo, Valdivia by Compañia Cervecera Kunstmann S.A. Its current CEO...
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  • 817°S 73.217°W / -39.817; -73.217 "VALDIVIA, LA PERLA DEL SUR: Valdivia capital XIV Región de Chile". VALDIVIA, LA PERLA DEL SUR. 2007-06-29. Retrieved...
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  • Electro-Siderúrgica e Industrial de Valdivia also known by its acronyms ESVAL is an iron and steel industry located at Valdivia in Chile. The enterprise is considered...
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    Antarctic mainland. In 1554, the conquistador Pedro de Valdivia, who led the Governorate of Chile, talked to the Council of the Indies about giving the...
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    trailblazing 21st-century avant-rock percussionists". Saunier was born in Valdivia, Chile, while his parents were serving as volunteers in the Peace Corps, and...
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    Inés Suárez (category 16th-century Chilean people)
    a Spanish conquistadora who participated in the Conquest of Chile with Pedro de Valdivia, successfully defending the newly conquered Santiago against...
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    Los Ríos Region (category Regions of Chile)
    Region of the Rivers) is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region...
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    2023. "M 8.1 – 4 km ESE of Cañete, Chile". USGS. Retrieved 13 July 2021. "M 9.5 – 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake (Valdivia Earthquake)". USGS. Retrieved 13...
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    Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Sichuan Yunnan Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Democratic...
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    Valdivia Province (Spanish: Provincia de Valdivia; pronounced [balˈdiβja]) is one of two provinces of the southern Chilean region of Los Ríos (XIV). The...
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