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  1. Industrial port (sugar, refining, textiles,
  2. chemicals) in Chile; capital of Valparaiso
  3. province, on the Pacific; population (1987)
  4. 279,000. Founded 1536, it was occupied by the
  5. English naval adventurers Drake 1578 and
  6. Hawkins 1595, pillaged by the Dutch 1600, and
  7. bombarded by Spain 1866; it has also suffered
  8. from earthquakes.
  9.