Editing Valparaíso Region (section)

===Immigration and culture===
[[File:Cerro Concepcion.jpg|thumb|Hills in Valparaiso.]]
[[File:Chile, Concón, Bosques de Montemar (43470659892).jpg|thumb|Bosques de Montemar, [[Concón]].]]
[[File:Castillo Wulff1.JPG|thumb|[[Viña del Mar]].]]
[[File:Casa Central de la Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.JPG|thumb|[[Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso]].]]
[[File:Renaca4.jpg|thumb|[[Reñaca]].]]
[[File:Ahu-Akivi-1.JPG|thumb|The ''Moai'' of Easter Island.]]
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Valparaíso developed as a trans-oceanic rest stop for fishing ships, sea cruise-liners, and international naval ships. Therefore, a large proportion of residents have a variety of national origins, ethnic groups, and cultures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-7670.html |title=Valparaíso (1820–1920) – Memoria Chilena |access-date=4 April 2020 |archive-date=30 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430100215/http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-7670.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Spanish immigration to Chile|16th-century colonial population was founded by male settlers]] from the Spanish regions of [[Andalusia]], [[Asturia]] and [[Kingdom of León|León]], and the large [[Basque people|Basque contingent]] has given rise to a substantial [[Basque Chilean]] population. Large numbers came from other countries of Latin America from Mexico to Uruguay, esp. came during colonial rule in the 17th century. And in the late 18th–early 19th centuries came a small wave of [[Galician people|Galician]] settlers from the Spanish region of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]].

It is thought{{By whom|date=September 2010}} the majority of Valparaíso's people have some [[Immigration to Chile|non-Spanish European background]], such as: British and Irish, Australians and New Zealanders, North Americans (U.S. or Canadian), Croats and Bosnians, Dutch and Belgians, French, Germans, Greeks, Italians, Portuguese and Scandinavians. Also, there are more or less [[Jewish assimilation|assimilated groups]] of [[History of the Jews in Chile|Chilean Jews (mostly Ashkenazi)]], as well as [[Christian emigration|Christians from the Ottoman Empire]], primarily [[Arab Chileans|Syro-Lebanese]] and a large [[Palestinian community in Chile|Palestinian community]] in the town of [[La Calera, Chile|La Calera]].

In racial terms, the majority of Valparaíso's inhabitants are [[castizos]], meaning that their paternal origins are overwhelmingly from white whalers, settlers and traders of various European nationalities, including colonial Spanish settlers, while their maternal origins usually stems from unions between [[Criollo people|colonial Spanish men]] and local indigenous women, including those of [[Mapuche]], [[Inca]], [[Aymara people|Aymara]] and [[North American Indian]] descent (transplanted [[Cherokee]]s are reported to come in the late 19th century, though it could well be a myth). Smaller numbers of [[East Asian people|East Asians]], mostly [[Chinese people in Chile|Chinese]], [[Japanese Chileans|Japanese]] or [[Koreans in Chile|Korean]], minuscule numbers of [[Afro-Chilean]]s, as well as a component of [[Polynesians]] [[Blackbirding|whose ancestors were kidnapped]] from [[Easter Island]] and the [[Marquesas Islands]], further added to the region's [[Hispanicized]] [[melting pot]].