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Concepción (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 50 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -36.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 073 03 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -73.0500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in S central Chile; is the nation's third largest city; nearby mines supply most of nation's coal; city produces steel, petroleum products, paper, cotton, chemicals, textiles & glass. |
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| Concepción (preferred,C,V)
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| Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz (C,V)
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| Ciudad de Concepcion (NA,V)
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Biobío (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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originally founded on site of modern Penco 1550; moved inland to current site 1754 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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university founded 1919 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Concepción de la Madre Santísima de la Luz.......... |
[VP] |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 513 |
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