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Chillán (chēyän`), city (1990 est. pop. 145,972), Bío-Bío region, S central Chile. It was formerly the capital of Ñuble prov. Located in Chile's central valley, the city is a leading agricultural and commercial center. Agricultural products include wine, grain, fruit, vegetables, lumber, flour, and farm animals; footwear is manufactured. Founded in the 16th cent., it was destroyed by earthquake and flood in 1751 but was rebuilt and played a prominent role in the revolution against Spain. Bernardo O'Higgins, the liberator of Chile, was born in Chillán. One of the world's worst earthquakes leveled Chillán in 1939, claiming 10,000 lives. The city was subsequently rebuilt. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Meanwhile, in the late nineteenth century, such institutions began to appear with increasing frequency in provincial locales, including Concepcion, Valparaiso, Limache, Quilpue, Quillota, La Serena, Chillan, Talca, Temuco, Linares, Vicuna, Ovalle, and Antofagasta. Shoppers in the southern towns of Chillan and Talca, neither big enough to rate its own department store, can go into the new local branches and find a rich selection of goods on computer screens, but nothing to touch or try on. Similarly, in 1943, Lincoln Kirstein wrote of his visit to the murals by the Mexican painter David Siqueiros in Chillan, Chile, the year before, that Siqueiros "proclaims himself on a personal crusade to destroy easel painting. |
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