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*The English immigration and influence was also important in the northern regions of the country during the saltpeter boom, in the '''ports of Iquique and Pisagua.''' <ref name ="IC"/> | *The English immigration and influence was also important in the northern regions of the country during the saltpeter boom, in the '''ports of Iquique and Pisagua.''' <ref name ="IC"/> | ||
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*One of the most important groups of European immigrants in Chile are the Croats, whose number of descendants today (2009) is estimated to be 400,000 persons. Other authors claim, on the other hand, that close to 4.6% of the Chilean population must have some Croatian ancestry. According to some references, up to 50% of the population of '''Punta Arenas''' are descendants of Croats. Chile is the second-ranked country in the world for number of Croatian descendants, after Croatia itself. | *One of the most important groups of European immigrants in Chile are the Croats, whose number of descendants today (2009) is estimated to be 400,000 persons. Other authors claim, on the other hand, that close to 4.6% of the Chilean population must have some Croatian ancestry. According to some references, up to 50% of the population of '''Punta Arenas''' are descendants of Croats. Chile is the second-ranked country in the world for number of Croatian descendants, after Croatia itself. | ||
*The first Croatian immigrants came from '''Dalmatia''', arriving in the mid-19th century in escape from the '''wars unleashed in that region or from pestilence on the islands in the Adriatic Sea'''. | *The first Croatian immigrants came from '''Dalmatia''', arriving in the mid-19th century in escape from the '''wars unleashed in that region or from pestilence on the islands in the Adriatic Sea'''. | ||
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*Most Croatian immigrants, approximately 58,000, arrived in Chile at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, up until World War I. Consequently, '''the Croatian colony in Chile was officially considered Austro-Hungarian.''' | *Most Croatian immigrants, approximately 58,000, arrived in Chile at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, up until World War I. Consequently, '''the Croatian colony in Chile was officially considered Austro-Hungarian.''' | ||
*The Croatian immigrants dedicated themselves to business. In '''Punta Arenas''', they dedicated themselves to the estates, or the extraction of gold, primarily found in '''Cañón Baquedano'''. In the north of Chile, they dedicated themselves to '''mining saltpeter'''. <ref name ="IC"/> | *The Croatian immigrants dedicated themselves to business. In '''Punta Arenas''', they dedicated themselves to the estates, or the extraction of gold, primarily found in '''Cañón Baquedano'''. In the north of Chile, they dedicated themselves to '''mining saltpeter'''. <ref name ="IC"/> | ||
====Italy==== | ====Italy==== | ||
In 1989, the estimated number of people of Italian descent in Chile was 300,000 persons. | In 1989, the estimated number of people of Italian descent in Chile was 300,000 persons. | ||