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German-Chilean
German-Chileans are an ethnic group established in the south of the country, mainly in the Los Lagos Region, during the second half of the 19th century. The number of descendents today overpasses 300,000 in the original southern communities. Even though it is not a great number (near the 2% of the total Chilean population), it has influenced in the region in many cultural and demographical aspects.
It is estimated that most of the thousands of German descendants (by surname) in the centre of the country came from some southern provinces of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue.
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