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Plaza in Olmué. Olmué is a Chilean town and commune located in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region.The commune spans an area of 231.8 km 2 (89 sq mi). [2] Olmué is located 42.8 miles northwest of Santiago and 42 kilometers east northeast of Valparaíso.
A commune (Spanish: comuna, IPA:) is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile.It may contain cities, towns, villages, hamlets as well as rural areas. In highly populated areas, such as Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción, a conurbation may be broken into several communes.
Chile's recent economic history (since 1973) has been the focus of an extensive debate, as it pioneered neoliberal economic policies. [1] [2] [3] Chile emerged into independence as a rural economy on what was the periphery of the Spanish Empire. A period of relative free trade that began with independence in the 1810s brought a modernizing ...
Agriculture in Chile encompasses a wide range of different activities due to its particular geography, climate, geology and human factors. Historically agriculture is one of the bases of Chile's economy , now agriculture and allied sectors—like forestry , logging and fishing —account only for 4.9% of the GDP as of 2007 and employed 13.6% of ...
Location of Chile. Chile is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south.
Map of Chile. This is a list of municipalities in Chile which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The top-level administrative division in Chile is the region. There are 16 in total. There are 16 in total. Each provincial presidential delegation ( delegación presidencial provincial ) is headed by a provincial presidential delegate ( delegado presidencial provincial ) appointed by the President .
This is a list of mines in Chile organized by product. Copper. Candelaria mine; ... El Toqui mine; Madre de Dios Mine; Maricunga Gold Mine; Pascua Lama; San José Mine;