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Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas (literally in Spanish: "Sandy Point") is the most prominent settlement on the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile.
Due to its location and size it is sometimes considered the southernmost city in the world.
Valparaiso
THE CITY OF VALPARAISO
Valparaiso is a city and port in central Chile. It is one of the country's most important seaports and an increasingly vital cultural centre in the hemisphere's Pacific Southwest. The city is the capital of the Region of Valparaíso and lies on the south side of a wide, open bay of the Pacific Ocean, at about 140 km northwest of Santiago.
The Spanish conquistador Juan de Saavedra founded the city in 1536, but it was not permanently inhabited until 1544. It was raided many times by English and Dutch pirates in the 16th and 17th centuries. Valparaiso was unimportant in colonial times, but the city flourished in the late 19th century. In that period Valparaíso started to play an important role as a major stopover port for ships travelling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by crossing the Straits of Magellan. Always a magnet for European immigrants, Valparaíso mushroomed during its golden age, when the city was known by international sailors as “Little San Francisco” or “The Jewel of the Pacific.”