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*By 1854 there were 1654 Frenchmen in Chile, by 1895 it rose to 8266; about 80% of them arrived ''''from Southwestern France, especially from Basses-Pyrénées (Basque country and Béarn), Gironde, Charente-Inférieure and Charente and regions situated between Gers and Dordogne.'''<ref name ="IC"/> | *By 1854 there were 1654 Frenchmen in Chile, by 1895 it rose to 8266; about 80% of them arrived ''''from Southwestern France, especially from Basses-Pyrénées (Basque country and Béarn), Gironde, Charente-Inférieure and Charente and regions situated between Gers and Dordogne.'''<ref name ="IC"/> | ||
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*According to 2019 census and estimations, 9,689 German immigrants resided in Chile at that time, and their descendants are 800,000 people.[43] The origin of the massive immigration of Germans (includes Poles due to Partitions of Poland) to Chile is found in the so-called '''"Law of Selective Immigration" of 1845'''. The "law's" objective was to bring '''middle and upper-class people to colonize regions in the south of Chile, between Valdivia and Puerto Montt'''. More than 6,000 families arrived in Chile during this period alone. | *According to 2019 census and estimations, 9,689 German immigrants resided in Chile at that time, and their descendants are 800,000 people.[43] The origin of the massive immigration of Germans (includes Poles due to Partitions of Poland) to Chile is found in the so-called '''"Law of Selective Immigration" of 1845'''. The "law's" objective was to bring '''middle and upper-class people to colonize regions in the south of Chile, between Valdivia and Puerto Montt'''. More than 6,000 families arrived in Chile during this period alone. | ||
*Later years brought a new, great wave of German immigrants who settled throughout the country, especially in '''Temuco, Santiago, and in the country's principal commercial zones'''. | *Later years brought a new, great wave of German immigrants who settled throughout the country, especially in '''Temuco, Santiago, and in the country's principal commercial zones'''. | ||