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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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