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Here we come to the part of  Chile                                                                                           its southernmost tip around which



            where the climate is truly cool and                                                                                          explorers and immigrants had to




            windy.                                                                                                                       travel before the Panama Canal was



                                                                                                                                         built in order to reach the Western



            The next and final region is the                                                                                             Americas (and one reason why the




            region of  Magallanes. It is Chile’s                                                                                         port  of   Valparaiso  was  once  so



            southernmost and largest region.                                                                                             wealthy and famous).  This region



            It includes some of  Chile’s most                                                                                            also includes the parts of  Antarctica




            famous landmarks, such as Torres del                                                                                         clamed by Chile. The capital of



            Paine, which is a group of  famous                                                                                           this region is Punta Arenas, Chile’s




            mountains that attract visitors and                                                                                          southernmost city, which in itself



            hikers from all over the world. Here                                                                                         is a large and thriving hub and




            we also find the notorious Tierra del                                                                                        contains one of  Chile’s largest



            Fuego archipelago, and Cape Horn,                                                                                            Croatian communities.
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