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Ushuaia

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Ushuaia (swī`ä), 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.

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LAN Argentina operates from Buenos Aires to six domestic destinations--with flights to El Calafate and Ushuaia set to launch Tuesday--and Miami with three A320s, four 737-200s and two 767-300s.
Yowen Hotel, a group of Argentine investors, will build the Hilton Ushuaia while Hilton will manage the brand and decide the architecture, as well as oversee day-to-day hotel affairs.
It wasn't so much the long flight to Buenos Aires and then another long flight to Ushuaia, which is the southernmost city in the world and sits at the end of Tierra del Fuego.
 
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