Faja Maisan is a coastal town located in the

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an commune of

Pitrufquén Pitrufquén () is a Chilean city and commune in Cautín Province, Araucanía Region. The city is located 30 km south of Temuco and lies immediately south of the Toltén River, along Chile Highway 5. History Pitrufquén was initially founded ...

Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( es, Región de La Araucanía ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Te ...

. Formed mostly by descendants of

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and Swiss, whose grandparents came to the Araucanía between 1905 and 1912.

History

Nowadays, the most important community of foreigners is settled in ''Faja Maisan''. It is made up mainly of German and Swiss descendants whose ancestors arrived in La Araucanía between 1905 and 1912. On September 5, 1905 Arrival from early settlers from

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and the

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. They arrived in

through, mediation of Mr. Max Maysan, which previously had come from the Netherlands to Chiloé. In 1912 the last settlers arrived from Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Economy

The main productive activities are concentrated in the areas

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agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

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and

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References

External links

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Faja Maisan

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