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    capital when he founded Santiago. In 1585, Quillota was declared the capital of the Corregimiento de Quillota, a large province between Illapel and Casablanca...
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    government gathered there. José Antonio Manso de Velasco was instructed to found between the city of Quillota and the Biobío River, a city at the headquarters...
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  • Chile lay along the Aconcagua River, Mapocho River and the Maipo River. Quillota in Aconcagua Valley was likely their foremost settlement. As result of...
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    into partidos (counties) which were also known by the older term of corregimientos. The partidos were further divided into distritos (districts) akin to...
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