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Rancagua (rängkä`gwä, –kä`wä), city (1990 est. pop. 190,400), capital of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins region, central Chile, in a fertile valley among the Andean foothills. One of Chile's largest copper mines (El Teniente) is nearby. Rancagua's industries include food processing, automobile manufacture, and ore refining. The city was founded in 1743. At Rancagua on Oct. 1 and 2, 1814, Bernardo O'Higgins O'Higgins, Bernardo (bĕrnär`thō ōē`gēns) ..... Click the link for more information. led a defense of the plaza against a superior Spanish royalist force in an engagement that closed the first phase (1810–14) of the Chilean war against Spain. Rancagua a city in central Chile. Pop.: 217 000 (2005 est.) 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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On February 13, 1996, a 7-year-old boy from Donihue in Administrative Region VI was admitted to the Hospital Clinico Fusat of Rancagua in the region (Figure 1) with a 2-day history of adynamia and dizziness. The growers are branching out into other regions in the Central Valley in Lontue, Colchagua, Curicu and Rancagua. 26) Store owners in the camps or in Rancagua could instantly recognize a miner for his bearing and for his "pinta" (look). |
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