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Encyclopedia > Culture of Chile

Chilean culture had regional areas of development, northern Chile was an important center of culture in the medieval and early modern Inca Empire, while indigenous Mapuche and other Araucanian cultures developed in the Central and Southern regions. Culture was afterwards dominated by the Spanish during the Colonial and early Republican period. Other European influences, at first chiefly English and French, began in the 19th century and have continued until today, as in other Western societies. Capital Cusco 1197-1533 Vilcabamba 1533-1572 Language(s) Quechua, Aymara, Jaqi family, Mochic and scores of smaller languages. ... Mapuche test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Mapuche (Mapudungun; Che, People + Mapu, of the Land) are the Indigenous inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. ...


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Culture of Chile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (465 words)
Northern Chile was an important center of culture in the medieval and early modern Inca empire, while indigneous Mapuche and other Araucanian cultures developed in the Central and Southern regions.
Culture was afterwards dominated by the Spanish during the Colonial and early Republican period.
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