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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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Instituto de Salud Publica, Ministerio de Salud Publica, Santiago, Chile; ([dagger]) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and ([double dagger]) Hospital Clinico Fusat of Rancagua, Rancagua, Chile a leading manufacturer of multiwall sacks in Argentina, and operates a corrugated box plant in Rancagua, Chile. |
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