Alemán-Chileno (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈman tʃiˈleno]) (English German Chilean) (Deutsch Deutsch-Chilenen) are an important ethnic group in Chile; they are Chileans of German descent deriving their German ethnicity from one or both parents – they also include a minority of German citizens holding permanent residency in Chile. A major criteria unifying this distinctive Chilean ethnic minority has more to do with linguistics than to the geographic location or the nationality of ancestors.[citation needed] Hence, the group German Chileans also incorporates descendents of Austrians, Swiss Germans, Silesians, Alsatians and other groups.
From the middle of the 19th century to the present they have played a significant role in the economic, political and cultural development of the Chilean nation. Most German Chileans are descendents from German immigrants that began to settle in Chile in the middle of the 19th Century, viz. after the failed liberal German Revolution of 1848. Their main settlements were and remain in Chile’s IX (Araucanía Region), XIV (Los Ríos Region) and X (Región de los Lagos) regions in the so-called small south of Chile.
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Meanwhile, in her private life, she had entered a phase of greater happiness, meeting the German-Chilean poet Ronald Kay who became her long-term partner. ...
