• Chilean rock is rock music and its corresponding subgenres produced in Chile or by Chileans. Chilean rock lyrics are usually sung in Spanish so can be...
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    [sanˈtjaɣo]), also known as Santiago de Chile (Spanish: [san̪ˈtja.ɣo ðe ˈtʃi.le] ), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in...
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    originally: Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz, "Conception of the Blessed Mother of Light") is a city and commune in south-central Chile, and the geographical...
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    Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica...
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    The Chile national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Chile), nicknamed La Roja (lit. 'The Red One'), represents Chile in men's international...
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    In 1994, the festival was exported overseas to Chile, Argentina and Brazil. In 1993 the Monsters of Rock radio show debuted in the United States with host...
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  • Chilean music refers to all kinds of music developed in Chile, or by Chileans in other countries, from the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors to the...
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    FIFA World Cup, hosted in Chile. It was originally named Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Television Corporation...
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    Los Prisioneros ("The Prisoners") was a Chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, in 1982. Considered one of the most influential Latin-American...
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    An authoritarian military dictatorship ruled Chile for seventeen years, between 11 September 1973 and 11 March 1990. The dictatorship was established...
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    territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the...
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    held on Chilean Public holidays. Architecture of Chile Archaeological sites in Chile Arpilleras Chamanto Chilean American Chilean art Chilean rock History...
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    San Pedro de Atacama is a Chilean town and commune in El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region. It is located east of Antofagasta, some 106 km (60 mi) southeast...
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  • Alturas de Macchu Picchu is a studio album by the Chilean rock band Los Jaivas, released in October 1981 on SyM label. It is a concept album that musicalizes...
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    The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine...
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    The University of Chile (Spanish: Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated...
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    Mon Laferte (category Chilean rock singers)
    is a Chilean and Mexican musician, singer, composer and painter. Her musical style is diverse, spanning across different genres such as pop, rock, bolero...
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    Los Bunkers (category Chilean rock music groups)
    Los Bunkers (Spanish for The Bunkers) is an alternative rock band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 1999 by brothers Álvaro and Gonzalo López, Mauricio...
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    known professionally as Peter Rock, was an Austrian-born Chilean rock and roll and nueva ola musician. He sang in Festival de Viña del Mar and in Bierfest...
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  • Santiago, Chile, since 2011. The annual festival launched in April 2011 in Santiago’s O'Higgins Park and features alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and...
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  • Argentine rock (known locally as rock nacional [ˈrok nasjoˈnal], "national rock" in the sense of "local", "not international") is rock music composed or...
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  • progressive rock and Latin elements; in Colombia highlighted Siglo Cero, Génesis and La Columna de Fuego; in Argentina Arco Iris; and in Chile, Los Jaivas;...
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    Alain Johannes (category Musicians from Santiago, Chile)
    producer. Alain Johannes is nephew of Chilean nueva ola musician Peter Rock. He was born in Santiago de Chile. He was married to Natasha Shneider from...
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    The Chilean rock rat (Aconaemys fuscus) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in the high Andes of Argentina and Chile. The Chilean...
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    stadium of Chile, and is located in the Ñuñoa district of Santiago. The stadium, located into the Estadio Nacional Sports Park, is the largest in Chile with...
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    Robinson (born December 28, 1938), known in his early musical career as Sugar Chile Robinson, is an American jazz pianist and singer. A Detroit native, Robinson...
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    Magellan (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America...
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    A rock formation is an isolated, scenic, or spectacular surface rock outcrop. Rock formations are usually the result of weathering and erosion sculpting...
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    Torres del Paine National Park (category Biosphere reserves of Chile)
    of the Sistema Nacional de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas del Estado de Chile (National System of Protected Forested Areas of Chile). In 2013, it measured...
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    Santiago de Chile (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sancti Iacobi in Chile) is one of the five Latin metropolitan sees of the Catholic Church in Chile. Its...
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